Circular economy in the built environment
2022-09-01T17:44:16+02:00Circular economy in the built environment has not been a focal point of architects in the past as factors such as timing, schedule and budget requirements. As we know, >>>
Valckensteyn, the first Dutch timber building set to affordable housing
2021-04-10T08:53:42+02:00The Dutch architecture firm Powerhouse Company designs Valckensteyn, the first timber building set to affordable housing in the Netherlands. Together with housing corporation Woonstad Rotterdam, Powerhouse Company sets out to realize >>>
Niliaitta cabin by Studio Puisto Architects
2021-04-10T08:55:47+02:00Niliaitta refers to a traditional cabin in Lapland, which is originally a permanent structure designed as a shelter, a safe place, to store food outdoors and prevent bears and other animals from accessing. It >>>
Breitenbach Landscape Hotel by Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter
2021-04-10T08:56:47+02:00Breitenbach Landscape Hotel by the Norwegian architecture firm Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter (in collaboration with ASP Architecture) proposes a holistic and a true ecotourism experience in Alsace, inspired by Scandinavian traditions >>>
Nordic cohousing project for the Venice Architecture Biennale 2021
2021-04-29T15:37:38+02:00The Nordic Pavilion in Venice, co‑owned by Sweden, Finland, and Norway, will be transformed into an experimental cohousing project for the 17th International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale. After >>>
Recycled concrete and wood for a new civic building in Dordrecht
2022-07-07T16:23:17+02:00A recycled concrete and wood architecture designed by Schmidt Hammer Lassen won the competition for the new House of the City and Region in Dordrecht, the Netherlands. The new House of >>>
Schoonschip sustainable community on floating houses
2021-02-16T10:05:10+01:00Schoonschip is a sustainable, circular, residential community of floating houses in Amsterdam. Schoonschip site is currently still under development and completion, but since the beginning of 2020 a total of >>>
Benefits of wooden architecture and sustainably sourced timber | part 4
2022-08-05T13:25:28+02:00Wooden architecture and tips to comply with the most important building certifications and laws in Europe In the first three episodes of this series about wooden architecture, we had >>>
Benefits of building with wood and sustainably sourced timber | part 3
2021-03-09T15:02:03+01:00As we are witnessing with this series of articles and interviews about building with wood, sustainable timber constructions are taking over from steel and concrete buildings. Timber architecture seems to >>>
Benefits of timber buildings and sustainably sourced timber | part 2
2021-03-09T15:02:15+01:00Many people look at timber buildings and see only their shapes without considering the performances, the sources, and the processes by which they are created. Architects are now looking at >>>
Kajstaden Tall Timber Building by C.F. Møller
2021-03-09T15:02:30+01:00Kajstaden Tall Timber Building by C.F. Møller has become a landmark and, during construction, became Sweden's tallest solid wooden architecture in the new district of Kajstaden at Lake Mälaren in >>>
Benefits of timber architecture and sustainably sourced timber
2022-08-31T09:55:18+02:00Timber architecture is sprouting up the world over and nowadays the construction industry is the largest buyer of timber products. Trees, and their derivative products, have been used by >>>