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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.

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

14-02-2020

Vierendeel trusses in Behnisch Architekten’s Adidas Arena.

The big Adidas village has a new building housing the sportswear company’s offices, in which the architects experiment with innovative construction engineering techniques