Green Architecture
Livegreenblog addresses issues relating to sustainable living, spanning architecture, ideas, initiatives, materials, workshops and exhibitions through to landscaping. As a daily source of inspiration based around creativity, it explores the green world by means of exclusive interviews with leading players in the sector and by live reporting of major architectural events. Because Livegreenblog isn't just a blog, it's an approach to the world of architecture that cuts across a multitude of disciplines.
10-04-2020 - Design
SLOWEAR18: mixing clothes and cocktails
Visual Display, the creative branding and interior design specialist founded by Giorgio di Bernardo is behind a versatile project that brings together two worlds for the sustainable use of one the rarest resources in our cities: space.
09-04-2020 - Landscaping
18 Shades of Gay by Claude Cormier, 2020 RAIC Award of Excellence
The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC), the Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP), and the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CLSA) announced the 2020 National Urban Design Award winners, one of which is the landscape Claude Cormier with his work 18 Shades of Gay in the Urban Fragments category.
08-04-2020 - Events
Ana Amado y Montse Zamorano: an exhibition
Looking at architecture through the eyes of two architecture photographers from Spain. The Ana Amado y Montse Zamorano exhibition curated by Javier Peña Ibáñez for the Cultural Foundation of Architects of La Rioja, Spain presents the visual narrative of two metropolises, Madrid and New York.
RECENT PROJECTS
07-04-2020 - Design
CannonDesign, creative ideas in the time of COVID-19
At this moment in time when social distancing is being used to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, the team from US architecture studio, CannonDesign are doing what they can to help. Being architects, they’re doing it how they know best, with a reflection on street signs and with a walk-in, COVID-19 testing booth slated for the general public.
06-04-2020 - News
Hubei Foreign Language Bookstore by Wutopia Lab
The Chinese architecture studio Wutopia Lab has given the famous Hubei Foreign Language Bookstore in Wuhan, Hubei a complete makeover. Their project gravitates around an internal cone of light and stands as a symbol for the Hubei Changjiang Publishing & Media Group and for the city itself.
03-04-2020 - News
Jané Winestore by External Reference with Chu Uroz
A venue that’s all about wine and other alcoholic beverages: Jané Winestore in Tarragona, Spain is the project by architect Carmelo Zappulla from External Reference with designer Chu Uroz for Jané Grup, a leading Spanish wine, liquor and fine food organisation. A dynamic project with pop overtones.
02-04-2020 - Materials
Nature and art, a project by Heliotrope Architects
Heliotrope Architects has completed a new home-retreat for an art collector and gallery owner on Orcas Island, the largest of the San Juan Islands in Washington State. The building acts as a stylish frame for the stunning nature, the real artwork in this wild setting.
01-04-2020 - News
H Code, building for urban renewal, CL3
The founder of CL3 Architects Limited, William Lim and the studio’s head of design, Clinton Tsoi completed the H Code project in Hong Kong. The multipurpose architecture is formed of a low-rise volume and a high-rise volume and aims to be a symbol of pondered, harmonious urban renewal.
31-03-2020 - Design
6280.CH: a coworking space designed by Evolution Design
6280.CH is a 1000 sqm coworking space created by the Swiss architecture studio Evolution Design. Located in the village of Hochdorf, 6280.CH is housed in the former factory of the Swiss furniture maker, Novex. The conversion and transformation into a contemporary environment took into consideration the local context.
