Tag Wrought Earth

01-04-2022

Studio Lotus, Earth and Glass House

The Earth and Glass House project designed by Studio Lotus in New Delhi is a house conceived to create a harmonious dialogue between architecture and nature. Those who come here for weekend retreats are able to regenerate themselves, in full respect of the environment and in line with the tradition of designing according to the Vastu principles, the ancient "teaching on proper dwelling".

12-11-2021

Reclaimed materials for Luigi Rosselli's sudio in Surry Hills, Australia

Luigi Rosselli’s architectural studio built out of reclaimed construction materials in Surry Hills – Sydney, Australia is a manual of contemporary architecture.

08-10-2021

Rammed earth dwellings in Australia by Luigi Rosselli

The new project designed by Australian architect Luigi Rosselli is a village of 12 dwellings built with rammed earth walls.

23-09-2021

Hakka earthen houses on display at the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale

The exhibition Hakka Earthen Houses on Variation at pavilion 30 of Forte Marghera is a collateral event of the 17th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia in 2021, and investigates Co-operative Living, Art and Migration Architecture in China. Because migration and cultural identity are aspects that strongly influence “how we will live together”.

25-02-2021

Sustainable architecture and film: Feldman Architecture’s Caterpillar House

US studio Feldman Architecture’s Caterpillar House is the first LEED Platinum certified home on California’s Central Coast, and has risen to fame as the setting of the Netflix film Malcolm & Marie starring Zendaya and John David Washington.

24-11-2020

Goldkammer Frankfurt, telling the story of gold

The Goldkammer, Frankfurt’s chamber of gold, is one of the most modern museums in Europe. The underground system of treasure chambers designed by Frankfurt-based architecture firm AS+P Albert Speer + Partner and the exhibition designers at merz merz Architekten from Berlin showcases more than 500 objects in a spectacular environment.

29-10-2020

Anandaloy by Anna Heringer in Bangladesh wins the Obel Award

Anandaloy, the project in Bangladesh by the German architect Anna Heringer, is a building made of mud and bamboo. The multifunctional building hosts a therapy centre for people with disabilities and a fair-trade textile manufacturing workshop producing fashion and art, and it is this year’s winner of the Obel Award, a new, international prize for architectural achievement presented by the Henrik Frode Obel Foundation.

03-07-2020

TAO’s Forest Building of glulam, rammed earth and concrete

TAO’s Forest Building in Grand Canal Forest Park, near Beijing, China, is inspired by the trees of the forest and made of glulam, rammed earth and concrete.

27-08-2018

Taller Héctor Barroso, Entre Pinos, Valle de Bravo

Mexican architectural firm Taller Héctor Barroso has built a complex of five houses in the Bravo Valley, a region much loved by the inhabitants of Mexico City for out-of-town trips, as a destination for escaping from the metropolis.