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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
_-_photo_silvia_gin_and_zeshan_mazhar_last_sez.jpg "Crossings, an architecture workshop in Calabria on the border between tradition and present")
20-07-2018 - Sustainable Architecture
Crossings, an architecture workshop in Calabria on the border between tradition and present
Belmonte Calabro in the province of Cosenza hosted the third edition of Crossings, an architectural design workshop.
19-07-2018 - Sustainable Architecture
Nuvola Lavazza, urban regeneration in Turin, designed by Cino Zucchi
Architect Cino Zucchi has designed Nuvola Lavazza as the new headquarters of the famous coffee company by redeveloping the disused area of the former power station in Turin's Aurora district.
16-07-2018 - Sustainable Architecture
Natura Futura Arquitectura and Casa Zancos
Ecuador-based firm, Natura Futura Arquitectura has designed Casa Zancos, a home in General Villamil.
03-07-2018 - Sustainable Architecture
DECK restaurant by RAMA Estudio, a LEED-certified restaurant
DECK is a restaurant designed by RAMA Estudio in the Ekopark complex in Quito, in a LEED-certified building, and the cheerful, welcoming restaurant also meets LEED certification requirements.
02-07-2018 - Sustainable Architecture
Sustainable and enduring architecture, a conversation with Anna Heringer
At the 16th International Architecture exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia with the title FREESPACE, to mark her participation in THIS IS NOT A SHIRT, we met Anna Heringer, an award-winning architect whose architecture is the product of a profound respect for the location of her work, the materials used and the people it is for.
27-06-2018 - Sustainable Architecture
2018 Architecture Biennale, Weiss Manfredi Lines of Movement
New York-based architecture studio Weiss/Manfredi is present at the 16th International Architecture Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia in the Freespace exhibition in the Corderie of the Arsenale.
