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07-12-2018

Elizabeth De Portzamparc’s Musée de la Romanité in Nimes and its screen-printed glass facade

Elizabeth De Portzamparc’s Musée de la Romanité in Nimes encloses historic artefacts in a volume of double-glazed screen-printed glass making effective use of technical solutions

05-12-2018

BIG Bjarke Ingels Group: Homes for all in Copenhagen

The non-profit association Lejerbo commissioned BIG Bjarke Ingels Group to design the "Homes for All” housing development incorporating 66 low-cost but high-quality residential units in northwest Copenhagen.

30-11-2018

Air China Tower with aluminium cladding by AREP and IPPR

The Air China Tower is a simple building with a double skin of glass and micro-perforated aluminium, with a wing shape like the fuselage of a plane

26-11-2018

Leopold Banchini Architects and Casa CCFF, an eco-friendly house

With Casa CCFF in Lancy, Geneva, the architect Leopold Banchini explores the possibility of fully sustainable construction, including building materials and energy performance.

19-11-2018

PARK Associati redesigns the Engie Headquarters building in the Bicocca district

PARK Associati planned the renovation of a building constructed in the early '80s in Milan’s Bicocca district, transforming it into a contemporary property by entirely redesigning the building and remodelling its volumes.

19-11-2018

AL BORDE, The House of the Flying Beds

The Ecuador-based architecture collective Al Borde has reconstructed an old, dilapidated 18th-century house in the town of Ibarra.

16-11-2018

Tradition and innovation in MVRDV’s Crystal Houses

MVRDV transforms the traditional architecture of the city of Amsterdam in a building made of glass brick

12-11-2018

Wayne Turett's passive house, Turett Collaborative New York

In celebration of the 15th annual International Passive House Open Days, architect Wayne Turett, principal of the Turett Collaborative, opened up his personal home located in the village of Greenport, NY on the North Fork of Long Island.