Month: February 2023

GB House / Renato D’Ettorre Architects. Image © Justin Alexander According to the UN, more than 7000 extreme weather events have been recorded since 2000. Just this year, wildfires raged across Australia and the west coast of the U.S.; Siberia charted record high temperatures, reaching 100 degrees Fahrenheit before Dallas or Houston; and globally, this …

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Cantera No. 8: Montaña del Libro / DnA. Image © Ziling Wang If the last pandemic year was a perfect occasion to reflect and debate on wellness and digitalization, this 2022 was a tremendous opportunity to deepen and comment on some other of the most pressing issues in architecture: from carbon neutral construction to the …

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© Nicolás Provoste C. architects: Chip StudioLocation: Malacatos, EcuadorProject Year: 2021Photographs: Nicolás Provoste C.Area: 135.0 m2 Read more »

The Snow Apartment. Image Courtesy of penda The traditional architecture of the past can sometimes seem a long way from the modern, open-plan environments we enjoy today. But while some seemingly bygone upper-class room typologies like parlors, drawing rooms, and smoking rooms still exist by other names – dens, snugs, and man caves, to name …

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Restoration of a vacant lot as part of New Orleans Redevelopment Authority’s alternative strategies for vacant lots program . Image © Spackman Mossop Michaels New Orleans experiences the worst urban heat island effect in the country, with temperatures nearly 9 F° higher than nearby natural areas. The city also lost more than 200,000 trees from …

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Courtesy of the Estonian Architecture Centre The Estonian Centre for Architecture announces the curatorial competition of the seventh international Tallinn Architecture Biennale TAB 2024. The Tallinn Architecture Biennale (TAB), organised by the Estonian Centre for Architecture (ECA), is an international architecture festival held since 2011. The festival contributes to creating and promoting a high-quality built …

Open Call: Tallinn Architecture Biennale 2024 Curatorial Competition Read More »

© Alessandra Chemollo architects: Ubik ArchitectureLocation: Zona Sterpeti26, 58051 Magliano in Toscana GR, ItalyProject Year: 2021Photographs: Alessandra Chemollo Read more »

© CreatAR Images architects: VIASCAPE designLocation: Xiangdong community, Pudong district, Shanghai, ChinaProject Year: 2021Photographs: CreatAR ImagesPhotographs: Courtesy of VIASCAPE designArea: 70.0 m2 Read more »

© Nguyen Thai Thach architects: DaoHo StudioLocation: Hạ Long, Quảng Ninh, VietnamProject Year: 2022Photographs: Nguyen Thai ThachArea: 400.0 m2 Read more »

Film Mosaic: Leave No One Behind global film competition Participate in Copenhagen Architecture Festival’s global short film competition focusing on the UN’s ‘Leave No One Behind’ agenda (LNOB). Read more »