Materials Green Architecture
Innovative, sustainable materials and ideas that make a difference in architecture.
Curated by Christiane Burklein
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.
01-10-2020 - Materials
Chestnut House by ValArch Ateliér
The young Czech architectural studio, ValArch Ateliér, has built a rural house that combines respect for the context with the use of local raw materials. Chestnut House is a welcoming sanctuary in an area of great scenic beauty.
RECENT PROJECTS
24-10-2019 - Materials
SET architects, Bologna Shoah Memorial
Commemorating the past in a way that triggers true contemplation: the Bologna Shoah Memorial by the Rome-based studio SET architects has become a distinctive landmark, stimulating emotions in the urban context of Bologna.
15-10-2019 - Materials
Hong Kong House by LAAB Architects for Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale
LAAB is a Hong Kong-based laboratory for art and architecture dedicated to spatial innovations that cultivate communities and sustain environments, and they designed the Hong Kong House in Tsunan, Japan for the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale. The project is in the running for the Golden Pin Design Award 2019.
07-10-2019 - Materials
The Meadow Home by Feldman Architecture
American firm Feldman Architecture has designed a cedar-clad residence in Portola Valley and topped it with a green roof, which acts as an extension of the prairie around it.
13-09-2019 - Materials
Casa Julieta by Steck Arquitetura
With Casa Julieta in Piracicaba in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, the Brazilian architecture studio led by Maria Jocelei Steck has completed an intervention that uses the elements of the Brazilian modernist tradition to create a contemporary, sustainable and elegant environment.
03-09-2019 - Materials
Loft with Love in Prague by CMCARCHITECTS
Czech architectural firm CMSARCHITECTS has reimagined a historic brewery in Prague as a residential complex. The architects rebuilt the original buildings where the beer was fermented and stored and added a new volume to create 40 loft-style apartments.
19-08-2019 - Materials
A house by Josep Ferrando Architects in Sant Cugat
The Catalan architect Josep Ferrando resolves the complex urban conditions of the context and location of the house with a project by crafting a brand new house in between two party walls of different heights.
