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Climate & Resources
How can architecture and the construction industry combat the climate crisis? What concepts and solutions do we need to make the system more sustainable? In this online section, we present best-practice examples for the circular economy and CO2 reduction, highlight designs that work with low-tech and recycling, and look at how to achieve optimal solutions with fewer resources.
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Industrial culture meets commercial ruin
Gate M West Bund Dream Centre in Shanghai by MVRDV
Located on the west bank of the Huangpu River, MVRDV has transformed the remains of an old cement factory and the ruins of a failed revitalisation project into the city's latest cultural and entertainment hub. The architectural firms Schmidt Hammer Lassen and Atelier Deshaus assisted them in this endeavour.
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Experimental Research Building
PAKK Pavilion in Tallinn
Run by the Estonian Academy of Arts, the PAKK Pavilion in Tallinn is an experimental laboratory. It focuses on research into timber construction, structures, and facades.
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Experiment in hybrid timber construction
Boarding House in Mexico City by CRB Arquitectos
An eight-storey hybrid timber building on Avenida Álvaro Obregón is an eye-catching addition to Mexico City's townscape. Its regular facade gives an indication of the nearly 60 one-bedroom apartments inside, some of which are offered as holiday flats for overnight guests.
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Timber buildings
Sustainable building, timber construction, climate-neutral, CO2-neutral, timber construction, ecological building material, natural building materials, renewable raw materials, timber facade, wood processing, energy efficiency, climate-friendly, natural materials, timber architecture, sustainable timber construction, ecological timber construction projects, CO2 balance, timber construction, timber frame construction, sustainable forestry, circular economy, building ecology, climate protection, sustainable timber construction solutions.
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Experimental Research Building
PAKK Pavilion in Tallinn
Run by the Estonian Academy of Arts, the PAKK Pavilion in Tallinn is an experimental laboratory. It focuses on research into timber construction, structures, and facades.
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Experiment in hybrid timber construction
Boarding House in Mexico City by CRB Arquitectos
An eight-storey hybrid timber building on Avenida Álvaro Obregón is an eye-catching addition to Mexico City's townscape. Its regular facade gives an indication of the nearly 60 one-bedroom apartments inside, some of which are offered as holiday flats for overnight guests.
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Protective shell made of stamped concrete
Espalion Nursery School in South-West France
The four-group nursery school in Espalion in south-west France has two radically different faces: on the outside, metre-high tamped concrete walls protect the open spaces and interior rooms. Inside, however, floor-to-ceiling glazing dominates the impression of space.
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Tour de force in timber construction
University Building in Arkansas by Grafton Architects and Modus Studio
Grafton Architects' first timber construction is located at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. In collaboration with the local firm Modus Studio, they designed a transparent building that brings together workshops, a lecture hall, and design studios under one roof.
Timber buildings
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Experimental Research Building
PAKK Pavilion in Tallinn
Run by the Estonian Academy of Arts, the PAKK Pavilion in Tallinn is an experimental laboratory. It focuses on research into timber construction, structures, and facades.
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Experiment in hybrid timber construction
Boarding House in Mexico City by CRB Arquitectos
An eight-storey hybrid timber building on Avenida Álvaro Obregón is an eye-catching addition to Mexico City's townscape. Its regular facade gives an indication of the nearly 60 one-bedroom apartments inside, some of which are offered as holiday flats for overnight guests.
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Protective shell made of stamped concrete
Espalion Nursery School in South-West France
The four-group nursery school in Espalion in south-west France has two radically different faces: on the outside, metre-high tamped concrete walls protect the open spaces and interior rooms. Inside, however, floor-to-ceiling glazing dominates the impression of space.
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Tour de force in timber construction
University Building in Arkansas by Grafton Architects and Modus Studio
Grafton Architects' first timber construction is located at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. In collaboration with the local firm Modus Studio, they designed a transparent building that brings together workshops, a lecture hall, and design studios under one roof.
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Wooden house with brick rotunda
Villa Bjorland in Stavanger by Vatn Architecture
Espen Vatn and his architectural firm, together with Laura Sæther Architecture, have renovated a residential building dating from 1955 in a suburb of Stavanger. The striking entrance area is inspired by the grain silos in the area.
