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architecture | 2 DAYS AGO
ZED Lab wraps hostel building with 'Brick Jali,' cuts down solar radiation by 70%
ZED Lab reinterprets Indian vernacular architecture in the boy's hostel building located in Gurugram, India.
architecture | 4 DAYS AGO
Vector Architects converts an old sugar mill into a hotel retreat of magnificent craftsmanship
The design restored the old factory structure to house all the public areas of the resort and the newly designed wings house 117 guest rooms and suites.
architecture | 1 WEEK AGO
BIG unveils updated plans for the “first prototype floating city” in Busan, South Korea
UN-Habitat and partners unveil OCEANIX Busan, the world’s first prototype floating city that adapts to sea level rise.
design | 1 WEEK AGO
Ten designers that are pushing the sustainability agenda at WantedDesign Manhattan’s Launch Pad 2022
We have rounded up the best of Launch Pad 2022 at this year's WantedDesign Manhattan, part of NYCxDESIGN’s 10th Anniversary Festival.
events | 1 WEEK AGO
Galerie Philia pays homage to Le Corbusier through their new exhibition Héritages at Cité Radieuse
Héritages runs from 7 May to 2 July 2022 and coincides with the 70th anniversary of the 1952 housing masterpiece Unité d’Habitation in Marseille.
events | 1 WEEK AGO
Stefano Boeri’s ‘Hanji House’ reinterprets Chun Kwang Young’s eco-friendly paper art into architecture
The Hanji House is a site-specific commissioned pavilion made in dialogue with the exhibition Chun Kwang Young: Times Reimagined.
architecture | 2 WEEKS AGO
LUO Studio’s arched timber bridge aims to revitalise traditional rural culture and craftsmanship
LUO studio adopted natural wooden materials to construct an arched bridge for the Gulou Waterfront resort providing access for small fishing vessels.
architecture | 3 WEEKS AGO
Dolphin Sand Studio is a pocket-size sustainable retreat in Tasmania, designed by Matt Williams Architects
The Studio is originally conceived as a viewfinder focussing the occupants on the view across Great Oyster Bay, to the Freycinet Peninsula.
architecture | a month ago
Sou Fujimoto unveils design for a community centre with a bowl-shaped green roof in Hida, Japan
Hida Furukawa Station Eastern Development is a local collaborative base designed to enrich the life, leisure and culture of the surrounding residents.
architecture | a month ago
WY-TO repurposes an industrial building to address the need for quality affordable housing in Singapore
Calling for Livability seeks to address quality and affordable housing concerns in the evolving business and science park district in Singapore.
architecture | a month ago
Steven Holl's new health and cultural centre creates a public park for the community in Shanghai
Promoting healthy living and cultural exchange, the buildings offer green public space to a large adjacent residential community.
architecture | a month ago
ODA’s first completed project in Washington DC features cascading terraces with extensive green roofs
ODA Architects has completed its first 10-storey residential building in Washington DC.
architecture | a month ago
New BEEAH Headquarters has opened its doors in Sharjah; one of the last projects by late Zaha Hadid
Operational at LEED Platinum standards, the new headquarters has been designed by Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) to achieve net-zero emissions.
architecture | a month ago
BIG is designing the new European Commission Research Centre in Seville with a cloud of solar canopy
BIG’s ‘solar cupola’ wins the design competition for the new European commission research centre in Seville, Spain.
architecture | a month ago
Wutopia Lab converts an abandoned pump house into a floating pavilion as a ‘Shrine of Everyman’
Wutopia Lab converted the abandoned pump house at the Dongtanyuan’s Qian Shao Farm of Bright Food Group into Shrine of Everyman.
architecture | a month ago
Tonkin Liu draws inspiration from Nature for the façade design of the new energy centre in Manchester
The structural artwork of the Tower of Light and the Wall of Energy, together make a statement about the city’s zero-carbon ambition.
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architecture | a month ago
Heatherwick Studio’s ‘1000 Trees’ in Shanghai aims to bring commerce, people and Nature together
1,000 Trees is a new mixed-use development designed to emerge like a pair of forest-capped mountains from the waterfront in Shanghai.
news | 2 months ago
OMA unveils its vision for modular hospital, utilising automation and prefabrication, in this video
OMA and Squint/Opera have released the prototype for a low-rise hospital that explores the potential of modularity, prefabrication, and automation
architecture | 2 months ago
Mei Architects injects new life to century old warehouse structure in Rotterdam through mixed-use development
Nine storeys of loft apartments placed upon a monumental warehouse, which is greatly transformed into a mixed-use cultural hotspot, forms a new landmark
architecture | 2 months ago
Wuyang Architecture takes cues from the site’s past while offering new identity through form-making
The design of the Zhujiajiao Tourist Center aims to respond to historical and cultural context of the old town and create an experience of placelessness
architecture | 2 months ago
Earth and Glass House by Studio Lotus is built with a desire to connect its user with outdoors
Interconnected volumes establish a dialogue between the indoors and the outdoors at this weekend retreat.
publications | 2 months ago
Bill Bensley’s ‘More Escapism’ is the highly anticipated sequel, encapsulating his colourful world
Bill’s second monograph, contains 12 of the studio’s most recent projects across Southeast Asia.
publications | 2 months ago
‘Vo Trong Nghia: Building Nature’ is a career-spanning monograph on Vietnam’s green visionary
This career-spanning monograph in two volumes presents the work of Vo Trong Nghia, one of Asia’s most thoughtful and innovative architects.
architecture | 2 months ago
T3 Architects cloaks this social club, envelop in a ‘Natural curtain’ of greenery in Cambodia
T3 designed the main building on bioclimatic principles proposing different activities around hospitality, entertainment and wellness.
