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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
26-09-2018 - Sustainable Architecture
Pollution 2018 - RefleAction: SOS School of Sustainability e Iris Ceramica Group
The architect Mario Cucinella and Iris Ceramica Group continue their collaboration, which comes to a peak at Cersaie in Piazza Santo Stefano, Bologna.
14-09-2018 - Sustainable Architecture
Le Sirenuse, a trip to Positano reworked.
Summer isn't quite over yet, so we wanted to share a uniquely charming place to stay - Le Sirenuse hotel in Positano, on the Amalfi Coast.
13-09-2018 - Sustainable Architecture
A cottage on the edge of a pond, Atelier 111 architects
The architects from the Czech firm, Atelier 111 architekti, have built a cottage on the banks of a pond in the Vysočina region of the Czech Republic.
07-09-2018 - Sustainable Architecture
ARACHI, a new hangout thanks to the Taller del Desierto workshop
The Institute of Architecture and Design of Chihuahua (ISAD) organises the "Taller del Desierto" summer workshop every year.
03-09-2018 - Sustainable Architecture
Attractive and sustainable, The Lighthouse by Juan Alberto Andrade
A fine example of post-earthquake reconstruction in Bahía de Caráquez on the coast of Ecuador, devastated by the 2016 earthquake.
30-08-2018 - Sustainable Architecture
WSP ARCHITECTS for Hangzhou Normal University
The Chinese firm WSP ARCHITECTS designed The Campus City: an Integrated Campus Complex for Hangzhou Normal University.
