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Innovative, sustainable materials and ideas that make a difference in architecture.
27-09-2023 - Materials
Casa Encinos by APT, a fusion of form and function respectful of the local context
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.
09-08-2023 - Materials
Mimosa Architects transforms the outdoor cinema in Prachatice
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.
19-04-2023 - Materials
In harmony with nature, Casa Entrecopas by Marina Vella
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.
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15-09-2015 - Materials
Shanti-Som Wellbeing Retreat – a sustainable resort
The complex Shanti-Som Wellbeing Retreat in Andalusia, Spain, in the Sierra de las Nievas natural park restores its guests' psychophysical well-being while its architecture and choice of materials reflect a certain striving for balance between man and nature.
10-09-2015 - Materials
Usine Restaurant in Stockholm by Richard Lindvall
Usine Restaurant, by award-winning designer Richard Lindvall, is the outcome of the renovation of an old sausage factory into a multifunctional space with the so-called Scandinavian feeling created through an intelligent combination of materials and spatiality.
08-09-2015 - Materials
House in Barrio del Carmen by Hugo Mompo
Spanish architect Hugo Mompó designed the renovation project of a house in Valencia, Barrio del Carmen.
03-09-2015 - Materials
Hitzig Militello Arquitectos and the Tostado Café Club
The Argentinian architectural studio Hitzig Militello Arquitectos designed the Tostado Café Club in Buenos Aires.
17-08-2015 - Materials
El Tallercito by Natura Futura Arquitectura
Natura Futura Arquitectura designed its own architecture offices in Babahoyo, in the province of Los Rios, Ecuador.
22-06-2015 - Materials
San Giobbe +160 by act_romegialli
Italian architecture studio act_romegialli, has designed the San Giobbe +160 project for the interior refurbishment of an old shop on Fondamenta di San Giobbe, a canal side-street in Venice.
