Archinect

AUGUST 12, 2022

The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture 's Materials Lab and Interior Design Program have been awarded a $60,000 grant from the Angelo Donghia Foundation. The money will be used to reimagine how students learn about materials by reframing the Materials Lab’s existing collection to better highlight sustainable products.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Founded in 1866, the Central Foundation Boys' School features a selection of historic buildings, such as a chapel that the studio converted into arts-focused teaching spaces. The post HawkinsBrown completes transformation of historic Central Foundation Boys' School appeared first on Dezeen. The photography is by Jack Hobhouse.

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World Architecture Community

MAY 30, 2023

Norman Foster Foundation and Holcim have revealed a sustainable housing prototype for displaced people at the Venice Architecture Biennale. The project, called Essential Homes Research Project, is now being exhibited as part of Time Space Existence Exhibition at Marinaressa Garde.

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The Holcim Foundation has announced its 20-strong slate of global winners as part of the 2023 Holcim Awards , an annual showcase of "contextual and practicable approaches to sustainable construction" that was established in 2004 by the Zurich-based organization.

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Deezen

MAY 17, 2023

In this video produced for Holcim by Dezeen, Norman Foster introduces a housing prototype for displaced people that the Norman Foster Foundation developed with the building materials company and unveiled at the Venice Architecture Biennale. They can be built on-site in order to expedite construction during emergencies.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction has announced the finalists for its International Holcim Awards 2023. According to the foundation, the 20 finalists represent “highly contextual and practicable approaches to sustainable construction: across diverse scales, budgets, geographies, and forms.”

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ArchDaily

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Image Courtesy of Heritage Foundation of Pakistan Following the extreme floods that affected Pakistan in 2022 , architect Yasmeen Lari the Heritage Foundation of Pakistan pledged to help build one million resilient houses in the country. According to the Heritage Foundation of Pakistan , one-third of the goal has already been reached.

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ArchDaily

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

Image © Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction The Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction has revealed the winning projects for the Holcim Awards 2023 competition, as well as the silver, bronze, and acknowledgement prizes, at a ceremony on November 18 in Venice, Italy.

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ArchDaily

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Image Courtesy of The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum Contemporary architecture's approach to space is fairly linear: enveloping a specified volume within some form of material construct. Mexican architect Carlos Lazo's Cuevas Civilizadas project in Mexico City.

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Bustler

MAY 30, 2023

The Landscape Architecture Foundation (LAF) has just announced two winners and six finalists for their 2023 Olmsted Scholars, a unique opportunity-granting program aimed at graduate and undergraduate students of landscape architecture across the United States.

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Avontuura

MAY 9, 2022

The post MVRDV and Fugger Foundation mark 500th anniversary of the Fuggerei social housing with celebration pavilion and three proposals for “Fuggerei of the Future” appeared first on Åvontuura. The pavilion is a long, narrow, gabled building, its form inspired by the long terraced houses of the Fuggerei itself.

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ArchDaily

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

Consisting of five independent expert panels from around the globe, the jury has chosen projects that demonstrate contextual and practical approaches to sustainable construction, divided into regional categories: Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin America, Middle East and Africa, and North America. Read more »

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aasarchitecture

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Education Above All (EAA) Foundation, the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy, and its human and social legacy programme, Generation Amazing Foundation, announced that 27 tents, designed by Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) to serve and support displaced populations. Photo © Luke Hayes. Source by Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA).

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e-architect

JULY 6, 2023

The firm is firmly committed to integrating sustainability, technological innovation, off-site construction, and local craftsmanship in its projects, aiming for the highest certifications. Built in 1850, the 21x21m block stands as a testament to the industrial architecture of its time, representing a protected heritage example.

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Bustler

MAY 24, 2023

The Cosanti Foundation has awarded Diébédo Francis Kéré with their inaugural Cosanti Medal. The recognition forms part of Cosanti's efforts to "inspire a reimagined urbanism that builds resilient and equitable communities" that are sustainably integrated with the natural world.

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designboom

MARCH 8, 2024

led by norman foster and kent larson, the 36-week initiative invites scholars and professionals worldwide to The post the norman foster institute opens applications for 2025 sustainable cities program appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Deezen

JUNE 9, 2022

The 2022 Serpentine Pavilion is more sustainable than last year's "carbon-negative" design thanks to its reusable foundations and timber floor, say its engineers AECOM. Last year's design, by Counterspace, controversially claimed to be "carbon-negative" despite featuring concrete foundations that were not reusable.

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BD+C

APRIL 8, 2024

3 sustainable design decisions to make early 0 qpurcell Mon, 04/08/2024 - 09:26 Sustainability In her experience as an architect, Megan Valentine AIA, LEED AP, NCARB, WELL AP, Fitwel, Director of Sustainability, KTGY details three early sustainable design decisions: site selection, massing and orientation, and proper window-to-wall ratios.

