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20-03-2015

Pezo von Ellrichshausen completes Guna House in Llacolen (Chile)

The influence of the Solo Pezo in Cretas may be seen in the new Guna House in Llacolen (Chile), also by the Chilean studio Pezo von Ellrichshausen. Pezo von Ellrichshausen’s architecture contrasts with nature, but the bold geometric construction of the Guna House also emphasises it.

18-03-2015

Actescollectifs landfill project in Switzerland

The Swiss architects of Actescollectifs have designed a waste disposal facility that maximises the practicality and economy of materials without compromising on aesthetics, proving that architecture is useful to and at the service of all.

12-03-2015

Paolo Carlesso’s CM home: sustainable architecture

Perhaps architecture needs time, says Paolo Carlesso, who designed and built his own house, except for the foundations and perimeter walls, using economically and ecologically sustainable materials and construction techniques.

11-03-2015

Estudio Barozzi Viega designs the new Szczecin Philharmonic Hall

The new Szczecin Philharmonic Hall designed by Barozzi Viega studio of Barcelona stands on the site of the old Konzerthaus. Szczecin Philharmonic Hall is a building with a bold identity that has already become a landmark in the city.

25-02-2015

Triptyque and Groenlândia shopping centre in San Paolo

Triptyque, the French/Brazilian studio that designed Groenlândia, a new shopping centre in Jardins, one of the top residential districts in San Paolo, Brazil, seems to want to redefine gravity. Triptyque’s Groenlândia is a private space where the architecture is open to the public and to the city.

19-02-2015

Noses Architects’ Kook is a modern version of Mediterranean

Noses Architects designed a restaurant near Rome which combines contrasting elements of high-tech and traditional Mediterranean architecture, creating an attractive atmosphere that stimulates all the senses.

04-02-2015

Chetzeron Hotel, a hotel in the Alps

A hotel in the Alps, 2112 metres above sea level, which can be reached only on foot, on skis or by snowmobile. Actescollectifs has converted an old cableway station in the heart of the Swiss Alps into a hotel with sixteen rooms, a restaurant and the peace that can only be found at the top of a mountain.

02-02-2015

Simon Couchman’s Balnarring House

Destructured architecture on a single level, in which every room is independent of all the others. Simon Couchman has designed a house near Melbourne in which interior and exterior blend into one another in a balanced whole.