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08-08-2012

DesignInc: 6 Green Star Education Design for Innova 21, Adelaide University (AUS).

The new Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Sciences Building in Adelaide designed by Australian architectural practice DesignInc has been certified by the Green Building Council of Australia as a 6 Star Green Star Education (V1) building and recently won the Green Building Award.

02-08-2012

KoA' Kitchen Open Air, a project using active ceramics.

Vittorio Grassi Architetto & Partners designed the “KoA' Kitchen Open Air” company restaurant for the pharmaceuticals group Zambon.

27-07-2012

Superbude St. Pauli in Hamburg: economically and environmentally sustainable hostel and hotel.

Hamburg, the city of fun, of the big publishing houses and of Architecture with a capital A, is also a city of trendsetting hotels.

05-07-2012

Wadi Hanifa Wetlands: reclaiming an oasis.

Conversion of a “wadi” into a natural water treatment system to benefit the population of Riyadh won Canadian architectural studio Moriyama + Teshima the Aga Khan Award for Architecture.

29-06-2012

The best tall buildings of 2012 - CTBUH Award 2012

The skyscrapers selected for the 2012 CTBUH Award have been announced, and for the first time the list of award-winning tall buildings includes an Italian skyscraper, Palazzo della Regione Lombardia, and an Australian building.

29-06-2012

25hours Hotel in Hafencity Hamburg: sleeping like a “seafarer”

Hafencity Hamburg is not only Europe’s biggest intraurban development area, making it a Mecca of contemporary architecture, but a place where cosmopolitan design fans can enjoy doubly sustainable relaxation, as in the 25hours Hotel Hafencity.

26-06-2012

Participatory architecture – TYIN in Bangkok

The Klong Toey Community Lantern project is Norwegian studio TYIN Tegnestue's second project in Bangkok, after the Old Market Library, and like it, it pursues the goal of dialogue and participation of the local population.

26-06-2012

Award for architect Ieoh Ming Pei

Architect Ieoh Ming Pei has been honoured with the Leonore and Walter Annenberg Award for Diplomacy through the Arts from the Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies (FAPE).