Month: March 2019

Dutch firm Benthem Crouwel Architects have transformed an office building in Amsterdam into the most sustainable renovated property in the Netherlands. Now the new head office for the Dutch Charity Lotteries, the building received BREEAM Outstanding rating for its sustainable design. The adaptive reuse features a series of slender, tree-shaped columns that support an iconic roof with nearly 7,000 polished aluminum leaves.

the design of chuan’s kitchen II uses discarded gaskets from the firing process and applies them as the main decorative feature.
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TOPOTEK 1 has won an international competition for the design of the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences. Unanimously selected from a list of 60 first stage entries and 10-second stage finalists, the winning scheme seeks to become “a cosmopolitan institution that promotes excellent and future-orientated science,” situated between a parkland and seaport.

the building appears to rise from the ground while also providing a contrast against the softness of the natural environment.
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October 2018 saw the country of Georgia’s first architecture biennial since its independence, held in the capital city, Tbilisi. Since 1991, architecture in Georgia has been seen primarily as either a political tool or an opportunity for speculative development. Architects today are challenging this discourse and looking to architecture to address Georgia’s concerns in a meaningful way. The Tbilisi Architecture Biennial consisted of diverse exhibitions, installations and events centered in the Gldani microdistrict under the theme “Buildings Are Not Enough.”