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29-09-2021

Transformation in San Francisco by Buttrick Projects Architecture+Design

The Oakland-based Buttrick Projects Architecture+Design firm has designed the transformation of a multi-residential structure in San Francisco, known as the Filbert Cottages. The pre-existing structures dating back to the busy construction period that followed the devastating 1906 earthquake, have been recovered with technically updated and contemporary details and architectural elements.

04-08-2021

Tchoban Voss Architekten Embassy living alongside Köllnischer Park, Berlin

In Berlin’s vibrant, central Mitte district, Tchoban Voss Architekten designed a housing development consisting of six buildings across from Köllnischer Park, not far from the River Spree. The architects gave each building an identity of its own while creating an ensemble that fits harmoniously into the dense urban fabric.

11-06-2021

Block of flats with school in brick, concrete and wood

A block of flats and a school have been combined as a way of enhancing a neighbourhood

22-04-2021

Anna and Eugeni Bach’s Seven Lives in Barcelona

Architects Anna and Eugeni Bach built Seven Lives, a small block of three tiny apartments between established buildings in the historic centre of Barcelona’s Horta district that stands out for its great attention to detail and prominent accents of colour.

19-03-2021

Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal 2021 Pritzker Architecture Prize

On March 16 Tom Pritzker, Chairman of the Hyatt Foundation, which sponsors the award, announced that French architects Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal are the winners of the 2021 Pritzker Architecture Prize, known internationally as architecture’s highest honour. The announcement, enthusiastically welcomed by the public, acknowledges Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal’s merit of creating architecture that improves people’s lives and responds to the social, climatic and ecological emergencies of our times.

05-02-2021

Sanjay Puri Architects EXCELLENSEAA 126 for Happy Homes

Indian firm Sanjay Puri Architects has designed a residential complex in Surat, India, which stands out thanks to its special focus on sustainability. From solar energy to wastewater treatment, plus a vast vehicle-free leisure area, the project does a great deal to minimise its environmental impact.

15-01-2021

The Gustav by KCAP, the good life in the city

KCAP Architects&Planners has completed a residential complex in the Zuidas district of Amsterdam. The campus consists of two buildings grouped around a semi-public courtyard that ends up being an extension of the homes and focuses on the tenants’ wellbeing with superior outdoor spaces.

29-09-2020

Efficiency and beauty: Granitech ventilated façades on new and renovated buildings

The Granitech ventilated façade is a laying system in which Iris Ceramica Group ceramic slabs play the dual role of adding aesthetic value to buildings while protecting their walls. Buildings are given a facelift and preserved against long-term damage caused by atmospheric pollutants thanks to the innate properties of high-tech ceramic, such as lightness, strength and non-absorbency: a set of qualities which also provide thermal insulation, saving energy and money

15-09-2020

An exhibition in Munich explores eco-friendly construction

The Holz Bau Stadt München exhibition at Architekturgalerie München showcases one of the largest eco-friendly building projects in Munich. The idea of a pilot housing estate on the site of a former barracks was born more than 10 years ago as an example of sustainable urban development with timber constructions and hybrid solutions for the residential buildings.