Tag Cement

14-12-2018

Exoskeleton prefabricated for Wageningen University and Research Centre by Rafael Viñoly

Rafael Viñoly’s glass cube with a concrete exoskeleton at Wageningen University is a classic yet modern building

04-12-2018

Design ideas for 2019: customising spaces with the neutral hues of Musa+

The neutral colours of GranitiFiandre’s Musa+, including the new Dune and Shadow versions presented at Cersaie along with the innovative Honed finish, are ideal for covering surfaces in spaces of contemporary design, suggesting new sources of inspiration for floors and walls. All while permitting contamination of different styles and the utmost customisation, thanks to a great variety of available shapes, including decorative pieces, hexagons and lozenges

27-11-2018

Uredd by Haugen/Zohar Arkitekter + Landskapsfabrikken

The Haugen/Zohar Arkitekter design team with the landscapers from Landskapsfabrikken designed the Uredd rest area as a new tourist attraction along the Helgelandskysten, one of the National Scenic Routes.

22-11-2018

New Zealand’s Waterview Connection: putting people at the heart of a motorway project

Designed by New Zealand-based architects Warren and Mahoney, alongside Boffa Miskell and the Well Connected Alliance, the structures of the Waterview Connection are crafted to reflect the city’s distinct volcanic landscape and Māori culture, putting people rather than cars at the forefront of its design.

20-11-2018

New inspiration for the minimalist style: Ariostea’s CON.CREA. and Blend.HT

Ariostea presented its new collections of cement/resin-effect and stone-effect porcelain at Cersaie 2018. The five conventional sizes of the CON.CREA. collection and the new Blend.HT maxi-slab offer the ideal solution for today’s homes in sophisticated minimalist style, with a high-impact colour palette of deep, natural hues that are perfect for design and have plenty of potential for application in interiors, exteriors and furnishings

19-11-2018

AL BORDE, The House of the Flying Beds

The Ecuador-based architecture collective Al Borde has reconstructed an old, dilapidated 18th-century house in the town of Ibarra.

08-11-2018

Atelier Jean Nouvel The Marseillaise Marseille

The Marseillaise, Jean Nouvel’s new building on the Marseille waterfront, opened at the end of October 2018. Its painted concrete facade contains about 30 different hues of blue, white and red, blending with the sky and the red roofs of the city.

30-10-2018

BIOTOPE, the new project by SHJWORKS

Biotope is a new project by SHJWORKS in Copenhagen, a three-year-long experiment with a microcosm of plants and insects in an exposed part of the city - a small green lot on a busy intersection, where the Danish studio has crafted a corner of self-sustaining life.