Tag Sustainable Architecture

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.

26-12-2017

FMG Active: eco-active anti-pollutant high-tech ceramic floors

One of the outstanding products of FMG’s ecological production cycle is porcelain tiles treated with the innovative Active Clean Air & Antibacterial Ceramic™ method. The result is the perfect wall and floor covering for public and private spaces, hotels and medical facilities, thanks to the tiles’ anti-bacterial and sanitising powers.

20-10-2017

2017 Austrian national award for architecture and sustainability

The Austrian national award for architecture and sustainability - Staatspreis Architektur und Nachhaltigkeit - is Austria's highest recognition for sustainable building.

21-07-2017

Sustainable building by Tchoban Voss Architekten

The architect Sergei Tchoban and Tchoban Voss Architekten have designed a mixed use building in the heart of Berlin that combines sustainability and a contemporary aesthetic that responds to the urban backdrop.

06-05-2015

El Equipo Mazzanti Giancarlo Mazzanti e Carlos Medellín, interview

El Equipo Mazzanti (Giancarlo Mazzanti and Carlos Medellín) talk about architecture as a tool for social change. El Equipo Mazzanti sees architecture in Colombia as a scenario for promoting inclusion in society.

07-04-2015

Studio Arthur Casas and MP House, Quinta da Baroneza, San Paolo

In the Quinta da Baroneza estate, near San Paolo in Brazil, stands the new MP House, built by Studio Arthur Casas, designer of the Brazilian pavilion at Expo Milano 2015. The MP House in Quinta da Baroneza optimises use of the slope of the land to create a terraced building.

09-12-2014

Alberto Campo Baeza talks to Floornature

After contributing to the volume “Architecture on the web. A critical approach to communication”edited by Paolo Schianchi, Alberto Campo Baeza talks to Floornature in an interview describing his thoughts about communication in architecture, emphasising the importance of photographs, drawings and text in today’s world. He also talks about radical and drastic design of space, and explains why architecture is the best job in the world, with reference to his House of the Infinite.

12-09-2013

RMA Architects, Hathigaon housing for elephants and their caretakers

A housing project for elephants and their caretakers, constructed in India by RMA Architects, has won the 10th “Fassa Bortolo” International Prize for Sustainable Architecture.