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28-08-2015

Water Architecture, swimming pools and specialised constructions for swimming - best of week

A collection of architecture where water plays an essential role: interesting projects for baths, swimming pools and specialised constructions for swimming presented in Floornature is an excellent cure to (mentally) escape the heat of the summer!

27-08-2015

Herbst Architects under the Pohutukawa trees in New Zealand

The Pohutukawa tree is typical of New Zealand. An evergreen with red flowers, it even grows on rocks. Herbst Architects built this home in the middle of a Pohutukawa forest, where, of course, they gave priority to the trees.

26-08-2015

Casa Crotta: Massimo Galeotti and historical buildings

Treviso architect Massimo Galeotti has overseen the architectural reclamation of a historical villa in northern Italy. Many reclamation projects give old buildings a contemporary look and change them completely; but such radical change is not always the best solution.

19-08-2015

Alphavilleꞌs Koyasan Guesthouse in Japan

Alphaville has designed a guest house in Koyasan, a sacred place in Japan, home of Kongobu-ji Buddhist temple. Alphaville of Kyoto has created a timber frame building with a pitched roof containing a cosy guesthouse measuring only 96 sqm.

07-08-2015

6 new buildings you mustn’t miss when in Paris

It’s time for summer holidays: an opportunity to see contemporary architecture projects, and so we take a look at some of the most recent projects in Paris featured in Floornature.

07-08-2015

Snøhetta visual identity + brand strategy Norway’s National Parks

Snøhetta architectural studio came up with a new visual identity and brand strategy for Norway’s national parks.

29-07-2015

Toth Project's Floating Blocks in Budapest

Blocks that float lightly one above the other. The Hungarian architects of Toth Project have designed a one-family house in which volumes are broken down on the basis of the rules of geometry, creating an impression of lightness.

26-06-2015

Architecture on the web: New ways of talking about architecture book trailer

The recent book trailer by Mara Corradi and Roberto Ronchi underlines the themes of the book Architecture on the web. A Critical Approach to Communication, edited by Paolo Schianchi, reigniting debate about how the web has changed the way we talk about architecture.