Tag Reuse

13-12-2023

The Pyramid of Tirana: transforming a historic monument

Dutch architectural practice MVRDV has completed an important project transforming an old monument in the Albanian capital. A facility opened in 1988 as a museum about the dictator Enver Hoxha has now been given new life as a vibrant cultural centre and educational facility in the heart of Tirana, demonstrating the great potential of historic constructions in Brutalist style.

15-03-2023

Circular design for a reversible shop in Milan

Flexible circular design for retail, a scene that is continually changing in response to new trends and demands, is the key to the new store opened by multibrand retailer ON-OFF in Milan, designed by bloomscape Architecture with Francesca Perani Enterprise.

19-12-2022

LUO Studio creates a recyclable exhibition space at PSA Shanghai

Chinese studio LUO used cardboard to create an exhibition space at Shanghai’s PSA Museum. The project seeks to prevent waste of materials during temporary exhibitions, in accordance with the golden rule of ecology: "reduce, reuse and recycle“, and installation itself forms an integral part of the exhibition.

01-12-2022

Archisbang transforms incomplete residential building into new offices

Architectural studio Archisbang transformed and converted a incomplete residential building in the province of Turin into a new office space. The architects have made the "unfinished" condition that characterised the building for many years the key to interpretation of the new renovation project.

24-03-2021

Nax Architects designs Cosmetea’s pop-up shop in Shanghai

Time Tunnel in a Mirror is the name the architects of Chinese studio Nax Architects have given a pop-up shop in Shanghai, an immersive experience which represents the Cosmetea brand and its products in an innovative way while reactivating an unused space.

27-01-2021

WHOSE THE FAULT: PLASTIC OR MAN?

“We are consuming resources that future generations should have inherited. The Earth is a closed system. And if in a closed system we continue to consume without measure, the resources will run out. No other species would do that”— Stefano Mancuso