Climate & Resources
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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A retreat by the sea
Holiday Cabin in British Columbia
On behalf of a writer, Canadian studio Laura Killam Architecture (LKA) have designed a tranquil retreat with an impressive view.
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A family refuge
Holiday Home in Normandy by Studio Guma
Hécourt has 300 inhabitants and is located in the Eure Valley just 80 km west of Paris. The village is the setting for Studio Guma‘s transformation of a farmhouse and two outbuildings into a second home for a family. The project was carried out with few structural interventions.
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A barrier-free farmyard
Holiday Flats by Clementine Blakemore
In the British county of Dorset, Clementine Blakemore Architects have transformed a group of dilapidated agricultural buildings into holiday flats as part of a 250-ha organic farm.
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Sustainable living in wood
Apartment House in Berlin by Scharabi Architekten
Sustainable building techniques, social cohesion and a great degree of comfort come together at Holzhaus Linse [Engl.: Linse wooden house] in Berlin’s Schöneberg district. This creative living concept is a test for the metropolitan lifestyles of the future.
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Residential building as a timber-concrete hybrid
Top-Up in Amsterdam by Frantzen et al
In the former industrial harbour of Buiksloterham in Amsterdam, a seven-storey timber-concrete hybrid residential building was built on the walls of a former cable warehouse. The living levels can be freely configured by the users.
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Living in a greenhouse
Low-Energy House in London by Hayhurst & Co
London’s Green House, which was designed by Hayhurst & Co, offers a contemporary, energy-efficient reinterpretation of a greenhouse built on a residential scale.
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Living in existing context
La Clara – a Former Laundry in Barcelona
In Les Corts, a district in southwest Barcelona, the local architecture office CRÜ have repurposed a 1930s-era laundry as a residence with its own studio.
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Stacked horticulture
Vertical Farm in Beijing
In this three-storey greenhouse designed by Van Bergen Kolpa Architects, fruit and vegetables are grown both locally and sustainably.
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A refuge with panoramic views
Springs Artists Studio on Long Island by Worrell Yeung
For an artist couple on Long Island, Worrell Yeung have designed a reduced, minimalist refuge for working and resting.
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Our readers’ favourites
The Most Popular Contributions in April 2024
In April, our readers were particularly enthusiastic about the following three contributions: Winners of the Mies van der Rohe Award 2024 and two residential buildings in Amsterdam and Melbourne.
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Inside a stone shell
Wooden House Behind Old Workshop Walls in Flanders
Safe and sound within the exterior walls of an old carpentry workshop, Raamwerk have set a simple wooden house on the existing foundations. Remnants and mementos of the property’s former function appear at every turn.
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