Tag Wood

11-06-2021

Block of flats with school in brick, concrete and wood

A block of flats and a school have been combined as a way of enhancing a neighbourhood

10-06-2021

UPHouse by cumuloLimbo studio, or: how to enlarge a space elegantly

The #UPHouse project, by Madrid-based architecture firm cumuloLimbo studio, is a sustainable intervention within an existing building. By adding a staircase and a new mezzanine-style floor, the architects have managed to give the house 50% more living space.

04-06-2021

Layered concrete and wood for the Yorkshire Sculpture Park by Feilden Fowles Architects

A concrete building inspired by the geological stratigraphy of the ground around it

31-05-2021

Forest Tower by Studio EFFEKT: a way to reconnect with nature

Danish firm EFFEKT are the architects behind the Forest Tower for the Camp Adventure Park in southern Denmark, which offers a wide range of activities based on interacting with nature, such as tree climbing and aerial ziplining. But its iconic tower is the true landmark that brings visitors back into contact with nature.

28-05-2021

A low-tech house by Dekleva Gregorič arhitekti

Dekleva Gregorič arhitekti’s roof house is a low-tech house with a view of the ocean from a privileged point of view on the Hawaiian coast

26-05-2021

Wittman Estes’s Tsuga Townhomes receives the AIA National Housing Award 2021

Wittman Estes of Seattle has received a 2021 AIA National Housing Award for Tsuga Townhomes, a small complex of three residential units built to be sustainable, both environmentally, with 4 Star Built Green certification, and economically, with a ??45% reduction in construction costs compared to the average for the city of Seattle.

25-05-2021

FMG high-tech ceramic surfaces for outdoor use: benefits and beauty, for public and private spaces

Increasingly refined design proposals for outdoor living are going through a time of flourishing growth and creativity. High-tech ceramic surfaces are perfect for the care and decoration of outdoor spaces, providing a guarantee of resistance, safety, inalterability and easy cleaning and maintenance. FMG’s Twenty collection, in neutral colours that are easy to mix and match, responds to the demands of outdoor living with a variety of laying solutions, from dry laying over grass, gravel or sand to gluing onto a concrete screed or raised floor installation

25-05-2021

How will we live together? First impressions from the 17th Architecture Biennale

On Saturday 22 May, the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale, curated by Hashim Sarkis, opened a year late. The curator's question "How will we live together" was answered in many different ways, with much research into the past and present but limited visions of the future.

10-05-2021

Marina Vella’s Casa Traversa: an extension of the landscape

Peruvian architect Marina Vella has built a house in San Luis Potosi, Mexico that is inspired by intense dialogue with the landscape and appears to be a natural extension of it. The construction in contemporary style uses local vernacular building techniques and materials appropriate for the climate.