Material Assemblages and Literal Embodiments: an Environmental Perspective of the Building Envelope

Alejandro Zaera-Polo | Britt Eversole

While the façade is one of the most theorized architectural elements, the idea of the façade has been in question since at least the end of the ni

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Hamburg Mapping: A Waterside Metropolis Looking Nostalgically to the Future

Hamburg is the eighth city we have surveyed in the CityPlan series. After places like Dublin, Milan, New York, Guadalajara, Istanbul, Cairo and London, we retur

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Hamburg. Living on the Water

In 2013 Hamburg completed the transformation of the island of Elbinsel to host the 2013 Hamburg International Building Exhibition, IBA, and the International Ga

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Tula House

Patkau Architects

You approach the new, stealthily-sited Tula House through thickets of green and between outcrops of raw rock. You have most likely arrived at Quadra Island by l

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Affluence vs Architecture in Norway

Norway, like Chile, is a long skinny country that hugs the edge of a continent. Steep mountains and deep fjords divide the land and all the major cities are loc

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Statoil Headquarters: a monument of capitalism and constructivism

a-lab

The most ambitious new project in Oslo is the office complex of Statoil, the state energy company, which is headquartered in the port city of Stavanger. Designe

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Chamber of Commerce Headquarters

Mdu architetti

The new Chamber of Commerce headquarters in Prato, near Florence, successfully lives up to the specifications laid down in the 2006 competition - won by local p

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Kindergarten Südhafen - Former St. Sebastian Church

Bolles+Wilson

The economic slowdown has negatively affected urban development everywhere, making investment much harder to come by. At the same time, heightened environmental

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The Endless Stair

DRMM

“Together let us desire, conceive, and create the new structure of the future, which will embrace architecture and sculpture and painting in one unity and

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CNA’s National Headquarters

CNA’s new national headquarters were designed by Open Project, with Paolo Castelli overseeing the interior furnishing, which CNA realised was key to adding va

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Qatar National Convention Centre

The Qatar National Convention Centre (QNCC) is in Doha’s Education City, a campus run by the non-profit Qatar Foundation that, with its world-class universiti

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Interview with Jørgen Tang-Jensen

Nicola Leonardi: You have been at the company throughout your career. How do you think the company has changed and how has the approach to an ever changing mark

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PureLine - New built-in appliances

Clear, simple lines and innovative materials are essential for PureLine, the latest range of home appliances from the German firm Miele. PureLine assumes the ki

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Wuxi Grand Theatre

The Wuxi Grand Theatre, in the Chinese city of the same name, was designed by PES-Architects, a Finnish architectural practice. The theatre is not only cultural

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Marsan Media Library

Mont-de-Marsan, a town in the French department of Landes, is home to a media library that, surrounded by glazed walls, rises in the middle of a square overlook

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New Public Transport Terminal

The feasibility study for the new public transport terminal in Tirana, Albania’s capital, was designed by Italferr in conjunction with CMS Adonnino Ascoli &am

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Exhibition Hall - Made Expo 2013

Oikos is committed to responsible manufacturing, where research, innovation and sustainability are in harmony. This is clear both from its new products and mate

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Arké - Everyday energy

Simple, functional, contemporary. Arké is Vimar’s latest range for the home. This clever combination of design and technology is extremely versatile, ensurin

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Fixed corner system - Transparency on all fronts

Essenza windows have frameless glazing to create a continuous, completely glass surface and now a new fixed corner system and sliding doors have been added to t

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Fantoni Showroom

The new Fantoni showroom is in a wonderful old building on Rome’s Piazzale delle Belle Arti. Fantoni has long had a presence in Rome through MCI Consulting, a

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Dante Alighieri School

The earthquake that hit Emilia-Romagna in May 2012 was especially devastating for Sant’Agostino, a small community in the Ferrara area that lost, among other

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Essential - When door and wall become one

Essential is a range of sliding, hinged and dual doors designed by Scrigno using its “wall-door system”. This approach emphasises seamless integration betwe

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Gardens by the Bay

Singapore’s Gardens by the Bay is a grand garden complex designed by Grant Associates and Gustafson Porter that extends across 101 hectares, including land re

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