Tag Public Buildings

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

03-07-2020

Ostana’s Mizoun de la Villo and the rebirth of a village

Mizoun de la Villo is part of the process of regeneration of the Alpine community of Ostana, in the province of Cuneo (Italy) which began 35 years ago, bringing permanent residents back to reverse the gradual abandonment of the village. Massimo Crotti, Antonio De Rossi and Luisella Dutto designed an Alpine welfare centre.

26-06-2020

A minimalist reconstruction in concrete and steel by LAPS arquitectos

A minimalist reconstruction in concrete and steel has made Montevideo’s mid-twentieth-century marketplace into a multipurpose building.

08-05-2020

Weinstein A+U and the new fire station 22 in Seattle

The architects from Seattle-based studio, Weinstein A+U designed fire station 22 in their city. The building, on a small, narrow lot with drive-through access for the fire trucks, also achieved LEED Platinum certification.

06-03-2020

Dietrich Untertrifaller + Tekhnê: Alice Milliat Gym in Lyon

As part of the ZAC du Bon Lait which transformed the 20th-century working-class neighbourhood in the south of Lyon, Dietrich Untertrifaller and Tekhnê have designed the Alice Milliat Gym. The frustum-shaped roof and straw insulation are the strengths of the glulam structure.

17-10-2019

Industrial architecture in Rotterdam, the waterworks

Rotterdam is a Mecca for fans of contemporary architecture, with impressive buildings and landmarks. But this Dutch city hides some of its oldest treasures, magnificent examples of industrial architecture that include the De Esch waterworks, turned into a residential zone in the 1970s.