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News from the world of architecture, new builds, awards, initiatives.
19-09-2019 - News
Acabado Mate, refurbished apartment in Barcelona
Alessandra Faraone and Valeria Merola, architects and founders of Acabado Mate in Barcelona have converted a former medical studio into a home. With their extremely elegant project, they have repurposed the spaces to suit the needs of everyday life and maximise natural light.
06-09-2019 - News
The award titled the A.C. Houen Fund’s Certificate for Outstanding Architecture
The A.C. Houen Fund’s Certificate is one of Norway’s oldest and highest honours within architecture and the design of physical structures. The first ceremony took place 115 years ago, and now in 2019 four architecture projects received awards, two of which are in Oslo.
02-09-2019 - News
Avenue Green Sheshan, a kindergarten in Shanghai
ELTO Consultancy interior designers have completed a new kindergarten in Shanghai. The project stems from the idea that a creative environment where people interact helps to foster and cultivate emotional intelligence and mutual growth.
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28-08-2019 - News
Casa Cidade de Maia by Raulino Silva
The Portuguese architect Raulino Silva has designed a house in Maia, in the district of Porto, Portugal. A project in a context limited by applicable building regulations that very elegantly accommodates the client’s needs.
26-08-2019 - News
House of Silence by Natura Futura Arquitectura
Casa del Silencio is a house in Quevedo, in the province of Los Ríos, Ecuador, designed by Natura Futura Arquitectura to meet the needs of a senior citizen who wants to enjoy their family.
22-08-2019 - News
Restoration of the Tomáš Baťa Memorial in Zlín
The Czech firm TRANSAT architekti is behind the reclamation and restoration of a 1933 constructivist building in Zlín, designed by the architect František Lýdie Gahura in honour of Tomáš Baťa. Tomáš Baťa was the founder of the Bata shoe company, an illuminated businessman who also focused on the social and architecture areas, a bit like Adriano Olivetti in Italy.
15-08-2019 - News
A new convention centre at the Zhejiang Geospatial Information Industrial Park, Deqing
The Architectural Design and Research Institute of Zhejiang University (UAD), China, directed by the architects Zhenling Wu and Bing Chen, designed the permanent site for the United Nations Geospatial Information Management Forum in Deqing County, as part of the Geospatial Information Industrial Park.
12-08-2019 - News
Casa GR by Federico Trevisan Arquiteto
Casa GR, the latest work by Brazilian architect Federico Trevisan in Campinas, in the state of São Paulo, is a project that very elegantly finds a way to adapt to the topography of the site and adopt sustainable architecture solutions.
29-07-2019 - News
CannonDesign, a prototype elementary school
The new public elementary school in Rockford, Illinois came into being as a result of the collaboration between the architecture studio CannonDesign and the students.
