Wendelstrand near Gothenburg is a new community and housing development with social and ecological sustainability, sited in a disused quarry. The master plan and Lakehouse by the architects at Snøhetta show how urban planning and housing construction can be reimagined.
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The Moar Gut nature resort in the Salzburg mountains has grown. The new buildings in modern timber construction fit in with the local building culture and strengthen the existing farm buildings. The 5-storey suite towers are the central element of the extension.
Canadian celebrity chef and internet star Matty Matheson teamed up with architect Omar Gandhi to create a restaurant landscape consisting entirely of wood, from top to bottom. There is little sign of rustic, folkloristic romance here, though.
The architectural firm Dellekamp Schleich has designed the country’s largest timber engineering building to date in Mexico City. The Jardín Anatole office building is not only built sustainably, it is also designed to withstand earthquakes.
In spring 2024, it will be decided whether the Danish star architect Dorte Mandrup will be the winner of the Mies van der Rohe Award with her Kangiata Illorsua Ilulissat Icefjord Centre. The Icefjord Information Centre in Greenland has been nominated for Europe’s most prestigious architecture prize.
The new In’Cube Danone research and innovation center southwest of Paris is a wooden hybrid building of superlatives. Instead of banishing research behind closed doors, it is brought out into the open here.
With the Shanshui Firewood Garden in China’s Sichuan province, Mix Architecture translates architectural heritage into a new formal language. Light screens made of suspended firewood plumb the space in a new way.
Stockholm Wood City, the world’s largest city built of wood, is being built on a former industrial site. The architecture for the showcase city of the future comes from timber construction pioneers Henning Larsen and White Arkitekter.
Ten years after its construction, the Tamedia building in Zurich is still one of the most visionary timber engineering structures in the world. Pritzker Prize winner Shigeru Ban revealed the approach behind the outstanding construction to ubm magazin.
Located on the pristine shores of Kahuwai Bay on the Kohala Coast, the original Kona Village Resort, was built in the 1960s and closed in 2011. Steeped in history, the resort is now being reinterpreted and revitalized. Kennedy Wilson, a firm specializing in sustainable real estate, developed this hotel experience in partnership with Rosewood Hotels & Resorts. The Hawaiian tradition of hoʻokipa (hospitality) was emphasized.
Long known for visionary sustainable projects, 3deluxe is currently working on its next fascinating project: Kalba Beach sets an enchanting urban beach oasis on the coast east of Dubai. Built from rammed earth and wood. And environmentally friendly all around.
They are not only experts in the planning and realisation of hotel projects, but also produce in a particularly energy-efficient way thanks to a wide range of measures: VOGLAUER HOTEL CONCEPT.
Japanese architectural firm UENOA has created a wooden office that has no need for bearing walls. Folded origami-style, the ceiling construction gives a whole new lightness to cross-laminated timber …
Workplace ahoy! Architecture studio Powerhouse Company has designed a concept for a floating office building. Sustainable, energy-neutral and made of wood …
Living, more personal than ever before – the VillaVOON makes this possible! Every owner gives their villa a very individual, personal form. And in the end, even their name. Every villa is just as unique as each individual …
Minimalists who want to spend their holidays in the nature without hut folklore, check in at the Juvet Landscape Hotel in Norway. Some consider the award-winning architecture the backdrop to a science-fiction thriller, but you do not have to be afraid here…
A granary becomes a bookshop and at the same time remains a cultural monument of China. SU Architects have created a place of the present where you can immerse yourself in the past.
The OLM Nature Escape is definitely a building with a recognisable character. How did it come about to plan a round building, what challenges are associated with the 360° angle and why is the shape also a symbol of sustainability? We spoke to architect Andreas Gruber about his first hospitality project, which has been thoroughly thought through!