News Green Architecture
News from the world of architecture, new builds, awards, initiatives.
Curated by Christiane Burklein
30-07-2021 - News
FRIEND, an inflatable sculpture by Simon Hjermind Jensen
Danish architect Simon Hjermind Jensen created "Friend", an inflatable sculpture 6 metres tall, for Bloom, a festival in Copenhagen encouraging reflection on nature, science and ourselves. The organic shapes of Hjiermind Jensen’s sculpture are inspired by observation of the trees.
15-07-2021 - News
Mezzo Atelier converts a former warehouse into a cultural centre
An unused space on the outskirts of Ponte Delgada, in Portugal’s Azure Islands, has been converted into vaga cultural centre, a space for art and knowledge, by Mezzo Atelier and the association Anda&Fala.
06-07-2021 - News
THE TOKYO TOILET, new public toilets now ready in Shibuya
THE TOKYO TOILET is an initiative of the Nippon Foundation, the government of the town of Shibuya and the Tourism Association of Shibuya which began in 2019; this year saw the addition of two new public toilets, the most recent of which was designed by Kengo Kuma.
RECENT PROJECTS
28-06-2021 - News
Yoga and art in Brno, a project by RO_AR Szymon Rozwalka architects
Czech studio RO_AR Szymon Rozwalka architects built a Yoga Garden and Art Gallery in the city of Brno, in the Czech Republic: a space that goes beyond the preconceptions linked with yoga, combining yoga with art, using as their point of departure a post-industrial structure that now also incorporates greenery.
22-06-2021 - News
Winners of the 5th European Award for Architectural Heritage Intervention
The winners of the 5th European Award for Architectural Heritage Intervention, a prize awarded every two years in four categories, with a special mention for restoration, were announced a few days ago. The winning projects stand out for their ability to demonstrate great sensitivity, care and respect.
17-06-2021 - News
The Civic Hotel in Seattle: the past revisited by Wittman Estes
Seattle-based architecture firm Wittman Estes has completed the renovation and modernisation of a hotel originally opened in 1962 for the Century 21 World's Fair in the rapidly transforming South Lake Union neighbourhood of the city. The project also includes furniture designed by the architects specifically to echo the hotel’s mid-century history.
15-06-2021 - News
OFF FENCE: an installation at the 17th Venice Biennale
Sculptor Matěj Hájek and architect Tereza Kučerová were invited as the sole representatives of the Czech Republic to the 17th International Architecture Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia, curated by Hashim Sarkis. In the ‘How will we play together?’ section, in the freely accessible Forte Marghera, they are presenting OFF FENCE, an installation which investigates the theme of the fence or, more broadly, of separation.
09-06-2021 - News
Communities at Work, the French Pavilion at the 17th Architecture Biennale
The French Pavilion, curated by Christopher Hutin, presents "Communities at Work". Five specific case studies from different continents - Europe, Asia, America and Africa - provide examples of how we will live together in a world in which communities directly affect their everyday living spaces.
08-06-2021 - News
Land.Milk.Honey. The Israeli Pavilion at the 17th Architecture Biennale
What happens when coexistence relies on managing to transform a biblical promise into reality? This question is answered in the Israeli Pavilion, which shows with extreme lucidity and clarity how ideology - translated into colonialism, settlement, urbanisation, infrastructure and mechanised agriculture - has radically reshaped the environment of Palestine-Israel, and consequently also the relationship between the two peoples.
