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10-04-2020
Mobius house of hemp bricks and concrete by Gibbons Design
An elliptical house with a swimming pool inspired by a Möbius strip and made out of hempcrete by Antony Gibbons Design

02-04-2020
Nature and art, a project by Heliotrope Architects
Heliotrope Architects has completed a new home-retreat for an art collector and gallery owner on Orcas Island, the largest of the San Juan Islands in Washington State. The building acts as a stylish frame for the stunning nature, the real artwork in this wild setting.

27-03-2020
Fixed aluminium sunbreak for Behnisch Architekten’s AGORA
The expansion on the cancer research centre in Lausanne has a façade with a pyramid-shaped laser-microperforated aluminium sunbreak

25-03-2020
Weekend House by Pavel Míček Architects in the Beskydy Mountains
The Czech studio Pavel Míček Architects has designed a small weekend retreat in Beskydy. The architects designed the cottage to blend in with the idyllic nature of this mountainous zone and first thought about the building materials as the basis for their concept.

20-03-2020
Renovated timber, brick and laminated bamboo home in Beijing
A Siheyuan is a traditional Chinese home renovated by restoring the existing parts using local materials along with modern additions that add value to its classic style.

19-03-2020
Sanjay Puri Architects has designed The Rajasthan School
A new school that is based on the typical architectural elements used in the ancient cities of the state of Rajasthan in India. Sanjay Puri Architects carefully studied the site and responded to the local climate to construct an inherently sustainable school.

13-03-2020
Façade with concrete sunbreaks for the V&A Dundee Museum
Kengo Kuma’s first building in the United Kingdom is the V&A Dundee Museum, inspired by Scotland’s famous cliffs, but made of concrete in a contemporary formal idiom.

25-02-2020
The living room, between traditional and contemporary
Large sizes, original aesthetic effects and light as the key element in the home: these are only a few of the most important new developments in surface coverings for the living room made possible by the evolution of technical porcelain. Collections such as GranitiFiandre’s Hq.resin and Magneto translate the power of resins and cements into innovative architectural solutions combining the traditional with the contemporary in original and sustainable ways