aasarchitecture

JANUARY 25, 2024

A diaphanous 125-meter free-span wing roof shades the lobby and stands, while the playing field is set in a recessed oval grass plain part of the rolling landscape of Hangzhou Asian Games Park, Archi-Tectonics’ 47-hectare eco-park with two stadiums for Asian Games. It spans the entire distance in one sweep.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Led by Elie-Antoine Atallah, Philadelphia-based Studio of Metropolitan Design Architects (SoMD) completed the Katzin Residence in December 2022. A reinterpretation of the walnut-stained panelling in the original house, sustainably sourced sycamore panelling with clear-cut lines was used for the cabinets along the west wall.

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aasarchitecture

JANUARY 4, 2024

In a first for Nike, products can move from sketch to prototype to final design to retail fixture all under one roof. Photo © Jeremy Bittermann In terms of massing, each of the building’s distinct bars, or wings, cascade to the south and feature inhabitable, interlacing green roof terraces that overlook the wetland.

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e-architect

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

25 November 2022. Retrofitted mews house shortlisted for RIBA House of the Year 2022. RIBA House of the Year 2022 Winners. Having previously lived in a draughty and energy-hungry house, the client wanted a low-energy, highly sustainable solution for their new home. Structural Engineer: Solid Geometry Structural Engineers.

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aasarchitecture

DECEMBER 7, 2022

We’re Australia’s first art museum to be awarded the highest rating for sustainable design. The Art Gallery of New South Wales’ transformation – the Sydney Modern Project – opened to the public on 3 December 2022. Photo © Iwan Baan. It has created a new art museum experience across two buildings connected by a public art garden.

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ArchiDiaries

JUNE 4, 2022

The Aga Khan Award for Architecture (AKAA) today announced 20 shortlisted projects for the 2022 Award cycle. The 20 shortlisted projects were selected by an independent Master Jury from a pool of 463 projects nominated for the 15th Award Cycle (2020-2022). Bangladesh.

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aasarchitecture

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Through refurbishment and extension, the National Archaeological Museum of Athens will be modernised to meet today’s standards of quality, openness and sustainability. In one gesture, this generates roughly 20,000 m2 of additional space and a lush green park on the roof that is open to all.

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aasarchitecture

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

EDGE Suedkreuz Berlin offers a new vision of a sustainable future for construction with timber. Located opposite the Südkreuz station, one of Berlin’s major transport hubs, the project is part of a new urban development that integrates sustainability with livability. Photo © HGEsch. Photo © HGEsch. Photo © HGEsch. Photo © HGEsch.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Solar panels on the roof provide the building with its own source of electricity, while the surrounding harbour water is harnessed for a passive heating and cooling system. By using the water of the Rijnhaven to cool the building, and by using the roof of the office as a large energy source, the building is truly autarkic," he stated.

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aasarchitecture

JUNE 20, 2022

“For the new main terminal of Zurich Airport, we have attempted to answer this complex challenge with the simplest possible response: A mass timber space frame that is structural design, spatial experience, architectural finish, and organizational principle in one. Bjarke Ingels, Founder & Creative Director, BIG.

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aasarchitecture

OCTOBER 12, 2022

This green, sustainable, and vibrant vertical neighbourhood with a great diversity of homes will become an eye-catcher in the Overhoeks district skyline of Amsterdam North. Bringing people together to live together in a healthy, plant-filled, and sustainable project is also at the heart of the Brink Tower. Image © Mecanoo.

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aasarchitecture

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

m of landscaped terraces, roof gardens and plazas that open directly onto the public square designed by Martha Schwartz. The centre’s glazed facades with precisely engineered external louvres transform into the warmer timberbased material palette of Business Stadium Central’s interiors.

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aasarchitecture

OCTOBER 12, 2022

This green, sustainable, and vibrant vertical neighbourhood with a great diversity of homes will become an eye-catcher in the Overhoeks district skyline of Amsterdam North. Bringing people together to live together in a healthy, plant-filled, and sustainable project is also at the heart of the Brink Tower. Image © MVRDV. Image © MVRDV.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

US architecture studio GBBN preserved and expanded a 19th-century home in Erie, Pennsylvania into an educational facility with a glass bridge connection and metal-clad, barn-like structure. The barn form was modernized with the use of a standing seam infinity roof. Dark grey zinc panels reference the colour of the original roof.

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Deezen

APRIL 25, 2022

American studio Eskew Dumez Ripple has used features of vernacular architecture in creative ways to form a sustainable multipurpose school building. The building's different parts are topped with either single-slope or gabled roofs, all of which are covered with standing seam metal. The building has a number of sustainable features.

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e-architect

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

EDGE Suedkreuz Berlin is Germany’s largest timber hybrid construction and most sustainable building ensemble in 2022. The seven-storey office complex EDGE Suedkreuz Berlin was built sustainably using a modular timber hybrid construction method. Completion: May 2022. Photos: HG ESCH. EDGE Suedkreuz Berlin, Germany.

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aasarchitecture

OCTOBER 31, 2022

There is a total of approximately 82 000 m2 of mixed-use program area; including 64500 m2 of arena space, 5800 m2 for practice hall and 11600 m2 hotel with three roof-top saunas. The highly sustainable design has reached LEED Gold rating. The practice field features a green roof. The Opaali tower will be completed in 2022.

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Deezen

AUGUST 28, 2022

All homes have their own private balcony overlooking the street, plus there are shared resources that include a 55-space cycle parking area, a communal roof terrace and a shared laundry. Residents share a communal roof terrace. Terrace House is longlisted for Dezeen Awards 2022 in the housing project category. Acoustics: WSP.

