Archinect

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The first of its kind, the Fab Tree Hab is a terrestrial reef and grafted living tree structure. The goal is to prototype a dwelling seamlessly integrated into its natural landscape and to replace harmful industrial materials with durable, bio-based alternatives.

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ArchDaily

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Courtesy of NEXT Office | Hormuz Eco Resort Water , fluid and dynamic in its nature, has long been an inspiration for architects and designers. Whether it’s a restaurant overlooking the waters of the Aegean Sea or a hotel nestled along the coastline of Montenegro , architects worldwide embrace the proximity to natural bodies of water.

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Deezen

APRIL 6, 2024

Amsterdam studio Woonpioniers has used natural materials and prefabricated elements throughout the Sprout Ruben & Marjolein house , which includes an open, greenhouse-like volume. The post Timber structure defines compact bio-based home in the Netherlands appeared first on Dezeen. The photography is by Chiela.

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ArchDaily

JULY 4, 2023

Taking inspiration from nature, it reimagines the traditional hotel room as a protective nest. The new structure, reminiscent of a tree, gracefully extends with branches radiating from a central trunk. This expansion of a historic hotel, nestled in a 12th-century mansion, features reception, restaurant, and event spaces.

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ArchDaily

JUNE 24, 2023

The art of landscaping is the arrangement of nature’s raw material elements, like vegetation and planting, combined with nonliving elements, such as exterior structures, paving, and decking, in order to create site-specific solutions that enhance the exterior spaces of a project. Read more »

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

ACAN Natural Materials Group co-ordinator Aurore Baulier calls on architects to embrace stone 's natural qualities and reintroduce the material into their toolkits in this Stone Age 2.0 Top: Aurore Baulier is calling on architects to use structural stone. Above: she believes stone should be embraced for its natural qualities.

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Archinect

JULY 3, 2023

CupaClad , a leading provider of innovative and sustainable building solutions, has launched a new product that promises to improve the world of architectural cladding with its Natural Slate Rainscreen Cladding System. Their Natural slate system is also made from non-combustible materials that are impact resistance and earthquake resistant.

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Deezen

MARCH 7, 2024

Named Tor Alva , or White Tower, the building will become the world's "tallest 3D-printed structure" once complete in Mulegns later this year, according to Hansmeyer and Dillenburger. ETH Zurich has commenced the 3D printing process and so far created eight out of 32 structural columns. This saves mass and material."

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Harnessing stone as a structural material can make architecture more enjoyable to both build and inhabit argues Tristram Carfrae, an Arup engineer working on the Sagrada Familia , in this Stone Age 2.0 Stone is "plentiful, natural, low carbon and beautiful" Dezeen spoke to Carfrae as part of Stone Age 2.0, Photo courtesy of Arup.

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Archinect

MAY 30, 2022

With this project, however, the aim was to create a gym allowing indirect natural light suitable for indoor exercises and blocking strong direct sunlight to afford a feel for the outside environment. To achieve this goal, four structural “tubes” were designed around the perimeter of the arena.

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Deezen

MARCH 26, 2024

The University of Chicago John W Boyer Center was designed by Studio Gang in accordance with the French sustainability law requiring new public buildings to be built from at least 50 per cent wood or other natural materials. The centre will have a mass timber structure.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

series, we've collected 10 recently completed and upcoming buildings that show the potential of structural stone as a modern construction material. Among the experts to share insights on the material was Aurore Baulier, an ACAN Natural Materials Group co-ordinator, who called on architects to embrace stone's natural qualities.

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Archinect

MARCH 1, 2023

Commissioned by an art lover and collector, the home seeks to capture the aura of an art gallery while responding to its natural surroundings. The scheme was constructed from a reinforced concrete structure clad with panels of Okume wood sourced from West Africa.

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Deezen

JANUARY 26, 2024

Studio Bark developed the Shingles project to find structural uses for otherwise unusable bits of timber Spindles began when the studio was hired to build a family home on a wooded site in Buckinghamshire in the southeast of England. "We It was very dead." "We We were there in midsummer.

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Archinect

APRIL 11, 2022

The University of Virginia (UVA) campus has become the showground for an array of creative structures built from natural materials. Penn State assistant architecture professor Benay Gürsoy Toykoç designed structures made from mycelium blocks. “It is both old-school and new-school,” MacDonald said.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Building informed by Miami's "energy and natural beauty" The second and third floors will be used as office space and the structure will include a green roof topped with solar panels. The post Kengo Kuma unveils colourful structure for Miami Design District appeared first on Dezeen.

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Deezen

MARCH 29, 2024

Collcoll has added a pixellated wooden structure to the Pricefx office in Prague "The management and employees of Pricefx use their offices primarily for meetings that stimulate creative dialogue," said Collcoll. "By Collcoll chose to enclose the staircase with a wooden structure that conceals staff lockers, changing rooms and utility spaces.

