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Sustainable design and solutions focusing on the environment, architecture with a “green” heart.
15-11-2023 - Sustainable Architecture
Helvetia, Austin Maynard Architects’ sustainable home in Fitzroy, Melbourne
Located on the edge of Melbourne’s CBD or Central Business District, Fitzroy used to be a degraded suburb but has evolved into a trendy district first made popular by artists, combining history with urban chic. In this eclectic neighbourhood stands Helvetia, a Victorian terraced home renovated by Austin Maynard Architects. After being converted into a boarding-house with a fragmented layout, Helvetia has undergone a new metamorphosis incarnating the ideals of sustainability, practicality and beauty.
04-10-2023 - Sustainable Architecture
MIDBARIUM, a fusion between brutalism and sustainability
In the heart of the arid Negev Desert in Israel, in Be'er Sheva, stands MIDBARIUM, also known as The Jack, Joseph & Morton Mandell Animal Park. This architectural project, led by the A. Lerman Architects studio, is not only an iconic repository that tells the story of the local animal world, but also a testimony of sustainable design in harmony with nature.
16-08-2023 - Sustainable Architecture
MVRDV’s Matrix ONE in Amsterdam, a circular construction
Matrix ONE, an innovative building designed by Dutch architectural practice MVRDV to contain laboratories and offices in the Amsterdam Science Park, is a structure that can be completely taken apart to reuse the elements in similar high-quality constructions: a building combining the principle of circularity with a strong focus on users’ well-being.
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05-07-2023 - Sustainable Architecture
Luca Gnizio‘s Forsoultree sculpture for reconnecting with nature
Eco-social artist Luca Gnizio transformed a fallen tree in Fiesole’s Monte Ceceri Monumental Park into a circular artwork. True to the principle of the three „R’s“, reduce - reuse – recycle, Forsoultree is a sculpture that invites people to enter into contact with nature in the womb of a tree.
10-05-2023 - Sustainable Architecture
IAAC builds FLORA, an observatory in the Barcelona forest
FLORA, an acronym for Forest Lab for Observational Research and Analysis, is a facility in the Collserola Natural Park (Barcelona) developed by a team of students and researchers from IAAC's Master’s in Advanced Ecological Buildings and Biocities (MAEBB). Built from sustainable, locally-sourced materials, it allows researchers to monitor the forest from within.
30-12-2022 - Sustainable Architecture
Graham Baba Architects designs the new Ballard Food Bank
Sharing, in the true sense of the word, has been the key to the Ballard Food Bank in Ballard, Seattle since it was founded in the late '70s. Following Graham Baba Architects’ expansion, the Food Bank can now offer additional support services under agreements with a series of partners in the community.
23-12-2022 - Sustainable Architecture
Maidla Nature Resort grows with Villa POKU
POKU is the name of the latest addition to the Maidla Nature Resort in Estonia. The Villa was built by the Estonian studio KTA Architects and is elegantly based on Estonian timber construction traditions. The third element added by the growing Resort to the main guest house, recognised with the People's Choice Award at the 2022 Estonian Wooden Architecture Prize.
09-12-2022 - Sustainable Architecture
Certified sustainability for Skylab’s Columbia Building in Portland
The Columbia Building for the Bureau of Environmental Services of the city of Portland, Oregon by American architectural practice Skylab offers an excellent example of a wide-ranging, forward-looking project. The multifunctional complex, LEED Gold certified for sustainability, takes users’ well-being into account while incarnating the institution’s principles of optimal water management.
02-12-2022 - Sustainable Architecture
Morphogenesis and the Lodsi community project for Forest Essentials
Morphogenesis, an Indian architecture and urban planning studio with offices in Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore and New Delhi, has created a „net zero“ emissions industrial complex for Forest Essentials. Located on the slopes of the Himalayas, the complex provides a model of sustainable development for rural communities making use of integrated passive and active design technologies.