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Deezen

MAY 13, 2022

The long-awaited Taipei Performing Arts Center in Taiwan has been completed by Rem Koolhaas -led studio OMA ahead of the official opening on 7 August 2022. The walkway runs through the centre of the building before heading up to a public viewing point on the roof. It is now set to open on 7 August 2022. Photo by Shephotoerd Co.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

"Orange Build Studio received the opportunity to design and oversee the construction of a shade structure and classroom located in the Polytechnic Campus, adjacent to a community garden and a small classroom building used by ASU Sustainable Practices," the team explained. Pyramidal roofs top the modules.

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aasarchitecture

APRIL 18, 2023

Photo © Ossip van Duivenbode The roof of the parking facility forms the new boulevard along the river IJ, creating a vibrant new walkway and gathering space for residents and visitors, with seating areas and views of the river IJ. The design includes 6,000 m2 of new public space above ground, created by storing bicycles underwater.

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aasarchitecture

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Photo © Jannes Linders Sustainable and Circular LAB42 hosts diverse organizations, each with unique needs and preferences. The energy that is needed for cooling and heating comes from sustainable energy generation; LAB42 is connected to the campus’ central thermal storage system.

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e-architect

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Ramps fold up and around the bowl to get to the future theater lounge with an outdoor roof deck overlooking the recently restored wetlands and park landscape. A long-span Suspendome roof makes it possible for the space to be entirely column-free, reinforcing the adaptability and hybrid nature of the building.

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e-architect

MAY 22, 2023

In collaboration with the City of Montreal, Cardin Julien’s bold design was intended to help define new aesthetic, sustainability, and accessibility standards for this type of municipal building. Its orientation and large roof offer shaded areas around the building and, thus, maintain a cool interior during the summer season.

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aasarchitecture

APRIL 26, 2024

.” Along with housing studio space, the KUbe will also serve as a teaching tool, showcasing sustainable practices through its mass timber diagrid design. The Makers’ KUbe is a 50,000-square-foot mass timber cube structure.

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e-architect

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Though the park was commissioned for the upcoming Hangzhou Asian Games 2022, the team looked beyond that event to set a new course for the city’s environmental future. The project achieved “Green Building Evaluation Label 3 Star” (GBEL 3 Star), the highest level of sustainability in China and equivalent to LEED Platinum.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The museum opened in October 2022. Structural engineer: John A. MEP engineer & sustainability: Buro Happold. Civil engineer: KPFF. Fire life safety engineers: Simpons Gumpertz & Heger. The photography is by Mike Kelley unless otherwise noted. . Project credits: . Architect: Morphosis.

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aasarchitecture

MARCH 20, 2022

The plan renovates four existing buildings and adds three new ones to reinvigorate El Terreno as a vibrant, green, sustainable residential neighbourhood. By mixing new buildings and reused structures, we rejuvenate the neighbourhood while maintaining the connection to its illustrious past ”, says MVRDV founding partner Jacob van Rijs.

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e-architect

JULY 13, 2023

An intricate structural solution was required to support the roof and remaining walls as well as allow the new glazed doors to sit seamlessly in the opening. At Symmetrys, sustainability is a top priority, and it is dedicated to reducing time, cost, and embodied carbon through careful risk analysis.

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aasarchitecture

AUGUST 12, 2022

Besides, there are also various added constructions built independently by local villagers for meeting their changing living needs, such as shanties with colored-steel roof or glass roof, which blend with the natural fabrics of the village. The project is the transformation of a courtyard house in the village. Photo © Jin Weiqi.

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e-architect

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Through refurbishment and extension, the National Archaeological Museum of Athens will be modernised to meet today’s standards of quality, openness and sustainability. In one gesture, this generates roughly 20,000 m2 of additional space and a lush green park on the roof that is open to all.

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e-architect

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

In the future, the roof can be further developed, with the possibility to grow fruit and vegetables on top of the structure. The design comprises a simple open structure with an undulating green roof that forms a series of rolling hills. Below the roof, the market space is simple yet highly functional.

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aasarchitecture

OCTOBER 25, 2022

While sustainably reusing a significant amount of the existing building’s materials, the design rearranges internal programmes, adds more space, replaces a redundant car park, inserts large windows, refreshes the characteristic old concrete façade, and adds an expansive rooftop park connected to the city by monumental stairs.

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aasarchitecture

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The new Science Centre will feature a Children’s Gallery that is more than twice the size of the existing gallery and include its own interactive outdoor waterplay area, discovery trails in the secondary forest as well as a sensory trail on the roof garden. Image © Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA). Image © Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA).

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aasarchitecture

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Dutch firm Ector Hoogstad Architects designed the sustainable accelerator building for project developer Stone22 and owner ASR Dutch Science Park Fund. Sustainable and circular Simplicity and sustainability were key drivers in the design. A clear, light-weight and detachable façade forms the basis of the construction.

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e-architect

DECEMBER 23, 2022

December 23, 2022. The building form takes it cues from the program elements, with a larger industrial shed-like form housing the Market and warehouse; and a smaller, more residentially scaled sloped roof form creating a welcoming entry and housing the Kitchen, HUB and offices. Structural Engineer: Lund Opsahl.

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aasarchitecture

JANUARY 23, 2023

Photovoltaics embedded within the museum’s large roof canopy contribute to meeting the building’s energy demands. The dimensions of this roof have been calculated to shade the glazed facades in summer. Natural hybrid ventilation optimizes Chengdu’s mild subtropical climate to provide comfort for visitors and staff throughout the year.

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