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Sustainable design and solutions focusing on the environment, architecture with a “green” heart.
27-12-2023 - Sustainable Architecture
Tarabot by theOtherDada: Biodiversity and sustainability at the Jameel Arts Centre for COP28
Tarabot: Weaving A Living Forum, inspired by an idea by architect Adib Dada of studioOtherDada in Beirut, is a sustainable pavilion inaugurated during COP28 at the Jameel Arts Centre in Dubai. Made with locally sourced materials such as clay, mycelium, date palm waste and upcycled fabric, the pavilion incarnates a circular, ecological ethic and promotes biodiversity.
13-12-2023 - Sustainable Architecture
The Pyramid of Tirana: transforming a historic monument
Dutch architectural practice MVRDV has completed an important project transforming an old monument in the Albanian capital. A facility opened in 1988 as a museum about the dictator Enver Hoxha has now been given new life as a vibrant cultural centre and educational facility in the heart of Tirana, demonstrating the great potential of historic constructions in Brutalist style.
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.
RECENT PROJECTS
06-01-2020 - Sustainable Architecture
Del Mar Civic Center by Miller Hull Partnership
The Del Mar Civic Center in Del Mar, California is the quintessential product of Miller Hull Partnership’s design ethos: a civic centre with sustainable design embracing a great urbanistic solution and that basically operates off-the-grid.
02-01-2020 - Sustainable Architecture
Hoedemaker Pfeiffer, Hillside Sanctuary, San Juan Islands
US multidisciplinary architecture and interiors studio Hoedemaker Pfeiffer has designed Hillside Sanctuary on the San Juan Islands, an archipelago in the U.S. state of Washington. A retreat to get back to nature in architecture that responds to the lay of the land and local materials.
26-12-2019 - Sustainable Architecture
Casa E in Minorca by Gabriel Montañés Arquitecto
Casa E by Gabriel Montañés Arquitecto is a streamlined, geometric house on the island of Minorca. The design approach favours a flexible use of the house that gently fits into the Mediterranean landscape.
23-12-2019 - Sustainable Architecture
Clayton & Little for an AIA Award-winning, sustainable farm structure
The project by US firm, Clayton & Little for a small but elegant agricultural structure in California was recognised with a 2019 National Small Project Award from the American Institute of Architects (AIA). The simple, off-the-grid structure features repurposed industrial commodity parts for its structural parts.
17-12-2019 - Sustainable Architecture
The circular economy in a sustainable installation by Josep Ferrando Architecture
Circular economy and sustainability aren’t just buzzwords, they’re important issues that need to be addressed if we want to try and mitigate the climate crisis. The building industry has become increasingly aware of its impact, so for the Barcelona Building Construmat (BBConstrumat), Josep Ferrando Architecture developed a sustainable installation based on the criteria of the circular economy.
12-12-2019 - Sustainable Architecture
Sky Green, a green tower in Taichung, Taiwan by WOHA
WOHA is an architecture studio known for its green buildings long before green became more than just a colour. Now the team has completed the first example of high-density, mixed-use sustainable architecture with landscaped facades for the developer Golden Jade with Feng Chia University in Taichung, Taiwan.
