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28-02-2018

Dominique Coulon & associés Human Rights Sports Centre Strasbourg

The name of the sports centre recently designed and built by Dominique Coulon & associés is a direct reference to Strasbourg’s role as home to the European Parliament and the European Court of Human Rights.

23-02-2018

Nordic Architects Global Impacts

The volume in the Nordic Architects series of publications that Arvinius+Orfeus is dedicating to Nordic architecture uses examples of Scandinavian architects to explore one of the key aspects of contemporary architecture - the global impact of urbanisation.

22-02-2018

Sports recycling: Water Sports Center Halsskov by Sweco Architects

A water sports centre in Halsskov, Denmark, designed by the Nordic firm, Sweco Architects with a view to environmental sustainability has repurposed old shipping containers in a playful interpretation of these pieces of architecture.

16-02-2018

Aluminium screening on the façade of Fuksas’ tower in Turin

The glass surface of the Service Centre in the headquarters of the Region of Piedmont in Turin will have an aluminium screen to protect it from the sun’s rays

12-02-2018

vulcanica architettura and the Brin69 project in Naples

Brin69 is a redevelopment project for a large, attractive and majestic early 20th-century industrial shed in Naples.

29-01-2018

Hardel Le Bihan Architectes Odalys City Apartment Hotel, Paris

A wall covered with corrugated metal panels delicately patterned with openwork characterises the new Odalys City Apartment Hotel in Paris, designed by Hardel Le Bihan Architectes.

09-01-2018

Pierattelli Architetture Arval Headquarters a photovoltaic lightning bolt in Scandicci

The new Arval building in Scandicci soon became a local landmark. The value of the project is underlined by its status as an example of technological innovation and environmental sustainability, emphasised by indoor and outdoor porcelain cladding by Graniti Fiandre.

05-01-2018

The Pont du Gard’s little brother: a cardboard tube bridge by Shigeru Ban

Shigeru Ban built a cardboard tube bridge with a view of the first century Roman bridge over the Gardon in Nimes