Tag Housing

06-09-2018

Europe’s best buildings on show in Vienna

The Mies van der Rohe Award, a prize for contemporary architecture presented by the European Union every two years, was won by residential projects in both categories for the first time in 2017. While awaiting the 2019 edition of the award, an exhibition opening on August 23 at the Architeckturzentrum in Vienna focuses on the finalists and winners in the 2017 competition.

03-09-2018

Attractive and sustainable, The Lighthouse by Juan Alberto Andrade

A fine example of post-earthquake reconstruction in Bahía de Caráquez on the coast of Ecuador, devastated by the 2016 earthquake.

27-08-2018

Taller Héctor Barroso, Entre Pinos, Valle de Bravo

Mexican architectural firm Taller Héctor Barroso has built a complex of five houses in the Bravo Valley, a region much loved by the inhabitants of Mexico City for out-of-town trips, as a destination for escaping from the metropolis.

22-08-2018

Living in Potsdam and respecting the historical context

Architect Ingo Andernach has built a single-family house in Potsdam near Berlin, Germany, which combines contemporary materials like concrete with full respect for the UNESCO World Heritage site of Potsdam's castles and parks.

16-08-2018

The Austrian studio smartvoll and the Loft Panzerhalle in Salzburg

An example of a perfectly executed urban renaissance by the Austrian architecture studio smartvoll, on the site of an old armoury in Salzburg, Austria is the 2018 AZ Awards Winner for Residential Interiors.

10-08-2018

BIG Bjarke Ingels Group’s Courtscraper W57 in Manhattan

Courtscraper W57, built on Manhattan’s West 57th Street by BIG Bjarke Ingels Group, combines all the advantages of European-style courtyard buildings with those of American skyscrapers, employing interesting formal and technological solutions

07-08-2018

Architype builds Social Housing in Passivhaus standard

British firm Architype, known for its sustainable approach to design is behind a social housing complex in Shropshire, UK, built to Passivhaus standards to minimise the environmental impact of the new homes.

30-07-2018

A small house overlooking Hood Canal, Washington

The perfect place for a regenerating holiday? A wood cabin in Seabeck, Washington.