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19-01-2021
Seventyonepercent: harmony and identity in new wellness & bathroom furnishings
The bathroom and all wellness spaces are intended to be comfortable places in which to enjoy a totalling relaxing, fulfilling experience. Seventyonepercent is a new brand that naturally combines materials such as wood, brass, metal and glass with high-tech ceramic to create a fascinating, evocative bathroom. A synthesis of functional and aesthetic quality, Seventyonepercent furnishings and surfaces reinterpret the stylistic code of ceramic in pursuit of good design and the best Italian craftsmanship

18-01-2021
Gare Maritime by Neutelings Riedijk Architects, a sustainable conversion
More than merely the largest cross-laminated timber structure in Europe, the Gare Maritime on the Tour & Taxis site in Brussels is a sustainable project by Neutelings Riedijk Architects in collaboration with Bureau Bouwtechniek to convert what was once Europe’s largest freight station into a new district of the city.

11-01-2021
Kasvattamo, locally grown produce as interpreted by ROOH Studio
The young architects from the Indo-European collective ROOH designed Kasvattao, a temporary installation in one of the Helsinki City Museum’s courtyards, engaging the people of Helsinki and especially the youth to raise their awareness of the concepts of urban farming.

28-12-2020
Urban density, the Grasshopper Studio and Courtyard by Wittman Estes
US architecture firm Wittman Estes has designed a small studio and courtyard behind a house that was built in the 1940s. An elegant, and at the same time sustainable response that provides a design solution on a human scale without losing sight of the pressing urgency to densify the urban fabric.

25-12-2020
BIG’s glass and timber Student Centre for Johns Hopkins University
Construction of the new Hopkins Student Centre is due to begin in 2022 and be completed in 2024. The glass and timber structure has earned the building the nickname “the beach next door”

24-12-2020
Hotel Milla Montis, a sustainable landmark
The architecture firm of Peter Pichler designed the recently opened Hotel Milla Montis in Maranza, South Tyrol. Architecture inspired by the local vernacular, by the majestic Dolomites landscape, and using locally sourced materials so guests can enjoy a holiday with low environmental impact.

17-12-2020
La Cabina de la Curiosidad for an original house
It’s intriguing how the name of the project by young architects Marie Combette and Daniel Moreno Flores in Ecuador, La Cueva della Mini Bestia, which translates as The Cave of the Tiny Beast, riffs off the name of their studio. The project involves restoring, or rather building, a small house in Quito for a couple and their dog.