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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
05-11-2019 - Sustainable Architecture
LMCC Arts Center by Pei Cobb Freed & Partners opens in New York
The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) opened its new Arts Center at Governors Island in New York Harbor. The pro bono project by Pei Cobb Freed & Partners is the latest piece in the ongoing transformation of the island, a former military base, into a vibrant cultural destination.
28-10-2019 - Sustainable Architecture
The Miller Hull Partnership, new living spaces in Seattle
The Miller Hull Partnership completed 8th & Republican Mixed-Use Development in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighbourhood. A project that balances public and private interests with an urban space in a community setting.
14-10-2019 - Sustainable Architecture
Bio21 Nancy Millis Building by DesingInc in Melbourne
DesignInc’s Melbourne studio recently completed the Bio21 Nancy Millis Building in Parkville, one of the largest biotechnology research centres in Australia. Architecture that exemplifies the significance of collaborative practice and healthy work environments for researchers and office workers and of improving results and targeting a Green Star rating from the Green Building Council of Australia.
10-10-2019 - Sustainable Architecture
Henning Larsen Architects, The Lindner College of Business Cincinnati
Danish architecture practice Henning Larsen has just completed its first built work in North America. The building for the Lindner College of Business in Cincinnati, completed in collaboration with Cincinnati-based KZF and Buro Happold, connects classrooms to the campus and community, encouraging a social, collaborative approach to learning.
03-10-2019 - Sustainable Architecture
The Green Isle, a sustainable restaurant in Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Taiwanese designer Keng-Fu Lo from Chain10 Architecture & Interior Design Institute has created the third restaurant in the successful Tan Zuo Mali chain. This time he created not just an excellent restaurant experience but also a public space for people to relax and have a good time, a one-of-a-kind space where customers can leave the congested hustle and bustle of the city behind them and get closer to nature.
01-10-2019 - Sustainable Architecture
A sustainable project for the science complex at the MIL Campus of the Université de Montréal
The project team formed of Menkès Shooner Dagenais LeTourneux | Lemay | NFOE Architects designed the new science complex at the MIL Campus of the Université de Montréal. The project has social and environmental sustainability goals.
