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Sustainable design and solutions focusing on the environment, architecture with a “green” heart.
27-12-2023 - Sustainable Architecture
Tarabot by theOtherDada: Biodiversity and sustainability at the Jameel Arts Centre for COP28
Tarabot: Weaving A Living Forum, inspired by an idea by architect Adib Dada of studioOtherDada in Beirut, is a sustainable pavilion inaugurated during COP28 at the Jameel Arts Centre in Dubai. Made with locally sourced materials such as clay, mycelium, date palm waste and upcycled fabric, the pavilion incarnates a circular, ecological ethic and promotes biodiversity.
13-12-2023 - Sustainable Architecture
The Pyramid of Tirana: transforming a historic monument
Dutch architectural practice MVRDV has completed an important project transforming an old monument in the Albanian capital. A facility opened in 1988 as a museum about the dictator Enver Hoxha has now been given new life as a vibrant cultural centre and educational facility in the heart of Tirana, demonstrating the great potential of historic constructions in Brutalist style.
15-11-2023 - Sustainable Architecture
Helvetia, Austin Maynard Architects’ sustainable home in Fitzroy, Melbourne
Located on the edge of Melbourne’s CBD or Central Business District, Fitzroy used to be a degraded suburb but has evolved into a trendy district first made popular by artists, combining history with urban chic. In this eclectic neighbourhood stands Helvetia, a Victorian terraced home renovated by Austin Maynard Architects. After being converted into a boarding-house with a fragmented layout, Helvetia has undergone a new metamorphosis incarnating the ideals of sustainability, practicality and beauty.
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26-03-2021 - Sustainable Architecture
SRG Partnership’s Knight Cancer Research Building is a LEED Platinum building
The Knight Cancer Research Building (KCRB) at Portland’s Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) is a facility for cancer research. The new building designed by SRG Partnership encourages interdisciplinary research and is LEED Platinum certified.
22-03-2021 - Sustainable Architecture
Alpex, how to convert an old building into a cultural centre
In Scionzier, in the Rhone-Alps region, Atelier Archiplein planned an extension to convert an old factory into a cultural centre. The project is part of a wider-ranging masterplan intended to renew and revitalise the city’s heart.
17-03-2021 - Sustainable Architecture
Skylab creates Outpost, a sustainable structure in Oregon
Outpost, by US architectural studio Skylab, is a hybrid structure for recreation and retail that also offers workspaces to foster and reinforce a sense of community in the town of Hood River, Oregon.
02-03-2021 - Sustainable Architecture
Circular economy and design: a pavilion by Various Associates
Chinese design firm Various Associates has been commissioned by the Shenzhen Institute of Interior Design to create the pavilion for the DESIGN IN BAY AREA exhibition. Various Associates made use of recycled materials, a modular construction method to reduce waste, and the circular economy in light of the temporary nature of the installation.
25-02-2021 - Sustainable Architecture
Sustainable architecture and film: Feldman Architecture’s Caterpillar House
US studio Feldman Architecture’s Caterpillar House is the first LEED Platinum certified home on California’s Central Coast, and has risen to fame as the setting of the Netflix film Malcolm & Marie starring Zendaya and John David Washington.
18-02-2021 - Sustainable Architecture
Mori Hosseini Student Union by ikon5. architects
Mori Hosseini Student Union at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, designed by ikon.5 architects, is inspired by the gracefulness of birds in flight, an expression of the university’s mission of teaching the science, practice and business of aviation and aerospace.