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ArchDaily

DECEMBER 31, 2023

Vernacular and indigenous practices are emerging as a foundation for architectural reimagining, informing spatial lays, the choice of materials and building techniques while also allowing for the integration of innovation and contemporary expression. Read more »

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Deezen

JANUARY 18, 2023

This means the building, which Waugh describes as "visibly sustainable", is dismantlable and can be disassembled rather than demolished at the end of its life with its materials reused. Its foundation and lower ground floor were made from concrete, with the rest of the structure constructed from cross-laminated timber (CLT).

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Habitus Living

DECEMBER 20, 2022

On the path to true sustainability, focus is turning to the role that furniture and fitouts have to play in achieving better sustainable outcomes. They’re tackling sustainability and circularity head on, with a holistic business practice that celebrates reuse, restoration and regeneration. Circularity and sustainability.

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Deezen

AUGUST 11, 2022

Dezeen has announced the sustainability longlist for Dezeen Awards 2022 , which features over 80 of the world's best recently completed sustainable buildings, interiors and designs. Above: Shellter by Vo & Airro has been longlisted in the sustainable design category. Sustainable building. › Sustainable building. ›

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ArchDaily

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The Obel Award is an international prize for architectural achievement presented annually by the Henrik Frode Obel Foundation, and each year, the jury sets a focus and awards a potential solution.

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Architonic

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Since its foundation in 1953, one of the central aims of the <a href="[link] target="_blank" rel="nofollow">o…

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Archinect

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The founder of the Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation leaves behind a legacy of wide-reaching philanthropic efforts, espousing throughout her career the position of women in the architectural and engineering trades. She was 95.

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ArchDaily

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Image © Srirath Somsawat Beijing-based landscape architect Kongjian Yu has been announced by the Cultural Landscape Foundation as the recipient of the 2023 Cornelia Hahn Oberlander International Landscape Architecture Prize (“Oberlander Prize”). Benjakitti Forest Park / Turenscape + Arsomslip Community and Environmental Architect.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Danish maritime architecture practice, MAST , has developed a sustainable floating foundation for building housing and infrastructure atop the water, called “Land on Water.” Image: MAST It was inspired by gabion construction, a method that utilizes mesh cages filled with rubble to create sturdy, low-cost foundations.

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Dwell

JANUARY 18, 2024

In 2022, I purchased a 5-acre property with a rare octagon house on it near Joshua Tree National Park, with the intention to both live there and remodel it into a sustainable wellness ranch, complete with mineral springs baths for relaxing and recharging under the stars. It’s okay to go one step at a time. The pool and its mineral water.

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Archinect

APRIL 17, 2023

The team hopes that a blend of architecture, landscape design, sustainability, and leisure backgrounds will “show in an attractive and accessible way how the landscape that inspired Vincent van Gogh 150 years ago can be made more sustainable and greener in the future. ” Image credit: MVRDV The Biennale will in.

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Archeyes

JULY 20, 2023

Unveiling a masterstroke in architecture and a testament to collaborative artistic vision, the Casa Wabi Foundation has opened a new exhibition space at Sabino 336, Mexico City. The post The Expansion of Casa Wabi Foundation in CDMX by Alberto Kalach & Bosco Sodi appeared first on ArchEyes. This space, the.

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Deezen

JANUARY 19, 2023

British architect Norman Foster explains his studio 's approach towards sustainability and his views on concrete, timber, aviation and Architects Declare in this exclusive interview. Foster said the studio, which is the UK's largest, aims to create buildings that are both sustainable and improve people's lives.

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ArchDaily

JUNE 13, 2023

For over two years, the studio has worked alongside the Arts and Cultural Development Foundation, designing the Center for Contemporary Arts and their initiatives to restore and rehabilitate vernacular houses, transforming them into artist residencies. Read more »

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Archinect

AUGUST 30, 2023

The new Nueva School Science and Environmental Center supports the school’s evolving mission of sustainability and environmental stewardship as a foundation of 21st century education. This project represents an exciting next step in the Nueva School’s national leadership in innovative, sustainable ed.

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Bustler

JANUARY 24, 2022

This year’s topic tasked participants to explore our relationship with materials, of all scales, and the ways in which designers and researchers can form more sustainable, responsible, and ethical relationships with them and the communities they come from.

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Architizer

JUNE 29, 2023

Each year, the best blueprints are recognized in the Architizer A+Awards , and for 2023 a full Sustainability category was introduced. Jury Winner, 11th Annual Architizer A+Awards, Built Sustainable Landscape/Planning Project Nature thrives when everything has a role to play, a notion at the front of Yangtze Delta Polders.

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Dwell

MARCH 29, 2024

The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation is partnering with design firm Sasaki to audit the national historic landmark’s sustainability practices. The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, which is headquartered here, has hired design firm Sasaki to create a holistic vision for the future of the grounds. "New

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Bustler

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

The Holcim Foundation has announced its 20-strong slate of global winners as part of the 2023 Holcim Awards , an annual showcase of "contextual and practicable approaches to sustainable construction" that was established in 2004 by the Zurich-based organization.

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