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.
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.
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.
Blouin Orzes Architectes, which has been in business for many years now in the northern part of Quebec, has created a collective architecture with the new Nunavik cultural centre, closely interacting with the natural context, and inspired by the forms of the icebergs.
Our journey continues through the national participations at the 16th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia with the Mexico Pavilion, curated by Gabriela Etchegaray and entitled “Echoes of a Land”.
WDA (William Duff Architects) has won the American Institute of Architects San Francisco (AIA SF) Merit Award for Big Ranch Road, a project to convert an old barn in the Napa Valley into a family retreat.
With their project for the Technical Centre of Blagnac, the architects from French firm NBJ Architectes show that a commercial building can become an important part of the urban fabric if it connects with the environment.
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