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Sesc Mogi das Cruzes Transit Unit / AP Arquitetos

September 7, 2022 Pilar Caballero 0

Project. This is the implementation of a temporary unit of Sesc in the city of Mogi das Cruzes in a central land with an area close to 30,000 m². In this way, Sesc can offer its services to the region in a short period of time until the definitive deployment of the unit. All the buildings and much of the existing infrastructure on the site were reused. This idea of reuse guided and conceptualized the proposed architectural and landscaping project.

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Leyhof Apartments / Studio Ard Hoksbergen + Workshop Architecten

September 7, 2022 Bianca Valentina Roșescu 0

Leyhof is a very sustainable residential building in the new Proeftuin Erasmusveld district in The Hague. It gives shape to the desire to live healthily and consciously. Proeftuin Erasmusveld is a neighborhood that is ready for the future on all fronts. Themes like climate/landscape, energy, mobility, living together, and health are central. For Leyhof, the first residential building to be completed in the district, developer BPD selected a young design team through competition. This gave shape to the theme ‘Consciously Different Living’ in an innovative way. Leyhof has become a green and special living environment for people who choose a healthy future by connecting sustainability and collectivity. Families, starters, and seniors live in the 75 apartments and 33 townhouses. The houses are all conveniently located in relation to the sun and are adjacent to a large courtyard garden and an ecological zone.

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Saunders Architecture designs villa on piloti overlooking Norwegian lake

September 7, 2022 Jon Astbury 0
Villa Grieg by Saunders Architecture

Saunders Architecture has designed a wood-clad home near Bergen, Norway, with a sculptural form raised on metal stilts to capture views out over Lake Nordås. The project, called Villa Grieg, combines a two-bedroom home with a music studio, which emerges from the ground in a low, sloping form that also houses the staircase up to

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Ten buildings that incorporate solar panels in creative ways

September 7, 2022 Lizzie Crook 0
La Seine Musicale by Shigeru Ban

A moving wall that evokes a sailing ship and a roof canopy modelled on a banana tree feature in this roundup, which collects 10 buildings that challenge conventional ways of fitting solar panels to help kick off our Solar Revolution series. Solar panels, also known as photovoltaics or solar electricity cells, are becoming an increasingly

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House in Costa Brava / GCA Architectes

September 7, 2022 Agustina Coulleri 0

The main challenge of the project was to adapt the building to the terrain in order to minimize its visual and environmental impact. Taking advantage of the sloping topography and sparser tree cover, the house is located in the highest part of the terrain. 

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“Paint out that green” says commenter

September 7, 2022 Rupert Bickersteth 0

In this week’s comments update, readers are debating David Kohn’s Red House in Dorset, which celebrates English eccentricities. David Kohn Architects completed a two-storey house for a couple and their young daughter in southwest England with exaggerated features that include oversized eaves, patterned brickwork and vibrant green details. The latter sparked strong reactions with Tony365 acknowledging “the green,

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Renzo Piano designs trio of nature-focused hospitals for Greece

September 7, 2022 Lizzie Crook 0
Exterior of the General Hospital of Komotini

Italian architect Renzo Piano’s studio has shared its plans to create three hospitals in the cities of Thessaloniki, Komotini and Sparta in Greece for the Stavros Niarchos Foundation. Expected to complete in 2025, the three facilities will become the University Pediatric Hospital Of Thessaloniki, the General Hospital Of Sparta and the General Hospital Of Komotini.

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Architecture and Color: Explore 15 Projects that Feature Exterior Red Staircases

September 7, 2022 Luciana Pejić 0

Stairs are often an inevitable part of a building’s DNA. Nowadays, staircases not only serve the function of practicality but are also a showcase of their own kind, especially if paired with a color that is guaranteed to grab attention. Among warm colors, red is considered to be the most powerful one. On one hand, it evokes feelings of joy and energy, and on the other, feelings of alertness and danger. Red can stimulate a whole range of emotions. Therefore, its usage should be attentive, delicate, and thought out.