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Innovative, sustainable materials and ideas that make a difference in architecture.
27-09-2023 - Materials
Casa Encinos by APT, a fusion of form and function respectful of the local context
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.
09-08-2023 - Materials
Mimosa Architects transforms the outdoor cinema in Prachatice
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.
19-04-2023 - Materials
In harmony with nature, Casa Entrecopas by Marina Vella
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.
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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.
01-07-2021 - Materials
Villa EB: a reclamation project characterised by formal harmony
The architects of Italian studio monovolume architecture + design renovated Villa EB in the province of Bolzano, reclaiming a mid-twentieth-century duplex with a focus on details, from materials to interaction with the home’s natural setting.
25-06-2021 - Materials
Taller64Arquitectos’ Casa-7 is screened-off but open to dialogue
Taller64s Casa-7, in Veracruz, Mexico, responds to the need for privacy without shutting itself off from dialogue with its urban surroundings, offering welcoming, spacious interiors for its inhabitants and their guests.
10-06-2021 - Materials
UPHouse by cumuloLimbo studio, or: how to enlarge a space elegantly
The #UPHouse project, by Madrid-based architecture firm cumuloLimbo studio, is a sustainable intervention within an existing building. By adding a staircase and a new mezzanine-style floor, the architects have managed to give the house 50% more living space.
24-05-2021 - Materials
atelier-r restores a castle in the Czech Republic
Helfštýn castle is the Czech Republic’s second-largest castle, after the one in Prague. Located in the region of Olomouc, it was subjected to a major restoration by Czech architectural practice atelier-r.
