Sustainable Architecture Archives

Vertical Gardens: A New Era in Landscape Design

September 15, 2016

Article by Julian Bore The human race thrives on civilization, and civilization thrives on urbanization. Eons ago, the first cities were just small settlements of nomadic people – with no structure, no permanence, and certainly no concept of landscape or architecture. As the centuries passed, cities were formed – from Acropolises and forums, to the modern city of today where massive…

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Architecture, Cultural Architecture

Haduwa Arts & Culture Institute Stage / [a]FA _ [applied] Foreign Affairs

August 28, 2016

[a]FA _ [applied] Foreign Affairs has recently completed the stage for the Haduwa Arts & Culture Insitute in Apam. Located on the Atlantic coastline of Ghana´s Central Region, it is the focal point of a new cultural centre that has been planned to function as an open institution for independent artistic, cultural, and pedagogic experimentation.

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Unbuilt Architecture

Albula Interactire Urban Device / deltastudio

July 21, 2016

Albula is an interactive urban device designed by deltastudio that addresses the pollution crisis of the Tiber river. The project was one of the five finalists of the YAP (Young Architects Program) MAXXI 2016 in Rome.

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Cultural Architecture

Liverpool Everyman Theatre / Haworth Tompkins Architects

June 27, 2016

The Liverpool Everyman is a new theatre designed by Haworth Tompkins Architects for an internationally regarded producing company that has been conceived from the outset as an exemplar of sustainable good practice.

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Cultural Architecture

Thread: Artist Residency and Cultural Centre / Toshiko Mori Architects

June 15, 2016

Designed by Toshiko Mori and completed in 2014, the Artist Residency and Cultural Centre in Senegal is an ecologically sensitive meeting place that demonstrates how art and architecture can be part of rural life.

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House on the Mountain, Sulzberg / Jury Troy Architects

Residential

House on the Mountain, Sulzberg / Juri Troy Architects

May 31, 2016

Architecture studio Juri Troy has designed this eco-friendly timber house as a family home in Sulzberg, rural Austria. The house uses a solid wood construction and home grown wood for a minimal carbon dioxide consumption.

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Cultural Architecture

Friendship Centre in Gaibandha / Kashef Mahboob Chowdhury

May 17, 2016

The Friendship Centre designed by Kashef Mahboob Chowdhury URBANA and completed in 2011 is a rural training center inspired by one of the country’s oldest urban archaeological sites.

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Residential

Vertical Gardens: The Courtyards Houses of Cordoba in Spain

May 13, 2016

Cordoba is famous for it’s courtyards, and once a year during the festival de los patios cordobeses, private houses all over the city open up their courtyards to the public for 2 weeks in competition.

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Cultural Architecture, Japanese Architecture

Fussa City Hall / Riken Yamamoto & Field Shop

April 8, 2016

The Fussa City Hall was completed in 2008 by Japanese architect Riken Yamamoto, 40 km from Tokyo. The three tiled building emerges from above an undulating carpet of grass. The “green roof garden” sets across the site, carrying a public recreational space into a large office space.

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Architecture, Landscape Architecture

Peratallada Castle Garden Renovation / Mesura

February 17, 2016

The Peratallada Castle Garden renovation by MESURA Architects preserves the vestiges of it’s medieval times and adds a greater atmosphere to the fabulous and unique Garden of a a heritage building dated from the X century a.C.

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Arquipélago – Contemporary Arts Centre / Menos é Mais Arquitectos + João Mendes Ribeiro

Cultural Architecture

Contemporary Arts Centre Arquipelago / Menos é Mais Arquitectos + João Mendes Ribeiro

February 5, 2016

The Arquipélago – Contemporary Arts Centre by portuguese Architect Menos e Mais maintains the industrial character of the whole and highlights the dialogue between an existing building.

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Sustainable Architecture

Vertical Gardens: A New Era in Landscape Design

Haduwa Arts & Culture Institute Stage / [a]FA _ [applied] Foreign Affairs

Albula Interactire Urban Device / deltastudio

Liverpool Everyman Theatre / Haworth Tompkins Architects

Thread: Artist Residency and Cultural Centre / Toshiko Mori Architects

House on the Mountain, Sulzberg / Juri Troy Architects

Friendship Centre in Gaibandha / Kashef Mahboob Chowdhury

Vertical Gardens: The Courtyards Houses of Cordoba in Spain

Fussa City Hall / Riken Yamamoto & Field Shop

Peratallada Castle Garden Renovation / Mesura

Contemporary Arts Centre Arquipelago / Menos é Mais Arquitectos + João Mendes Ribeiro

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