Materials Green Architecture
Innovative, sustainable materials and ideas that make a difference in architecture.
Curated by Christiane Burklein
21-10-2020 - Materials
Claudio Beltrame designs the new ski school in Tarvisio
The new ski school in Tarvisio, designed by the Architetto Beltrame Claudio firm of architects, challenges traditional alpine architectural assumptions and reinterprets the classic chalet. The result is a small landmark that plays on the material nature and symbolism of wood as well as on the dynamics of skiing itself.
16-10-2020 - Materials
Faulkner Architects and the creative repurposing of a small barn
The US firm Faulkner Architects was commissioned to refurbish and convert a small barn in California. A very delicate project that harnessed the energy of the structure and even retained the smell of the old Douglas Fir commonly used in rural architecture and salvaged from the original construction.
08-10-2020 - Materials
Wittman Estes, refashioning a holiday home
With Aldo Beach House, the American architecture studio Wittman Estes has revamped an existing structure from the 1940s. The new-look beach house is now a multi-generational home in the stunning natural environment of Hood Canal, Washington.
RECENT PROJECTS
10-07-2020 - Materials
Minéral, a new venue by Blanchette Architectes in Montreal
The Canadian firm Blanchette Architectes recently completed Minéral, the latest project from entrepreneurs and restaurateurs Mathieu Ménard and Steve Grenier, in the heart of Montreal’s Gay Village. A wine bar by day and a nightclub after sundown, this venue welcomes guests with a mood that plays with the use of light and simple materials.
03-07-2020 - Materials
OPUS ONE by CCD in Foshan
The designers of the Chinese studio CCD/Cheng Chung Design have created the cultural pavilion for OPUS ONE, a new development in the Qiandeng Lake area in Foshan, Guangdong. It is all designed so that the new occupants can live in symbiosis with nature, the real luxury in metropolises.
12-06-2020 - Materials
India, Aria Hotel by Sanjay Puri Architects
Mumbai-based studio Sanjay Puri Architects has built Aria Hotel, offering hospitality in Nashik, in the northern region of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Situated on the banks of river Godavari, the hotel has been designed around sustainability, with the use of local materials, energy efficiency and more, to offer guests environmentally-friendly accommodation.
01-06-2020 - Materials
Art Villas, a resort in Costa Rica designed by Formafatal
The small, Art Villas resort sits in the lush Costa Rican jungle. A comfortable fit with its natural context, the architecture designed by the multidisciplinary studio, Formafatal, founded by Dagmar Stepanova, is based on a connection between indoors and outdoors and a very pure formal language.
27-05-2020 - Materials
Musae’s Laurel Garden by CCD, an enchanted setting in Guangzhou
Places that awaken emotions are places we remember. Which is why the Hong Kong-based CCD / Cheng Chung Design studio created a place of rare beauty with an almost dreamy feel with Musae’s Laurel Garden in Guangzhou.
19-05-2020 - Materials
Continuous Plate House 2.0 by Ryumei Fujiki and Yukiko Sato
The Continuous Plate House 2.0 by the Japanese architects, Ryumei Fujiki and Yukiko Sato from F.A.D.S. Design in Fukui, Japan is a creative project that revisits the spatial relations and materials of the original design, featuring a reinforced concrete slab that folds up and over the house.
