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- Timber children's library follows traditional techniques Wed, 28 Dec 22, 5:30amThe Pingtan Book House is a traditional timber construction house in China built with an internal staircase and bookshelves that wind around to infinite possibilities for reading and play...
- Denmark's Braunstein Taphouse building is reusable and recyclable Thu, 18 Feb 21, 3:30amWith the potential threat of rising sea levels giving developers around the world a good reason to second guess ocean-adjacent construction, Adept Architecture in Denmark has created a stunning example of sustainable and...
- Renewable energy lab glows like a lantern in Germany Thu, 3 Sep 20, 4:30amOn a site formerly used for experiments on solar energy, Stuttgart-based architectural practice Behnisch Architekten has completed Building 668 (KIT Energy Lab 2.0), a massive testing lab for new energy systems as part of...
- Solar-powered Harvard ArtLab to meet net-zero energy targets Sat, 14 Mar 20, 4:30amHarvard University has added yet another sustainable building to its campus — the Harvard Artlab, a contemporary art space projected to meet net-zero energy targets...
- Glowing, celestial-inspired shelter communes with nature in Denmark Fri, 9 Aug 19, 4:30amThe Munkeruphus Art Museum on the coast of Denmark has recently gained a striking new addition — the Observatory, an organic pavilion by Danish designer Simon Hjermind Jensen...
- Sustainable RAUM Pavilion can be continually reused or recycled in Utrecht Thu, 8 Aug 19, 4:30amUtrecht's burgeoning cultural hotspot at Berlijnplein (Berlin Square) has recently gained the RAUM Pavilion, a new sustainable meeting space for makers and creatives...
- TRS Studio turns shipping containers into low-cost Pachacutec housing Fri, 7 Jun 19, 12:30amImproved housing could soon be coming to Pachacutec, a dusty shantytown on the outskirts of Lima. Peruvian architectural practice TRS Studio has proposed low-cost cargotecture dwellings that not only are sensitive to the...
- Tuck into these off-grid meditation cabins proposed for rural Latvia Wed, 9 Jan 19, 7:30amBee Breeders and Lauku Tea have recently announced winners of their Silent Meditation Forest Cabins competition, an open international contest seeking designs for off-the-grid meditation cabins in rural Latvia...
- Century-old Iowa warehouse is transformed into LEED Platinum offices Tue, 14 Aug 18, 5:30amDes Moines-based Neumann Monson Architects has breathed new life into a historic industrial warehouse in Iowa by transforming the 117-year-old building into LEED Platinum multi-tenant offices...
- Beautiful Wellington Welcome Pavilion glows like a lantern at night Wed, 8 Aug 18, 4:45amCalgary-based architecture firm Studio North led a team of architecture students from the University of Toronto Daniels School of Architecture in a design build seminar to realize a stunning new Welcome Pavilion for the village...
- A former Czech distillery is transformed into a vibrant co-working space Wed, 1 Aug 18, 4:45amCzech architecture practice KOGAA Studio has transformed a former distillery into the Social Reactor, a new co-working space in the heart of Brno, Czech Republic...
- Built on a budget, this elegant Dock Building glows like a lantern in Vancouver Thu, 21 Jun 18, 4:00amTight budgets typically pose one of the biggest challenges in design projects. But as Michael Green, CEO and President of Michael Green Architecture, shows in his firm’s recently completed Dock Building, beautiful architecture...
- This Hairy micro-office in the UK is made from 546 brooms Fri, 19 Jan 18, 5:00amWe’ve seen our fair share of unusual architecture, but this “hairy” building is a first. UK-based 2hD Architecture Workshop designed a surreal structure called “Mission Control” that’s entirely clad in brown bristles...
- Hairy micro-office teleports you to a world of calm Thu, 18 Jan 18, 6:42pmWe’ve seen our fair share of unusual architecture, but this “hairy” building is a first. UK-based 2hD Architecture Workshop designed a surreal structure called “Mission Control” that’s entirely clad in brown bristles...
- Luminous Bear Run Cabin offers dramatic views of the Cascade Mountains in Washington Sat, 9 Dec 17, 12:46amThe Bear Run Cabin in Marblemount, Washington, captures the dual nature of the surrounding landscape – the dramatic peaks of the Cascade Mountains and the gently sloping adjacent woodlot...