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.
RECENT PROJECTS
08-02-2019 - Materials
Cabinet Studio Apartment by Anna and Eugeni Bach
Anna and Eugeni Bach's architecture firm has designed the renovation of a small corner apartment in Barcelona.
31-01-2019 - Materials
PES-Architects and the Fuzhou Strait Culture and Art Centre
Helsinki- and Shanghai-based firm PES-Architects have completed their seventh project in China: the Fuzhou Strait Culture and Art Centre.
10-01-2019 - Materials
The House of Architectural Heritage in Muharraq, Bahrain
The House for Architectural Heritage in Muharraq, Bahrain, designed by Noura Al Sayeh and Leopold Banchini Architects, houses the archives of architect John Yarwood, who ran the Urban Renewal Department at the Ministry of Housing of the island state in the 1980s.
09-01-2019 - Materials
STEPS, dance academy in Panama City
The Panama-based architecture firm SKETCH, founded by Johann Wolfschoon has turned the top floor of an industrial shed in Panama City into a dance academy with studio rooms for dance and other dance-related disciplines as well as changing rooms.
17-12-2018 - Materials
Parviainen Architects and the Länsisalmi Power Station in Helsinki
Parviainen Architects is the Production Energy and Recycling Completed Buildings category winner at the 2018 World Architecture Festival, its second prize this year after the Marigold Architecture Award.
12-12-2018 - Materials
A landmark gateway for a renovation in Parma
The architecture firm, Marcello Carzedda is behind the refurbishment of the locker rooms for a sports club in the city of Parma.