architecture | 2 months ago
ICON and Lake|Flato unveils new generation of a 3D-printed single-family home in Austin, Texas
House Zero is a demonstration project and field trial for ICON’s proprietary concrete wall printing system completed in Austin, Texas.
architecture | 2 months ago
CEBRA finishes the visitor centre with a sloping roof that disappears into the Danish Jutland
The new visitor centre at Skamlingsbanken in Kolding is an architectural portal to the glacial landscape and its history of democratic events.
events | 2 months ago
Event: Melbourne Design Week 2022
MDW celebrates design in an annual 11-day program of talks, tours, exhibitions, launches, installations and workshops across Australia’s design capital.
people | 2 months ago
Francis Kéré becomes the first person from Burkina Faso and the only African to win Pritzker Architecture Prize
Diébédo Francis Kéré, architect, educator and social activist, has been selected as the 2022 Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize.
architecture | 2 months ago
Carlo Ratti and Italo Rota develop a house around a ten-metre-tall ficus tree in northern Italy
CRA unveils the Greenary, a private residence built around a ten-meter-tall ficus tree, located at the center of the living space.
architecture | 2 months ago
Plan Associates lifts this office building off the ground to bring daylight and natural ventilation inside
The new headquarter building combines several sustainable strategies responding to its tropical setting of Chiang Mai
architecture | 3 months ago
MVRDV proposes a pink public podium on the Het Nieuwe Instituut rooftop, accessed via a 143-step staircase
A new temporary event location at a height of 29 metres in Rotterdam — the Podium’s visibility will be increased by its striking pink colour.
architecture | 3 months ago
Boldface names are designing Canada’s first all-electric, zero-carbon masterplan in Toronto Quayside
Henning Larsen, Adjaye Associates and Alison Brooks are part of the winning team for the Toronto Quayside Project.
architecture | 3 months ago
CHYBIK + KRISTOF’s design for the tallest skyscraper in the Czech Republic is rooted in its context
Deeply rooted in the historical context of Ostrava town, the tower reconsiders the typology of a skyscraper to serve its multipurpose functions.
architecture | 3 months ago
FGMF injects office building with anti-corporate spirit through abundant greenery on multiple levels
Fleeing the conventional format of office towers, the Girassol Building proposes a gentle architecture in the heart of São Paulo.
architecture | 3 months ago
The Reef, designed by KCAP, aims to combine the Dutch design sensibilities with Singapore’s urban landscape
The Reef at King's Dock is a residential development in the HarbourFront district, proposing an urban village with 429 apartments in ten buildings.
events | 3 months ago
The UQAM Design Centre presents the exhibition Henning Wagenbreth – Graphic Design for All Ages
The exhibition runs from 24th February to 10th April 2022 showcasing .creations of Henning Wagenbreth produced using various printing techniques.
architecture | 3 months ago
Sinas Architects uses xerolithies walls to camouflage this house with the Serifos Island landscape
The design blends the house in its natural environment through steep dirt and gravel slopes, dressed with scattered wild thorny bushes in Greece.
architecture | 3 months ago
GRAFT refurbishes the former post office complex in Berlin with a parametric brick skin
GRAFT revitalized the historical post office premises, expanding it with two new buildings and converting the original rooftops for commercial purposes.
architecture | 3 months ago
LAVA’s design for the German Pavilion is driven by circular design and resource consumption principles
LAVA’s design of the German Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai is an ensemble of suspended cubes, a forest of steel poles, covered by a floating roof.
events | 3 months ago
HKDI Gallery Proudly Presents “Zaha Hadid Architects: Vertical Urbanism” in Hong Kong
Exclusive online exhibition showcasing Zaha Hadid Architects’ architectural innovations in Hong Kong
architecture | 3 months ago
MAMM Design integrates series of stepped terrace garden in this Tokyo house
MAMM Design has completed a family house in Tokyo that features a series of stepped terrace gardens, covering the whole house with Nature.
news | 3 months ago
Foster + Partners completes new global home for PGA TOUR, immersed in Nature and natural light
The new headquarters for the PGA TOUR has been completed by Foster + Partners, set within the wetlands of TPC Sawgrass, in Ponte Verde Beach, Florida.
architecture | 3 months ago
RDHA refurbishes old post office building into Canada’s first ‘bookless’ library
The new Idea Exchange Old Post Office provides an array of space for learning and creativity and a new central hub for meeting and socialising.
news | 3 months ago
Studio Gang designs biophilic timber building with green terraces reducing the project’s carbon footprint by 35%
Studio Gang has revealed its design for a new office building ‘Arbor’ for Westbank in San Jose.
news | 3 months ago
KPF unveils design for the tallest exposed hybrid mass timber office building in North America
KPF has submitted proposal plans to develop 450,000-square feet of exposed hybrid mass timber office building in Vancouver.
architecture | 4 months ago
Childhood education centre in New Zealand, by CAA, restores and regenerates the site’s ecology
The children education centre is designed to exploit natural surroundings to create a ‘nature classroom’ for young students.
architecture | 4 months ago
Arkham Project finishes residence in Yucatan, featuring a large tree growing through its roof
Arkham Project, the house draws inspiration from the mid-century architecture, envisaged to be the extension of landscape.
architecture | 4 months ago
Zigzag facade of nurse dormitory in Bangkok, by Plan Architect, improves sunlight and privacy inside
The dormitory building has 26 floors with 523 rooms, for nurses at Chulalongkorn Hospital, The Thai Red Cross Society.
