Materials Green Architecture
Innovative, sustainable materials and ideas that make a difference in architecture.
03-08-2020 - Materials
The young designers from the architecture firm, ORA based in Znojmo, Czech Republic, completed a house inside the remains of an old building in Zadní Arnoštov, a village in the Moravia region. A project for the grand architecture that respects its layers of history without creating a historical fake.
20-07-2020 - Materials
The Shuyang Art Gallery by UAD a showcase for traditional calligraphy
The Architectural Design & Research Institute of Zhejiang University (UAD) has designed an art gallery which focuses on traditional Chinese calligraphy in Shuyang, China, the birthplace of this art. The striking materiality of this architecture is set off by the three fundamental colours of Chinese calligraphy - black, white and red.
17-07-2020 - Materials
ALENCASTRE 360, a house in Mexico City by HEMAA
With ALENCASTRE 360, the Mexican architectural firm HEMAA has created an outstanding private home in Mexico City. Underlying the project is the desire to preserve the existing trees and incorporate them into the architectural concept.
RECENT PROJECTS
17-12-2018 - Materials
Parviainen Architects and the Länsisalmi Power Station in Helsinki
Parviainen Architects is the Production Energy and Recycling Completed Buildings category winner at the 2018 World Architecture Festival, its second prize this year after the Marigold Architecture Award.
12-12-2018 - Materials
A landmark gateway for a renovation in Parma
The architecture firm, Marcello Carzedda is behind the refurbishment of the locker rooms for a sports club in the city of Parma.
05-12-2018 - Materials
Hammershus Visitor Center in Bornholm, Denmark
Arkitema Architects and Professor Christoffer Harlang designed the Hammershus Visitor Center in Bornholm, Denmark.
19-11-2018 - Materials
AL BORDE, The House of the Flying Beds
The Ecuador-based architecture collective Al Borde has reconstructed an old, dilapidated 18th-century house in the town of Ibarra.
09-11-2018 - Materials
Peter Pichler, restyling of the Hotel Schgaguler
Architect Peter Pichler is the person behind the complete makeover of the Hotel Schgaguler in Kastelruth, South Tyrol.
07-11-2018 - Materials
Binom Architects, a house in pear and larch wood
Binom Architects are behind the revamp of an old, semi-detached Victorian house, first of all with an extension, then with a refurbishment of the interiors.
