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20-05-2021

Coffee and local history: Arquetipo’s Casa Zaragoza

Arquetipo Arquitectura Práctica built Casa Zaragoza, a café in the heart of the city of Veracruz, in the Mexican state of the same name: a convivial place where history meets the contemporary world, in a welcoming atmosphere where the architects expertly use traditional materials to create a spatial narration with a contemporary appeal.

14-05-2021

Sheet metal, steel and brick in the Lemoal Lemoal youth centre

A municipal deposit in Crosne, France is converted into a centre for youth and local associations

07-05-2021

A translucent façade with neon lighting for Carrollton Library

GWWO renovates Carrollton Library, a Brutalist building constructed in 1971, giving it a contemporary twist.

30-04-2021

Vector architects’ hotel of cast concrete and concrete blocks

Vector Architects design a hotel made of cast-in-place concrete and concrete blocks next to an old sugar mill

16-04-2021

Prefabricated concrete renovation and addition with a perforated aluminium façade

A 1937 Salle des Fêtes in Romainville has been restored and expanded as a multipurpose pavilion

12-04-2021

ORA’s Winery Nešetřil in Znojmo

The architects of Czech studio ORA have built a winery in their home town, Znojmo, blending local history with contemporary conviviality, using carefully chosen construction materials in a prestigious landscape and urban setting.

09-04-2021

Renovation of a concrete, glass and wood hotel by Peter Pichler

Peter Pichler Architecture renovated a hotel in only three months, building a wooden loft and a glass façade.

15-03-2021

Bornstein Lyckefors’s Villa Radal

In Villa Radal, Swedish architectural studio Bornstein Lyckefors has built a single-family home made up of three volumes close to Gothenburg: an elegant composition in which concrete meets wood in a harmonious dialogue with the home’s natural surroundings.