Materials Green Architecture
Innovative, sustainable materials and ideas that make a difference in architecture.
10-01-2020 - Materials
Restaurant Avocado Gang in Prague by Mimosa architekti
Czech firm Mimosa architekti has designed Avocado Gang, the first “avocado” restaurant in Prague. The intense colour of the avocado and food made here inspired the venue’s interior design, with the multicoloured dining table standing in the middle underscored by the shades of grey in the rest of the restaurant.
01-01-2020 - Materials
Sabine Marcelis at the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion, Barcelona
Dutch designer Sabine Marcelis crafted No Fear of Glass, a site-specific art installation in one of the most iconic spaces of the 20th century, the German Pavilion, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich for the 1929 Barcelona International Exhibition. A material connection between art and architecture.
24-12-2019 - Materials
Connecting with the history of Vienna, Renngasse 10 by 3XN
The Danish architecture studio 3XN designed the Renngasse 10 apartment building in Vienna’s first district. A contemporary design that adapts to the surrounding historic buildings in a way that complements its neighbours, at the same time retaining its own identity.
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23-03-2018 - Materials
A gym in its context, by Agence ENGASSER & associés
The creation of a new gym in a high school in Metz (France) made it necessary for the architects of Agence ENGASSER & associés to carry out a careful study of its location, between a canal, a motorway and a number of existing buildings.
16-03-2018 - Materials
Nature and ancient history: holidays at Amanruya
After careful renovation, the Amanruya resort, designed by Emine and Mehmet Öğün’s studio, reopens its doors.
14-03-2018 - Materials
MEXTRÓPOLI, a great architecture forum in Mexico City
From 17 to 20 March 2018, Mexico City will host the MEXTRÓPOLI forum, a unique event in Latin America that for four days will focus on a new vision on town planning.
09-03-2018 - Materials
A new design for the Instituto Cervantes of London by Binom Architects
The designers from Binom Architects redesigned the new Instituto Cervantes in London, inside a Neo-Georgian building dating from the 1950s.
07-03-2018 - Materials
Built with Earth, two exhibitions at the vai in Vorarlberg
The Vorarlberger Architekturinstitut of Dornbirn, in Vorarlberg, Austria, hosts two exhibitions investigating the contemporary earthen architectures.
02-03-2018 - Materials
A Window on the Lake, by YH2
The Canadian architectural studio YH2 created the very essence of the wooden cottage with a small building characterised by an archetypal shape and with a wide window on the lake.
