Get out into the fresh air! 93% of children around the world breathe polluted air, according to information from the World Health Organization (WHO). That gave Claudia Pasquero and Marco Poletto from the London architecture and innovation agency ecoLogicStudio the ideal excuse to bring the world’s first biotechnological playground to life …
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Travel connoisseurs are well aware that Arnaud Zannier creates extraordinary holiday retreats. Now the hotelier has added a new jewel to his portfolio. The green luxury resort Bãi San Hô revives traditional Vietnamese style in untouched surroundings.
Rough exposed concrete, sculptural rain gutters and a Mayan pyramid for domestic use. In architect Ludwig Godefroy’s Casa Mérida, traditional construction methods meet the gestures of Le Corbusier.
Golf thrives on nature: on the lush green of the undulating landscape, and on the feeling of space that, in the Zillertal, is provided by the astounding mountain backdrop. At the four-star hotel, the Sportresidenz Zillertal, you can golf-in, golf-out all year round thanks to the indoor putting green …
The Baja Club Hotel in La Paz, Mexico, shows that conversions are also possible in the hotel sector. A historic colonial hacienda has been transformed into a boutique hotel in its second life. Here, colonial club flair meets modernist design language …
Dubai’s Museum of the Future is nearing completion. It is considered one of the most complex buildings worldwide, and its exterior is breathtaking …
Workplace ahoy! Architecture studio Powerhouse Company has designed a concept for a floating office building. Sustainable, energy-neutral and made of wood …
Kim Herforth Nielsen is one of the world’s most prominent architects. In an interview, the head of the award-winning Danish firm 3XN describes what truly sustainable building means, why it is worthwhile and what future-oriented projects should look like …
If we are to stay away from each other, then please do it in style. And above all with respect for nature. That’s what designer Prashant Ashoka thought. And he created his Casa Etérea out of the Mexican volcanic soil …
Designed by the Florentine architecture practice Pierattelli Architetture, the future electricity converter substation pays homage to the Tuscan countryside, merging into the colors of the nature …
The small piece of rock just off New York City has a dark history that has earned it the name Rat Island. But now the private island is to play host to a sustainable luxury resort …
Kukido is a floral composition that combines ethics and aesthetics. Designed by the Japanese studio Green Wise, these innovative arrangements have been chosen by Pianca for its showroom inside the world’s first Green Retail Park in Turin, Italy …
The newly built art depot of the Boijmans van Beuningen Museum in Rotterdam can be considered a work of art in its own right. The architects at MVRDV have designed a massive, mirrored “bowl” with trees growing out of its “lid”. This new building can be admired already – even before the art objects have been installed …
The most ambitious building project in human history has been launched. Architecture office BIG, construction company ICON and NASA plan to build the first settlement on the moon using 3D printing technologies. The name of their mission: Project Olympus …
Architect Gianluca Santosuosso asked himself, “How would nature respond to this brief?” – and turned to a beehive as a model for residential housing. His “HIVE Project” tackles current challenges with a completely new approach that benefits humans, animals and plants collectively …
Amidst the rocks of the Californian desert, a piece of sky suddenly catches the eye. Surely an illusion? But no, there is simple explanation: an “invisible” mirror house has been built for film producer Chris Hanley in Joshua Tree. It is a house that serves as a stage for an Oscar-winning performance by the surrounding nature …
Designer Antony Gibbon has a taste for the unconventional. After creating cliff houses and capsule dwellings in trees, he has now come up with a vision for a “wave house”: the “Twine” made of hempcrete is designed as an artistic frame to accentuate the masterpiece of mother nature …