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Mexican architectural firm HW Studio has recently finished a stunning contemporary concrete family home that disappears into the ground. Located in Morelia, Mexico, The Hill in Front of the Glen reinvents the classic Hobbit home, boasting a design that… Continue reading Mexican architects reinvent the classic Hobbit home
A new McDonald’s restaurant in the UK has been designed with sustainability in mind. Hailed by the fast-food giant as the UK’s “first Net Zero Carbon Restaurant,” it was constructed using recycled materials, and solar panels and wind turbines help meet… Continue reading UK McDonald’s offers fries with a side of sustainability
Italian architectural firm Giuseppe Gurrieri Studio has recently finished a stunning single-family home that balances on 12 slim pillars, raising the house up and over a dramatic rocky landscape. Located in the small town of Ragusa in Sicily, Italy, Ca… Continue reading Energy efficient home rises up and over dramatic rocky landscape
Nobody can accuse high-profile Dutch firm MVRDV of taking a half-hearted approach to ensuring its upcoming project Sun Rock is sustainable. Most of the building will be covered with solar panels and, according to the firm, it’s expected to generate aro… Continue reading Solar panel-covered Sun Rock will be a renewable-energy powerhouse
Described by architect Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) as a “breathing” building, the Rural Commercial Bank Headquarters in Shenzhen, China, provides office workers with an interior filled with fresh air and natural light. The tower is also defined by… Continue reading Skyscraper HQ provides office workers with a breath of fresh air
As we near the end of 2021, we’ve rounded up our selection of the best, most interesting, and most innovative examples of sustainable architecture that we’ve seen throughout the year.Continue ReadingCategory: Architecture, LifestyleTags: Building and C… Continue reading The best sustainable architecture of 2021
You could be forgiven for assuming that you’d need a CEO’s salary to live in one of Stefano Boeri Architetti’s enviable Vertical Forests. However, the firm’s latest tree-covered high-rise, which provides each resident with their own slice of nature in … Continue reading Tree-covered tower gives every resident a greenery filled balcony
White Arkitekter, the firm behind the Sara Cultural Centre, recently completed another ambitious timber building. Named Nodi, the mixed-use office has an unusual overall form that increases in width as it rises and looks almost like it has been turned … Continue reading Mixed-use office building turns timber construction on its head
An intriguing proposal from high-profile firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) imagines a skyscraper that could capture carbon and actually purify the air around it. The conceptual design, named Urban Sequoia, was created to mark the recent United Nati… Continue reading Ambitious Urban Sequoia skyscraper designed to clean the air around it
Since the early 20th century, the Berliner Union Film Ateliers (BUFA) studio in Germany has been the site of countless movies and TV shows. Now showing its age and in need of more than a lick of paint, eclectic Dutch firm MVRDV has been tapped to lead … Continue reading MVRDV proposes bold green remake of aging movie studio