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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
24-06-2019 - Sustainable Architecture
Olympic House by 3XN, one of the most sustainable buildings in the world
The new headquarters of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne, Switzerland, designed by Danish architecture firm 3XN, has received three of the most stringent sustainable building certifications - LEED Platinum, SNBS and Minergie P - becoming one of the most sustainable buildings in the world.
20-06-2019 - Sustainable Architecture
Layering Courtyard in Beijing by ARCHSTUDIO
With its project called “Layering Yard”, ARCHSTUDIO has reinvented a traditional industrial building and quadrangle near Beijing’s historic Qianmen gate.
19-06-2019 - Sustainable Architecture
cepezed designed the new bus station in Tilburg
In Tilburg - like in the rest of the Netherlands - taking public transport is not just a sustainable action, it is also an enjoyable experience thanks to the attractive infrastructures.
12-06-2019 - Sustainable Architecture
Space and Experience, an exhibition at the MAK as part of the Vienna Biennale for Change
The Vienna Biennale for Change, entitled BRAVE NEW VIRTUES.
06-06-2019 - Sustainable Architecture
Albion Public Library in Toronto by Perkins+Will Canada
The Albion Public Library in Toronto, designed by Perkins+Will Canada, is one of the six libraries that won a 2019 AIA/ALA Library Building Award.
04-06-2019 - Sustainable Architecture
Waiting for the winners of the 4th European Award for Architectural Heritage Intervention AADIPA
The European Award for Architectural Heritage Intervention AADIPA is organised every two years by the Architect’s Association of Catalonia (COAC) and the Association of Architects for the Defence and Intervention in Architectural Heritage (AADIPA).
