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
06-09-2018 - Materials
Scenic Advisement Offices by Feldman Architects
The design team from Californian firm Feldman Architects are behind the conversion of the 1909 Bricca stables on Battery Street, San Francisco, now home to the offices of an investment bank.
27-08-2018 - Materials
Taller Héctor Barroso, Entre Pinos, Valle de Bravo
Mexican architectural firm Taller Héctor Barroso has built a complex of five houses in the Bravo Valley, a region much loved by the inhabitants of Mexico City for out-of-town trips, as a destination for escaping from the metropolis.
22-08-2018 - Materials
Living in Potsdam and respecting the historical context
Architect Ingo Andernach has built a single-family house in Potsdam near Berlin, Germany, which combines contemporary materials like concrete with full respect for the UNESCO World Heritage site of Potsdam's castles and parks.
21-08-2018 - Materials
Hangzhou Neobio Family Park by Li Xiang
In the wake of the resounding success of the Neobio Family Park in Shanghai, Chinese designer Li Xiang, head of X+Living, has designed a new indoor theme park, this time in Hangzhou.
23-07-2018 - Materials
Wutopia Lab designs an all-white bookstore in Xi’an, China
Shanghai-based architecture studio, Wutopia Lab recently completed a bookstore of the Zhongshu chain in Xi'an, one of China's oldest cities, and the capital of thirteen dynasties.
17-07-2018 - Materials
Make Architects and the Portsoken Pavilion in London
Portsoken Pavilion, a sculptural monocoque structure by Make Architects, has been unveiled as part of the City of London Corporation’s transformation of a 1960s gyratory into a high-quality, new-millennium public space.
