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Foster + Partners has been commissioned to extend and refurbish the Bodegas Faustino winery in Spain. The project will be centered on the creation of a new timber visitor center that will feature a solar panel array, enabling it to produce almost six t… Continue reading Spanish vineyard’s visitor center will have solar power to spare
Studio Gang’s highly anticipated US$155 million Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts (AMFA) project has finally opened to the public, following a painstaking renovation and extension of the aging museum, including an interesting pleated roof that helps reduce … Continue reading Ambitious renovation treats Arkansas museum to energy efficient upgrade
Commissioned to design a new bar for a whiskey distillery, Roomoo Design Studio came up with the clever idea of incorporating discarded whiskey barrels into the design. Rather than simply stack the barrels, the firm has painstakingly dismantled them an… Continue reading Discarded whiskey barrels used to form stunning one-of-a-kind bar
The prestigious American Institute of Architects (AIA) has revealed the finest new sustainable architecture in the USA for its Committee on the Environment (COTE) Top Ten Awards. Highlights this year include a park that offers lessons on water usage an… Continue reading Superlative sustainability: AIA reveals USA’s greenest new buildings
UNStudio recently completed an extensive renovation of a former bank headquarters in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. The firm has vastly improved the aging building’s energy efficiency while rearranging its interior layout to be suitable for use as a moder… Continue reading Radical renovation upgrades aging bank HQ into energy efficient office
Milan’s annual Design Week (aka Salone Internazionale del Mobile di Milano) is currently underway and, as part of the event, Italian design studio Carlo Ratti Associatti has transformed a park in the city into what it calls the world’s largest board ga… Continue reading Milan’s Botanical Garden transformed into “world’s largest board game”
Apple has opened its first retail store in India. Located in Mumbai, Apple BKC incorporates sustainably sourced and local materials, and features a light-filled interior that’s defined by an impressive handcrafted timber ceiling.Continue ReadingCategor… Continue reading India’s first Apple Store topped by complex 450,000-piece timber ceiling
Wind River Tiny Homes recently completed a new tiny house named the Ocoee that sleeps up to four people comfortably in a length of just 30 ft (9.1 m). Like the MitchCraft-designed Jen’s 34′ x 10′ Tiny Home, it has an extra-wide interior, however while … Continue reading 30-ft-long tiny house fits four into light-filled and airy interior
Mitchcraft Tiny Homes, the firm behind the pint-sized Nicole’s 16 x 8 Tiny Home recently completed another interesting model that’s far more spacious. Named Jen’s 34′ x 10′ Tiny Home, it provides a remarkably roomy interior layout that measures 520 sq … Continue reading Tiny house gets extra girth for spacious apartment-like interior
Looking like some kind of strange alien spaceship has landed in China, the Yichang Grand Theater is the latest head-turning project from OPEN Architecture, the firm behind the Chapel of Sound and Sun Tower. Its unusual exterior boasts a flowing design … Continue reading Otherworldy theater expected to land where the Yangtze meets Huangbai