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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.

01-09-2020

Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter residential complex in Oslo

The Norwegian studio Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter has developed a housing complex in Oslo, bringing together tradition and innovation by using a contemporary architectural language in a historically significant context.

05-06-2020

Concrete, timber and aluminium towers by Helen & Hard Architects

Helen & Hard architects’ three concrete, timber and aluminium towers on the top of a hill overlook a Norwegian fjord

25-05-2020

ADEPT at Carlsberg City, Copenhagen

The Danish architecture studio, ADEPT has helped to transform the Carlsberg City district in Copenhagen. They worked their magic on Theodora House, a contemporary, mixed-use building complex that is part new construction and part reuse and all with the typical brick of this historic district.

18-05-2020

Housing created by Summary, when prefabrication goes creative

With his installation “infrastructure-structure-architecture” Samuel Gonçalves from the Portuguese architecture studio, Summary took prefabricated elements of a real, existing project to the Arsenale of the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale: Gomos System. This year, he went a step further and completed the first apartment block that combines the advantages of prefabrication with eye-catching aesthetics.