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Compared with traditional concrete construction, sustainable timber architecture is better for the environment – but there’s always room for improvement. With this in mind, a new startup co-founded by Carlo Ratti says it could reduce waste in the manuf… Continue reading Timber construction could get even greener with a little help from AI
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”
The aging European Parliament building in Brussels, Belgium, has been deemed inadequate for continued use. Rather than constructing something from scratch, a design collective including Carlo Ratti Associati (CRA) is proposing an ambitious renovation o… Continue reading European Parliament building receiving radical green renovation
Work is currently underway on a new dining hall by Carlo Ratti Associati (CRA) that’s designed to blend into the picturesque Italian landscape. Named Mutti Canteen, the building will be partly sunk into the ground and topped by a green roof made using … Continue reading Green-roofed dining hall topped by soil removed during construction
Rising to a height of 280 m (918 ft) over Singapore, CapitaSpring is an eye-catching new skyscraper designed by high-profile firms Bjarke Ingels Group and Carlo Ratti Associati. The tower is defined by an aluminum facade that has several openings which… Continue reading Singapore skyscraper creates lush green oasis in the sky
Influential Italian architect Carlo Scarpa once said “between a tree and a house, choose the tree.” With its recent renovation of a beautiful Italian farmhouse, Carlo Ratti Associatti decided to choose both, transforming the home and arranging its inte… Continue reading Beautiful Italian farmhouse is built around a 60-year-old tree
Dubai’s Expo 2020 event recently kicked off and Carlo Ratti Associatti (CRA) and Italo Rota have designed and installed a pavilion to represent Italy. Hoping to produce a temporary structure that wouldn’t eventually end up in landfill, the team used a … Continue reading Nautical pavilion promotes sustainability in Dubai
Greenery covered skyscrapers have become fairly commonplace in recent years, but what if, as well as bringing some nature into cities, they could also be used to grow food? Such is the thinking behind the “Farmscraper” by Italy’s Carlo Ratti Associati … Continue reading “Farmscraper” combines office skyscraper with hydroponic farm
Carlo Ratti Associati (CRA) previously designed a tomato factory that was made out of tomato jars, so it should perhaps come as no surprise that for its planned carbon fiber museum, the firm will be making use of… carbon fiber – on the inside, anyway… Continue reading Museum designed to showcase carbon fiber will be built from it too
An international collaboration made up of Diller Scofidio + Renfro, PLP Architecture, Carlo Ratti Associati, as well as Outcomist and Arup, is working on a project to transform a Milan railway yard into a tree-filled park with a High Line-style raised … Continue reading Elevated park brings together communities divided by aging railway yard