The Colombia Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai is thought of as an artefact with the ability to tell the past, present and future stories of the country\'s culture through its music. Supported by its geography and its cities, the pavilion designed by...
Roofs often play important roles in a project\'s identity. In addition to the aesthetic aspect, they play a fundamental role in protecting and closing the building. Of the existing types of coverage, pitched roofs are the most common in homes and... -
The growing consumer demand for transparency?especially around sustainability and environmental practices?has implications for industries from apparel to healthcare products. Mars Inc. recently released a cocoa sourcing map to tackle deforestation... -
Wasserturm is a modern penthouse apartment located in Berlin, Germany, designed in 2019 by Mintdesign Berlin.
Photography by Yves Sucksdorff
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The TECU® ARCHITECTURE AWARD opened its annual call for submissions in September, 2021. The Award seeks to recognize the best uses of copper - a natural element which is durable, recyclable and sustainable "by nature". -
We were set to design a house for a three-generation family with different lifestyles between the family members. While the grandparents are used to the traditional Vietnamese lifestyle, the married couple and their children are familiar with the... -
A Touch of New is a lovely stone house located in TÃnos, Greece, designed in 2017 by Aristides Dallas Architects.
Description
Inspired by the traditional architecture of the built stone dovecotes of Tinos as well as by the way... -
The studio and residential building for a freelancing artist and sculptor and his family is situated on the western ridge of the ?Wertachtal? and formulates the topographical and topological transition between the city in the valley and the military... -
This project consists of work to a much-loved building typology which is seldom seen these days ? a corner milk bar with the Owner?s residence attached - in this case the house is a handsome but unremarkable late Victorian block fronted... -
Rakkestad Culture School is a building in solid wood over 2 floors with a gross area of 774 m2. The cultural school adapts to existing buildings on the square in height and shape and relates to the axis from the road leading down to the main street.... -
The prerequisite for any design is the question of pleasure. The pleasure of reinventing and reinvesting a building with atypical dimensions and of giving it a new history. This totem building makes us pass from the safeguard of a collective memory... -
The built environment we inhabit can be hostile, both on an individual architectural scale and in a wider urban context. Homeless people, for instance, are dissuaded from resting on public benches by the menacing presence of spikes and other forms... -
Pons House is a minimalist residence located in Denia, Spain, designed in 2021 by Andrea Pons Arquitectura.
Description
The design of the house is conditioned by its immediate surroundings. Located in a high-density residential... -
?The Day After House? is the renovation of a 110 sqm apartment in Madrid with the aim of updating the domestic space according to the new models of use and environmental consciousness after the emergence of the new climate regime and fossil fuel... -
What is vernacularism, but the knowledge transmitted in time and translated into space" In the constructive case, taking advantage of the materials available in the area and adapting them to the architecture that responds to the needs... -