Tag Green

01-08-2018

Westway Architects Villa Tortuga a dream home in Sardinia

Westway Architects designed a dream home in Sardinia. The home is built amidst the Mediterranean scrub on a ridge overlooking Marinella Gulf, with a splendid panoramic view over the Emerald Coast. The interiors were designed in collaboration with London studio Todhunters Earle Interiors.

28-06-2018

Green oases and agriculture in the city: AgrAir, Radicity and Green Gallery

Creating green oases, bringing agriculture into the city, using greenery as a way of relaunching historic city centres: these are just a few of the themes of three recent installations and initiatives focusing on use of greenery as a key element in urban design in different parts of Italy.

23-03-2018

A gym in its context, by Agence ENGASSER & associés

The creation of a new gym in a high school in Metz (France) made it necessary for the architects of Agence ENGASSER & associés to carry out a careful study of its location, between a canal, a motorway and a number of existing buildings.

20-02-2018

BIG and CRA: Nature and architecture in the Singapore Tower

Construction work has begun on a new skyscraper designed by BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group and CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati, an example of how architecture and nature can be perfectly integrated.

04-01-2018

Anonyme, 3579 Flowers, a truly green project

With 3579 Flowers, the French firm of architects Anonyme designed a project that redevelops a building on Raoul Dufy street in Paris thanks to the intelligent use of vertical gardens.

07-11-2017

Stefano Boeri Il Bosco Verticale in Paris

La Forêt Blanche is the name of the Paris version of Milan’s "Bosco Verticale", or vertical forest building. Stefano Boeri Architetti’s green skyscraper won the Marne Europe - Villiers sur Marne competition.

13-09-2017

Vo Trong Nghia: The Bihn house and the transformation of Ho Chi Minh

Aware of the depletion of greenery in cities like Ho Chi Minh, Vo Trong Nghia Architects design homes in which vegetation is an integral part of the composition. Interaction between indoor spaces and gardens improves the microclimate in Vo Trong Nghia’s Bihn house.

07-07-2017

Perkins + Will Architecture House around the Tree São Paulo, Brazil

House around the Tree is truly the right name for this home. The location was chosen by the clients for its large trees, which became the fundamental elements of the design by Perkins + Will Architecture.