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Commissioned to design a new high-rise in South Brisbane, Australia’s Koichi Takada Architects has sought to embrace the country’s indigenous culture with an extraordinary timber facade. The building also incorporates significant sustainability feature… Continue reading Timber-fronted twisting tower embraces indigenous roots
As 3D-printed architecture continues to grow in popularity, architects and designers are finding more and more creative uses for the cutting-edge tech. A new project by Studio RAP is the latest example of this and uses a 3D printing system to transform… Continue reading 3D printing refreshes boutique store with intricate fabric-like facade
With projects like the Jewel Changi and Harbin Airport, there’s a growing crop of airports lately that put the focus on comfort and sustainable design. MVRDV’s Czech Lanterns continues this trend and will extend an airport in the Czech Republic with lu… Continue reading Airport expansion goes green with intricate programmable exterior
MVRDV recently completed work on a retail store for luxury jeweler Tiffany’s in Singapore’s Changi Airport. The project is designed to catch the eyes of weary travelers with a vibrant 3D-printed coral-inspired facade, which was created using recycled p… Continue reading Recycled fishing nets form Tiffany’s 3D-printed coral-inspired facade
Contaminar Arquitectos takes an unorthodox but visually striking approach to keeping the Quinta do Rei 18 home a comfortable temperature. The firm has wrapped the residence in a twisting concrete facade that protects it from the sunshine in Portugal.Co… Continue reading Striking wraparound concrete facade keeps luxury home in the shade
There has been a concerted effort to reintroduce some greenery to Vietnam’s inner-city areas in recent years. This latest example comes from design studio Sava, which has revealed plans for a dramatic renovation of what it calls a dark and moldy retail… Continue reading Ambitious renovation turns dark and moldy building into lush oasis
A large percentage of a building’s energy usage is consumed by heating and cooling, but a new dynamic shading system designed by researchers at the University of Toronto could help. Inspired by the skin of krill, the system uses cells of blooming pigme… Continue reading Low-energy fluidic cells could shade and cool buildings dynamically
Beautifully designed, energy-generating bio-panels that suck up carbon dioxide and pump out biomass for use as fuel or fertilizer – that’s the idea behind Mexican startup Greenfluidics and its nanotech-enhanced microalgae bioreactor building panels.Con… Continue reading Algae biopanel windows make power, oxygen and biomass, and suck up CO2
Dubai isn’t exactly lacking in amazing buildings, but the recently completed Museum of the Future is sure to turn heads even in that architecturally innovative part of the world. The building takes the overall form of a big silvery eye and sports an intricate facade that’s covered in Arabic calligraphy.
Category: Architecture, Lifestyle
Tags: Building and Construction, Dubai, Museum, Building Facades
Continue reading Extraordinary Museum of the Future turns heads in Dubai
Commissioned to create a new aluminum museum in Thailand, local architecture firm HAS design and research could have just gone with a flat metal exterior, but instead the firm hit upon the idea to produce an eye-catching facade that’s made up of tens o… Continue reading Museum of Modern Aluminum dazzles with intricate metallic facade