NEWS
27-01-2022
United Architektur Start-up Incubator & Co-working Space in Cottbus
United Architektur designed an office building for start-ups and co-working spaces in the...
26-01-2022
MVRDV designs Idea Factory, a creative recovery of an industrial building in Shenzhen, China
In the Shenzhen area, in China, the MVRDV architecture firm recently recovered a disused...
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Livegreen
27-01-2022
Intercable Arena Brunico designed by CeZ Architetti
The Intercable Arena Brunico, located in the heart of the Puster Valley in South Tyrol, is a modern multifunctional arena, with a focus on ice sports. The new structure, which opened its doors to the public last autumn, was designed by the consortium led by the Bolzano-based CeZ architects studio following the competition won in 2015.
26-01-2022
Spark BILBAO, organic fireworks by Studio Roosegaarde
It is possible to celebrate important occasions with sustainable fireworks, as demonstrated by Dutch artist and innovator Daan Roosegaarde, creator of SPARK Bilbao, a poetic performance in which thousands of biodegradable sparks of light float organically through the air.
THE ARCHITECTS SERIES
The Architects Series - A documentary on: WilkinsonEyre
The 21st episode of The Architects Series will be presented in London on Thursday 10th February at...
PROJECTS
Projects
Kühnlein Architektur: Christoph Willibald Gluck Hall for Culture, Berching
Berching has a new hall for culture dedicated to Christoph Willibald Gluck and designed by...
Architectural Solutions
Kempe Thill’s prefabricated concrete and stone apartments
Atelier Kempe Thill has created 38 apartments in a prefabricated concrete and limestone building...
Inspiring Spaces
Ancient charm and new inspiration: Diesel Living with Iris Ceramica surface coverings
The seductive, unexpected materials proposed by Diesel Living with Iris Ceramica have...
Projects
OITOO: Ground floor house, reuse of a ground floor in Porto
Ground floor house is one of the results of the study conducted by OITOO in collaboration with the...
Architectural Solutions
NU architectuuratelier’s concrete and timber reception building
The new multifunctional entrance to Meise botanical gardens, in Belgium, incorporates a number of...
Inspiring Spaces
Innovation, quality and sustainability: new sizes and colours for Ariostea’s Ultra Pietre collection
The catalogue of Ultra Ariostea materials for floor and wall coverings and custom-made furnishings...
Projects
Lecumberri Cidoncha Architects: Casa RE in Lérruz, Navarra, Spain
Lecumberri Cidoncha Architects designed Casa RE in Lérruz, a village in the Spanish region...
Architectural Solutions
FMD Architects’ CLT and aluminium home renovation project
An Australian home has been renovated in contemporary style with a CLT frame and aluminium...
Inspiring Spaces
DYS Design Your Slabs: the power of decoration for unique, customised spaces
Following the most refined design trends and taking advantage of the innovations of high-tech...
Architetti
Manuelle Gautrand
Born in 1961, Manuelle Gautrand founded her design studio in Lyon in 1991, relocating to Paris two years later. Mainly working in France, her projects explore highly impactive, formal and spatial aspects in the public architecture sector. Manuelle Gautrand’s designs often feature a combination of color and formal style concepts, aimed at inspiring empathy and amazement. For Gautrand, the design process requires a creative boldness, changing specifications based on our objectives. As Alice Laguarda says in her critique, Gautrand’s work explores the crisis of modernity, where society is divided between aspirations for the future and nostalgia for the past, boldly operating at the edge of “disobedience”. Today, Manuelle Gautrand Architecture Practice comprises 20 architects working for public and private sector clients in France and overseas, although her best-known projects are in Paris and Lyon. It gained ....
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25-01-2022
The finalists of the Mies van der Rohe Award 2022
On January 17 the jury of the Mies van der Rohe Award 2022, chaired by architect Tatiana...
24-01-2022
atelier Stéphane Fernandez Sens Social Student Housing in Marseilles
Atelier Stéphane Fernandez of Aix en Provence designed Sens, a student residence...
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By 2027 Chongqing, China will have a new cruise centre featuring the futuristic Yangtze...