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- A wood-processing office that is a love letter to timber Fri, 24 Feb 23, 6:30amDrive past it and you probably won't think this is an office. The building is full of glass and surrounded by green. It looks bright and beautiful. And it is, in fact, the new office and factory for Smartmill. This company...
- An wood-processing office that is a love letter to timber Fri, 24 Feb 23, 6:30amDrive past it and you probably won't think this is an office. The building is full of glass and surrounded by green. It looks bright and beautiful. And it is, in fact, the new office and factory for Smartmill. This company...
- The Jakob Factory in Vietnam builds walls out of live plants Sat, 1 Oct 22, 2:30amThe Jakob Factory in Vietnam is a new manufacturing facility that aims to create a model for sustainable manufacturing architecture in tropical climates...
- Furniture factory opens in a forest in Norway Sat, 2 Jul 22, 5:30amBjarke Ingels Group and Vestre, a furniture maker in Norway, opened up the PLUS. This is a furniture factory but it's a whole lot more. In fact, it's also an experience center and a 300-acre public park. This is an entire...
- Climate-adaptive factory in India promotes employee wellness Wed, 9 Mar 22, 5:30amSanand Factory in Gujarat, India, created by Studio Saar, explores how a factory can go beyond being eco-friendly to also be healthier and happier for workers...
- Modernist Bata shoe factory transforms into geothermal-powered homes Thu, 10 Dec 20, 2:30amToronto-based design firm Quadrangle has fulfilled a long-held dream of the late Sonja Bata of Bata Shoes fame with the transformation of the decommissioned Bata Shoe Factory in Batawa...
- Worlds most sustainable furniture factory proposed for Norway Sat, 18 Jul 20, 4:30amBjarke Ingels Group has unveiled the design for The Plus, a furniture factory for Norwegian urban furniture manufacturer Vestre. The project is expected to become the most sustainable of its kind in the world. Designed to...
- This modern art museum was once a cheese factory in Arkansas Tue, 3 Mar 20, 2:30amIn Bentonville, Arkansas, a giant factory that once processed cheese for Kraft Foods has been given new life as The Momentary, a modern art museum satellite to the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art...
- A midcentury warehouse becomes a vibrant office for creatives Thu, 7 Feb 19, 4:30amAustralian architecture and interior design firm Studio 103 has given a tired warehouse on Melbourne’s Hoddle Street in Abbotsford a new lease on life as their new modern and light-filled workplace...
- Old Sydney warehouse is transformed into an industrial-chic home Thu, 11 Oct 18, 8:00amRather than strip Balmain, Sydney of its post-industrial architectural heritage and history, award-winning practice Carter Williamson Architects has taken care to sustainably breathe new life into the area’s old buildings...
- A giant tree grows inside CRAs renovated farmhouse proposal Wed, 10 Oct 18, 3:30amItalian design office Carlo Ratti Associati has unveiled designs for the Greenary, a renovated farmhouse that will be designed around a large, leafy, 50-year-old Ficus tree...
- First paper straw factory in decades to open as UK bans plastic Wed, 20 Jun 18, 3:00amAs the United Kingdom moves forward with its planned ban on single-use plastic products, the first paper straw factory in decades is opening in Wales to meet the consumer demand...
- A huge factory was turned into a cozy home with plenty of room leftover for the residents' hobbies Wed, 17 Jan 18, 6:25amThis former factory in Nobeoka, Japan, now functions as a modern home for a couple who wanted to preserve the industrial legacy of the building. Considering the fact that the building was large enough to house production...
- Huge factory turned into a cozy residence with plenty of room leftover for the residents' hobbies Wed, 17 Jan 18, 6:25amThis former factory in Nobeoka, Japan, now functions as a modern home for a couple who wanted to preserve the industrial legacy of the building. Considering the fact that the building was large enough to house production...
- Thousands of tomato-sauce jars to turn into tomato architecture at Mutti Wed, 20 Dec 17, 8:30pmAn endless red waterfall of tomatoes will wow visitors at the new headquarters for Mutti, one of the world’s leading tomato brands, that processes 300,000 tons of the fleshy vegetables every year...