Rundzwei Architekten wraps Berlin house in natural cork

February 8, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
Cork Screw House by Rundzwei Architekten

Cork Screw House, designed by Rundzwei Architekten in Berlin, has a facade and roof made from a bottle manufacturer’s waste cork. The rectangular-shaped panels of cork provide a thermally efficient skin for the house, while also creating a bold, “monolithic” aesthetic. Rundzwei Architekten’s decision to use the material was result of its search for a material that had

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SANAA’s Bezalel Academy in Jerusalem Set for 2022 Opening

February 8, 2019 Eric Baldwin 0

SANAA’s new campus for the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem is now set for a 2022 opening. Initially proposed in 2013, the new project for Israel’s national school of art broke ground back in 2015. The campus is being built in the Russian Compound in Jerusalem’s City Center. The design will bring together 2,500 students and 500 faculty members as the school moves from the current Mount Scopus Campus. The new campus aims to revitalize the city center and connect to the urban fabric of Jerusalem.

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Project 4 corners / APS – Arq. Pablo Senmartin

February 8, 2019 Pilar Caballero 0

The project 4 corners establishes an exercise of reflection and action of value on the block and the urban corner of a neighborhood located in the periphery of the city of Córdoba, with contemporary problems such as insecurity and diverse architectural expressions.

Elizabeth Diller and Ricardo Scofidio win Royal Academy Architecture Prize 2019

February 8, 2019 India Block 0

This year’s Royal Academy Architecture Prize has been awarded to Elizabeth Diller and Ricardo Scofidio, founders of Diller Scofidio + Renfro. Awarded annually to architects whose work engages the public and contributes to culture, the prize recognises the duo for a portfolio that includes The Broad art museum in Los Angeles and The Shed in New

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Bahia Rodin Museum / Brasil Arquitetura

February 8, 2019 Daniel Tapia 0

Creating the first affiliate out of France of the Rodin Museum in Salvador, state of Bahia, required meeting a number of prerequisites. The first was to find a site with cultural relevance to the city and that met all the technical requirements to house about seventy original plaster pieces, part of the collection of the Museum in Paris.