Materials Green Architecture
Innovative, sustainable materials and ideas that make a difference in architecture.
Curated by Christiane Burklein
07-10-2021 - Materials
llLab. studio renovates Brickyard Retreat
Using local history to revitalise the region, not once, but twice. LLLab.'s project concerns a former tile factory near Beijing. The industrial building that had already been restored in 2010 as a hotel has now undergone a new makeover, boosting job opportunities and social development in the area.
24-09-2021 - Materials
Rethinking an infrastructure from an environmental point of view, CLB Architects
The American firm CLB Architects has designed the recovery and renovation project of an ancillary facility at Jackson Hole Airport in Wyoming. An intervention that embraces the material quality of the local territory, transforming a car rental facility with a service station into an architectural experience.
17-09-2021 - Materials
LuzInterruptus The Plastic We Live With at the Jelsa Art Biennial
The LuzInterruptus art collective created an intervention during the Jelsa Art Biennial, a contemporary art festival on the island of Hvar in Croatia. The Plastic We Live With fits into an abandoned building and shows the omnipresence of plastic in our lives with a great visual impact.
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14-09-2021 - Materials
Peter Pichler Architecture, Vertical Chalets installation in Milan
One of the regular fixtures of the Fuorisalone, and also of Milan Design Week 2021, was and is the exhibition-event Interni Creative Connections, which is still open until 19 September. Among the participants is Peter Pichler Architecture with the Vertical Chalets installation, based on his design for the Six Senses Kitzbühel Alps hotel.
09-09-2021 - Materials
A long history: ORA Architects’ Kocanda Kravsko
Czech studio ORA Architects has completed the first stage in conversion of a former ceramic factory in Moravia into a venue for social events and farm holidays, with refurbishment of the Baroque building in the centre of the complex, which was originally built as a coach inn on the road between Prague and Vienna.
30-08-2021 - Materials
A holiday in the local history, aoe architects
Beijing-based aoe architects designed the Guilin Lebei Homestay Hotel in Guilin, a popular tourist destination in Guangxi. The only materials used for the 13 flats in this diffuse hotel are those in harmony with the geographical and historical context.
16-08-2021 - Materials
Forest House by Faulkner Architects, living in the woods
US studio Faulkner Architects has built Forest House, a residence that makes the most of its location in the middle of the forest. The natural environment itself is respected right from the floor plan of the house.
09-08-2021 - Materials
ANNA Stay, a dynamic cabin by Casper Schols
A few years ago, Dutch designer Casper Schols designed a cabin for his mother in their own garden. In the meantime the project has evolved into ANNA Stay, and now this flexible and sustainable small building has won the renowned Architizer A+ Awards Project of the Year 2021 as the jury's winner in the Architecture +Living Small category.
04-08-2021 - Materials
UAD designs new Museum and Library in Jiashan, China
UAD – The Architectural Design & Research Institute of Zheijiang University Co., Ltd. – has recently completed a new cultural complex in Jiashan, China. The city is an eco-friendly and green development demonstration area in the Yangtze River Delta, thus playing the important role of a laboratory for implementing new architectural and social solutions.
