With Casa Encinos, Architect Lilian Rebollo from the APT arquitectura para todos studio has created a small architectural gem that respects the breathtaking natural context of the Santo Domingo Ocotitlán village situated in the El Tepozteco National Park, in Mexico. The use of local materials, techniques and labour makes the project particularly sustainable.
In their transformation of the old outdoor cinema in the Czech town of Prachatice, Mimosa Architects drew their inspiration from the imagery of film, with its reels and projectors. The complex now has a new face, offering a new attraction for summer evenings with a special focus on urban greenery and maintaining all the charm of its past.
Peruvian architect Marina Vella has designed Casa Entrecopas, a home that draws both inspiration and materiality from its location: the interior of a large historical farm located North of Lima, in Peru. Thanks to the construction techniques and to the local materials used, the result is an architecture that is intrinsically sustainable and in close harmony with the idyllic surrounding landscape.
Marie-Claude Hamelin and Loukas Yiacouvakis of the yh2 architecture studio have created their new Maison Atelier in Montreal, built in the backyard of the firm’s Maison Tour studio, constructed in 2000.
The Bahá’í Temple of South America in Chile, designed by Siamak Hariri of Hariri Pontarini Architects has been shortlisted for the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) International Prize.
Deutscher Holzbaupreis, is a two-yearly prize for wood buildings sponsored by the German Ministry of the Interior, Building and Housing and it also encompasses the timber trade associations, from industry to craftsmen.
Argentine architect Gonzalo Cabanillas has completed twin houses - Casas MG - where the design idea is based on a material and visual connection with the hilly landscape and residential area near the city of Córdoba, Argentina.
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