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Richmond House / TERROIR
Ventura Hillside Home / DARX Studio
Zona Santiago Outdoor Classroom / Bernat Ivars + Mixuro
Refurbishment of the Bachlettenstrasse / Brandenberger Kloter AG
Henning Larsen Designs University Building in Innsbruck
Cabin Ulvik / Rever & Drage Architects
Modern Andorra: Architecture Between the Pyrenees
Wetland Research and Education Center / Atelier Z+
Net-Zero Energy & Net-Zero Carbon: Design Strategies to Reach Performance Goals
First Prefabricated Wooden Housing Modules Designed by RAU and SeARCH are Installed in Amsterdam
Winter Park Library & Events Center / Adjaye Associates
Sanjay Puri Architects Designs Stepped Volume with Green Terraces for Prestige University Building in India
Best Houses of 2021
Offices with Integrated Greenery: 7 Notable Examples
9 Books Worth Adding to Your Winter Reading List
Three New Bailey / Make Architects
Casa La Calderona / Héctor Navarro + Architekton
Herne Hill House / TYPE

Richmond House / TERROIR

Posted: 16 Dec 2021 10:00 AM PST

architects: TERROIR
Location: Hobart TAS 7000, Australia
Project Year: 2018
Photographs: Adam Gibson

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Ventura Hillside Home / DARX Studio

Posted: 16 Dec 2021 08:00 AM PST

architects: DARX Studio
Location: Bell Canyon, CA 91307, United States
Project Year: 2020
Photographs: Oren Dothan & Ryan Childers
Area: 6285.0 ft2

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Zona Santiago Outdoor Classroom / Bernat Ivars + Mixuro

Posted: 16 Dec 2021 06:00 AM PST

architects: Bernat Ivars + Mixuro
Location: Cabañal-Cañamelar, Valencia, Spain
Project Year: 2021
Photographs: Milena Villalba

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Refurbishment of the Bachlettenstrasse / Brandenberger Kloter AG

Posted: 16 Dec 2021 04:00 AM PST

architects: Brandenberger Kloter AG
Location: Basel, Switzerland
Photographs: Basile Bornand

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Henning Larsen Designs University Building in Innsbruck

Posted: 16 Dec 2021 03:00 AM PST

Henning Larsen won the competition to design a new university building for the Management Center Innsbruck (MCI), the studio's first project in Austria. Founded in 1995, the MCI outgrew its facility in the city centre, and the competition was meant to establish a new unified campus, gathering together the many faculties now scattered on different locations throughout Innsbruck. The design consists of an isolated object with no back or front featuring multi-story voids carved into each façade, establishing distinct relationships with the surroundings and framing views of the Alps.

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Cabin Ulvik / Rever & Drage Architects

Posted: 16 Dec 2021 02:00 AM PST

architects: Rever & Drage Architects
Location: Ulvik, Norway
Project Year: 2021
Photographs: Tom Auger
Area: 142.0 m2

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Modern Andorra: Architecture Between the Pyrenees

Posted: 15 Dec 2021 11:30 PM PST

Wedged between France and Spain, Andorra is the sixth smallest nation in Europe. Less than 500 square kilometers in area, the landlocked microstate can be found in the eastern Pyrenees on the Iberian Peninsula. Today, new architecture is being built between Andorra's rugged mountains and three narrow valleys that combine to form its Gran Valira river.

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Wetland Research and Education Center / Atelier Z+

Posted: 15 Dec 2021 11:00 PM PST

space under the roof of conference and exhibition sector. Image © Hao Chen

architects: Atelier Z+
Location: Shanghai Chongming Dongtan National Nature Reserve, Shanghai, China
Project Year: 2019
Photographs: Hao Chen
Area: 4092.0 m2

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Net-Zero Energy & Net-Zero Carbon: Design Strategies to Reach Performance Goals

Posted: 15 Dec 2021 10:45 PM PST

As the effects of climate change intensify across the world, the AEC industry is shifting toward green building to effectively address the climate crisis. In 2020, members of The American Institute of Architects (AIA) overwhelmingly approved a resolution making environmental stewardship the organization's top priority. Since then, steady progress has been achieved to develop a Climate Action Plan, evolve the Framework for Design Excellence, and increase participation in the 2030 Commitment. The building and construction sector is responsible for 36% of energy consumption, 38% of energy related carbon emissions, and 50% of resource consumption globally. These percentages are expected to double in total footprint by 2060, exacerbating the negative effects of climate change on the environment. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 2021 Report warns of increasingly extreme heatwaves, droughts and flooding, and a key temperature limit being broken in just over a decade. The world must act fast to avoid these catastrophic events, and decarbonizing the built environment is a major step in the right direction.

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First Prefabricated Wooden Housing Modules Designed by RAU and SeARCH are Installed in Amsterdam

Posted: 15 Dec 2021 10:30 PM PST

The first wooden housing modules of Juf Nienke, a new circular prefabricated timber housing project by SeARCH, RAU, and DS landscape architects, has been installed in Amsterdam. The project will feature 61 rental homes made entirely of wood, and will sit at the entrance of Centrumeiland, a newly raised piece of land on Lake IJmeer that features 1500 housing units. It is set to be one of the most sustainable apartment buildings in the Netherlands, incorporating an innovative cross-laminated timber construction and utilizing recycled materials.

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Winter Park Library & Events Center / Adjaye Associates

Posted: 15 Dec 2021 10:00 PM PST

architects: Adjaye Associates
Location: 1050 W Morse Blvd, Winter Park, FL 32789, United States
Project Year: 2021
Photographs: Dror Baldinger
Photographs: Chad Baumer
Photographs: Ivane Katamashvili

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Sanjay Puri Architects Designs Stepped Volume with Green Terraces for Prestige University Building in India

Posted: 15 Dec 2021 09:30 PM PST

Sanjay Puri Architects has designed a new building for the Prestige University in Indore, a stepped massing with green terraces that blends with the landscape. Currently under construction within the 32-acre university campus, the project echoes traditional Indian architecture through its use of red brick and contextual adaptation to the local climate. The morphology creates an outdoor amphitheatre for students and faculty, while the interweaving of indoor and outdoor spaces is meant to foster engagement and social interaction.

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Best Houses of 2021

Posted: 15 Dec 2021 09:00 PM PST

Residential architecture is one of the most popular categories among our readers. In 2021 we published more than 3,800 projects, featuring houses from different regions of the world and offering a variety of solutions, materials, contexts, environments, scales, and typologies. Providing a broad source of inspiration for those seeking references for their own residential project.

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Offices with Integrated Greenery: 7 Notable Examples

Posted: 15 Dec 2021 08:00 PM PST

Greengrass Office / Plainoddity. Image © Hong Kiwoong

Offices have evolved tremendously in recent years. They are becoming more and more like a domestic space, incorporating new color palettes, flexible furnishings, warm textures, and even greenery as part of the design. In the latter case, it is not simply an aesthetic addition, but the greenery is integrated in such a way that it completely transforms and enhances the work experience of the people inside. How can plants become protagonists of the workspace? Let's review 7 cases that creatively integrate them in favor of the well-being of users.

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9 Books Worth Adding to Your Winter Reading List

Posted: 15 Dec 2021 07:30 PM PST

Courtesy Monacelli, Lars Muller, and Princeton Architectural Press

In this week's reprint, Metropolis editors have selected a variety of new and forthcoming architecture and design books, rounding up a compelling reading list for the season. The following titles range from monographs and theoretical inquires to essential knowledge works, from authors like Michael Sorkin, Robert A.M. Stern or Paul Dobraszczyk.