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Architizer

APRIL 4, 2024

Nestled in the heart of America, Arkansas is rich in natural beauty and cultural heritage. Known for its picturesque landscapes, including the majestic Ozark Mountains and the winding Arkansas River, the state’s architecture is grounded in its natural surroundings. MASM received a substantial grant from the Donald W.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

US studio CLB Architects has created a retreat in rural Wyoming that has three wood-clad structures, with a creek running underneath the primary residence. Located on a 35-acre (14-hectare) property near the town of Wilson, the home was envisioned as a series of "tectonic structures" set within a diverse ecosystem.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 18, 2023

From factories and warehouses to shop fronts and underpasses, Hicks explores the structures that make up the post-industrial landscape of the West Midlands region known as the Black Country. There are improvised and patched-up structures all over the region." "I I still have my membership card. I took this on a cold winter's day.

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Deezen

MARCH 9, 2023

They also help to bring a natural aesthetic to buildings, supporting the principles of biophilia that can boost occupant wellbeing. According to the studio, the 5,000-seat venue will be built almost entirely from wood – including its overhanging roof, structure and cladding.

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Landscape Architecture Magazine

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

A kind of manual for designing nature without ecology is found in the series of artful drawings that reveal a strategy for working with plants through quantity, species, spacing, and cultivar. Each tome is a reminder that Oudolf’s prolific publishing career is as profuse as his “nature-like” style. Reviewed by Rosetta S.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Next in our Designing for Disaster series, we spotlight Pop Up, Danish studio Tredje Natur's bold proposal for cities to build floating car parks on top of flood-preventing reservoirs. Taking these two and putting them together is just much more societally sound, and construction-wise, the budgets of the two structures are overlapping."

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Deezen

OCTOBER 2, 2023

PAU has placed a glass office building with the shell of a historic sugar refinery The structure is the centrepiece of the redevelopment of the Domino Sugar Refinery site, developed by Two Trees Management with a master plan by SHoP Architects and Field Operations. There was no building to adapt.

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BD+C

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Structural engineering solutions for office-to-residential conversion 0 qpurcell Thu, 09/28/2023 - 10:37 Office Buildings IMEG's Edwin Dean, Joe Gulden, and Doug Sweeney, share seven key focuses for structural engineers when planning office-to-residential conversions.

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Deezen

JUNE 11, 2023

EFFEKT has completed Norway's first treetop walkway "The treetop walk in Hamaren Activity Park offers all nature lovers, regardless of age, disability or physical limitation, a new perspective on the natural landscape of Fyresdal," said Danish studio EFFEKT. "It

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Architonic

APRIL 7, 2024

However, when a hotel’s surroundings are its main attraction, visitors can feel trapped inside a maze of characterless, artificially-lit internal corridors and long to escape into the natural setting. In contrast, the independent settings of holiday rental homes have played a major role in the success of the model with modern vacationers.</p>

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Building and Interiors

AUGUST 17, 2023

Wood holds the advantage of being perhaps the sole renewable natural raw material with a proven historical endurance. From ancient wood stilt houses and grand temples to contemporary timber skyscrapers, it has consistently ranked among the most coveted resources for both re-manufacturing and structural uses.

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ArchDaily

JUNE 13, 2023

Participants also address social justice by presenting living solutions envisioned for displaced communities and minorities, while others examine the tensions between the built urban environment and the nature surrounding it to identify opportunities for coexistence. Read more »

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Devised by the American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC), Natural Connections was on show in the entrance hall of the cultural building Matadero Madrid. Top: Natural Connections features playful furniture pieces. Nube is lit by several LED lights that were placed in the middle of the hollow structure.

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Architizer

MARCH 28, 2024

But despite their ephemeral nature, pavilions leave a lasting impression, emphasizing the need to balance aesthetic innovation with environmental sustainability during assembly and disassembly. They are designed and assembled only to be dismantled after a relatively short time. Via Wellcome Images, L0023683 , CC BY 4.0

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Archinect

MAY 16, 2022

As noted by the Institute, the use of space, natural light, materials, and bold lines throughout the Louis Kahn -designed structure was a fitting setting for the French fashion label’s showcase. This event was the first of its kind to be held at this location. It was his intention that his Institute.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 16, 2023

Indonesian practice Stilt Studios has completed a series of "nature-centric" villas for the Grün Uluwatu resort in Bali , which are elevated on steel columns to sit among the tree canopy. This approach allows for a more sustainable and harmonious coexistence between the built environment and nature,” he added.

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Hotel Designs

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Image credit: Dedar The exploration of Texturologie continues to be centred on light or natural colours but is also accompanied by some more pronounced chromatic statements. Savoir-faire and an in-depth knowledge of fibres foster a beauty permeated with that of nature: tree bark, rocks and mosses inhabit expressive and comfortable fabrics.

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Deezen

APRIL 28, 2023

The Richard Gilder Center for Science, Innovation, and Education is a new addition to the American Museum of Natural History off Central Park that unites, visually and functionally, the 26 buildings constructed there since its opening in the late 19th century. The reading room has a structural concrete canopy.

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Bustler

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The UK’s Institution of Structural Engineers has announced the winners of the Structural Awards 2022, which seeks to celebrate the role of structural engineers in sustainability, social impact, innovation, and ingenuity. Ten projects were honored, comprising two Supreme Award winners and eight shortlisted works.

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SW Oregon Architect

JUNE 25, 2023

Whether it’s a historical site, a bustling urban square, or a serene natural landscape, these examples embody the essence of their surroundings. Whether it’s the majestic sweep of a dome, the graceful curves of a bridge, or the symmetrical layout of a garden, the structure imparts a sense of unity that transcends its constituent components.

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