Climate & Resources

Communal mixed use

Bradbury Works in London by YN Studio

In London, architects YN Studio are refurbishing and extending the Bradbury Works commercial building on Gillett Square. 

Climate-friendly renovation

Residential and Office Building in the Canton of Vaud

Swiss architects Madeleine Architectes and Studio Nantermod have transformed an old pigsty into a residential and office building. Hempcrete, a natural building material, was used to insulate the existing brick shell.

Interview with architect Paul Robbrecht

Let’s Be Gentle on the Stock

Robbrecht en Daem architecten has a profound understanding and respect for historic buildings and listed monuments. Their international projects are characterised by thoughtful interventions in urban and architectural settings. Paul Robbrecht provides insight into their approach.

Urban retreat

Garden Pavilion in Prague by Byró Architekti

In a garden colony in Prague, Byró Architekti has designed a small wooden pavilion whose interior blends seamlessly with the exterior.

Homage to architectural tradition

Summer House in Denmark by PAX Architects

Skagen Klitgård House by PAX Architects unites three generations under one roof. The design of the holiday home is inspired by the local Danish architecture and history of the town.

Pavilion in the green

Swiss Embassy in Singapore by Berrel Kräutler Architects

Zurich-based Berrel Kräutler Architects are renovating and extending the Swiss Embassy in Singapore.

Interview with Tatiana Bilbao

Climate Change as a Social Issue

For Tatiana Bilbao from Mexico City, diversity and a culture of care are needed to combat the climate crisis. In conversation with Sandra Hofmeister, she describes how architecture can help.

Micro living with maximum freedom

IAAC designs Mobile Catalyst near Barcelona

Students from the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) develop MOCA – a mobile, convertible and self-sufficient home on wheels.

Basketball hall with a view

Dream's Hybrid Timber Building in the Paris Olympic Village

Dream's new building in the Olympic Village in Saint-Ouen, north of Paris, combines seven floors of offices with a sports hall on the top floor. Like most of the new buildings in the area, it was built using a hybrid timber construction method.

Prefabricated timber-hybrid building

Fuchshof School in Ludwigsburg by Von M

For its new primary school, the city of Ludwigsburg has opted for timber as the main construction material. With the exception of the central stairwell and the emergency staircases, the entire structure is made of this renewable raw material.

Original hut in the Bregenzerwald

Gapfohl House in Vorarlberg by Bernardo Bader Architects

An archetypal wooden house with 80 m2 of living space and just two rooms – Bernardo Bader Architects have translated this programme into architecture at 1100 m above sea level in the Bregenzerwald.

Grain sacks as a facade

Pop-Up Café and Bakery in China by F.O.G. Architecture

F.O.G. Architecture designed the Cycle Cycle mobile bakery – a temporary pop-up café with an integrated bakery. Grain sacks form the facade of the small wooden structure.

Care for body and soul

Health Centre in Belgium by Ark-Shelter and Archekta

Inspired by the Maggie's Centres, the wooden modular building in the Belgian coastal town of Knokke-Heist is designed to provide healing for body and soul.

Green foyer

Copenhagen Opera Park by Cobe

Cobe has designed a green oasis in Copenhagen's inner harbour, right next to the opera house. Originally, the 21,5 ha meadow in a prime inner-city location was earmarked for residential development.

Four floors of solid wood

House of the Mountains in Sesto by Delueg Architects

Siegfried Delueg and his team of architects used glued laminated timber from local forests for the new visitor centre in the Dolomite village of Sesto.

Micro house on stilts

Zen House in Austria by Jan Tyrpekl

On a farm in the Austrian town of Hainburg an der Donau, Czech architecture studio Jan Tyrpekl is building a 33 m² Zen house on stilts.

More light, better insulation

Camberwell Cork House in London by Delve Architects

In South London, Delve Architects renovated a Victorian terraced house and added a 20 m² cork extension.

A different kind of greenhouse 

Orchid Pavilion in Mexico by CCA

In Puerto Escondido, on Mexico's Pacific coast, the architecture firm CCA has built a wooden pavilion that doubles as a place of contemplation and orchid cultivation.