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Renovation brings clarity and cohesion
Collège Maryse Bastié in Dole by Tectoniques Architectes
During the renovation of the secondary school, Tectoniques Architectes unified the disparate buildings in terms of structure and design. The labyrinthine layout was reorganised and the building was raised and clad in a new, largely uniform exterior.
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Circular materials from Milan
Recycling, Reuse and Circular Materials
Circular design was the dominant theme at Milan Design Week. Here we present four projects that demonstrate innovative approaches to the sustainable use of material cycles.
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Flexible Seating for New Work Environments
Mobile and easy-to-move to where it's needed: the FULD folding chair, designed by Stefan Diez for Herman Miller, adds a missing element to existing workspace typologies.
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Hybrid construction with box beam ceilings
Grids in the Atrium
Behind the Corten steel facade of an office and training building in Amsterdam is a timber supporting structure made of glulam with ceiling and roof elements from Lignatur.
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Hybrid Apartment Building in Amsterdam by Olaf Gipser Architects
The Polder Buiksloterham industrial park in Amsterdam is to become a showcase urban district with closed material cycles. This is also what the new hybrid residential building Stories by Olaf Gipser Architects stands for.
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BIM
Open BIM for Wooden Skyscraper Haut
Haut is a new residential building in Amsterdam. The 73-m-high timber hybrid building with 21 floors has been designed by Dutch architectural firm Team V Architectuur in cooperation with Arup Netherlands.
Clay buildings
Earth building, earth plaster, natural building materials, earth architecture, resource conservation, earth building techniques, ecological building material, earth wall, earth ceiling, earth brick, earth plaster techniques, earth design, earth processing, earth thermal insulation, earth plaster surfaces, Climate-friendly building material, Natural interior design, Earthen house, Earthen design, Ecological earthen building projects, Sustainable earthen architecture, Earthen construction, Ecological interior design, Earthen as CO2 storage, Energy efficiency, Climate neutrality.
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Brutalist residential collage
Renovation of a Terraced House in Munich's Olympic Village
Birdwatching Architects have renovated a brutalist terraced house in Munich's Olympic Village, upgrading it to meet ecological standards and transforming it into a colourful residential landscape with a collage-like character.
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A line in the landscape
Residence in Morocco by Leopold Banchini Architects
It is single-storey, windowless and easily 80 m long: the Dar el Farina house near Marrakech radically breaks with conventional notions of comfort and is energy self-sufficient.
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Up to date
Erne Innovation Centre by Burkard Meyer Architekten
Burkard Meyer Architekten used innovative construction methods for the new building of the Swiss timber construction specialist Erne in Stein: wood-concrete composite ceilings, tamped concrete walls and an exciting atrium roof made of wood are just some of the highlights.
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Refurbishment
Nachhaltige Sanierung, Energieeffiziente Sanierung, Ressourcenschonende Renovierung, Klimafreundliche Sanierungsprojekte, Ökologische Sanierungslösungen, Altbausanierung, Umweltfreundliche Modernisierung, CO2-neutrale Sanierung, Nachhaltige Dämmung, Sanierung mit natürlichen Baustoffen, Energiesparende Sanierung, Sanierungstechnologien, Nachhaltige Gebäudesanierung, Kreislaufwirtschaft in Sanierungsprojekten, Ökologischer Umbau, Nachhaltige Modernisierung, Klimaschutz in der Sanierung, Nachhaltige Altbausanierung, Nachhaltige Renovierungsprojekte, Ressourcenschutz in der Sanierung, Umweltverträgliche Sanierung, Nachhaltige Bausanierung, Ökologische Baurenovierung.
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A house of many roofs
Aquatic Centre Renovation near Rennes by Raum
The swimming hall in the Breton town of Saint-Méen-le-Grand is a complex of many small gabled roofs. The Raum studio has now expanded the centre and covered it with a minimalist shell of wood and slate.
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Promising transformation
Renovation of a Single-Family Home in Brittany by Parages
On the coast of Brittany, the young architecture practice Parages radically transformed a residential property from the 1970s. Behind the new wooden exterior shell, bright, open-plan living spaces now open towards the sea.
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A landmark of postwar Hamburg
Modernization of the Alsterschwimmhalle Hamburg by GMP Architekten
After forty years, the time had come: GMP Architekten have comprehensively modernized, renovated and expanded the Alsterschwimmhalle in Hamburg.
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