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Casa Encinos by APT, a fusion of form and function respectful of the local context

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.

Mimosa Architects transforms the outdoor cinema in Prachatice

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.

In harmony with nature, Casa Entrecopas by Marina Vella

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.

RECENT PROJECTS

blocher partners designs an expansion for Bründl in Kaprun

19-11-2021 - Materials

blocher partners designs an expansion for Bründl in Kaprun

The architects of German studio blocher partners have designed an expansion for the headquarters of prominent Austrian sporting goods retailer Bründl. Their spectacular expansion of the company’s headquarters in Kaprun, awarded the Grand Austrian State Prize for Architecture, represents an optimal combination of innovation and sustainability.

Kastelaz Hof designed by Peter Pichler Architecture

04-11-2021 - Materials

Kastelaz Hof designed by Peter Pichler Architecture

The Peter Pichler Architecture studio has designed a residence which has been conceived and lives in deep symbiosis with its site. Kastelaz Hof is a contemporary solution inserted in a natural context of great value, in the charming town of Termeno in South Tyrol, from which the forms and materiality of the residence take inspiration.

Maison Fibre at the 2021 Architecture Biennale

29-10-2021 - Materials

Maison Fibre at the 2021 Architecture Biennale

We are entering the last weeks of the 17th International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale. Among the many and diverse exhibitions inside the Arsenale building, we were struck by Maison Fibre, a unique display that explores an alternative approach to the design and construction of buildings where to live and work in the future, all starting from a new type of material culture.

Activating the rural space by LIN Architecture

21-10-2021 - Materials

Activating the rural space by LIN Architecture

LIN Architecture is a pioneering design and research institute in Asia, dedicated to spatial research, design and education. The team carried out an experimental project on the reactivation of the rural space in Chongming, a very important topic, not only in China.

Prodesi/Domesi designs small cottage inspired by a ship cabin

18-10-2021 - Materials

Prodesi/Domesi designs small cottage inspired by a ship cabin

The latest project by the Czech architectural firm Prodesi/Domesi is a small holiday home inspired by a ship cabin. A cottage engaged in an intense dialogue with the nature of the artificial lake on whose shore it stands and characterised by a marked materiality projected by the careful attention to the surrounding environmental context.

llLab. studio renovates Brickyard Retreat

07-10-2021 - Materials

llLab. studio renovates Brickyard Retreat

Using local history to revitalise the region, not once, but twice. LLLab.'s project concerns a former tile factory near Beijing. The industrial building that had already been restored in 2010 as a hotel has now undergone a new makeover, boosting job opportunities and social development in the area.

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