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Sobriety is also in our habitat! Low land use, local and bio-sourced materials, positive energy: Dominique Gauzin-Müller. Architect, professor of architecture and member of the group of independent experts of the association Negawatts, explains the approach of frugal and creative…
Architects have imagined what a Martian city could look like. Named Nüwa, it would be built on the side of a cliff. And would eventually accommodate 250,000 people according to their projections. The Perseverance robot took its first steps on the…
Within the framework of its missions, the architect produces various types of graphic parts (plans, sketches, perspectives…) which accompany its customers in their reflexion and are used as basis of work to the contractor in charge of the work. Architect’s plans:…
A Dutch architecture firm is behind a concept for a bicycle track under the Amsterdam Lake. The objective? To link the north of the capital to the central station via an amazing tunnel. For the experts behind the project, the…
Many works of science fiction forget one fact when they imagine the future of cities: nature. But for the past fifteen years, urban planners, architects and urban environment experts have been drawing the outlines of a completely different type of…
A recent discipline, born a few years ago, sustainable architecture responds to the contemporary issues of global warming and pollution. What is sustainable architecture? Is it really good for the planet? How can I also implement this project? Zoom on…
Construction of the Shenzhen Terraces, designed by the architectural firm MVRDV, has begun. A mixed-use complex with a theater, library, and university that will eventually become the new vibrant center of the university district of Longgang in Shenzhen, China. The project…
Short Biography of Zaha Hadid Architect Zaha Hadid was born on October 31, 1950 in Baghdad to a wealthy Iraqi family. At the age of ten, accompanied by her two brothers, she left to study in Europe. In the following…
The city of the future will rely on and develop around collaborative and connected infrastructures: 5G, artificial intelligence, big data, but also digital tracking of contact cases and facial recognition… These so-called “smart” technologies will not only provide innovative solutions…
100 Franklin Apartments / Palette ArchitectureMIXED USE ARCHITECTURE, RESIDENTIAL•NEW YORK, UNITED STATES Architects: Palette Architecture Area: 30000 ft² Year: 2020 Photographs: Robert Granoff Manufacturers: Petersen Tegl, Albertini Windows Structural Engineering: Silman MEP Engineering: Ettinger Associates Collaboration: DDG Partners City: New…
The proposed designs will offer an alternative to The Metals Company, which aims to develop sustainable ways to extract metals essential to batteries such as those used in electric vehicles, but whose extraction can have serious human and environmental consequences. Architectural…
A very special luxury resort is set to open on the desert nation of Qatar’s coast as early as 2025. In 2025, the architectural firm HAAD wants to launch a phenomenal project, a floating eco-hotel that is geared towards sustainability and…
Thanks to constant technological innovations, the house of tomorrow already exists to some extent today. More and more connected and autonomous, it also seeks to respect the environment and to make us save energy. Let’s zoom in on the future…
Paulo Mendes one of the most important names in Brazilian and worldwide architecture, Paulo Mendes da Rocha, gave up the ghost at the age of 92. As his son Pedro Mendes da Rocha reported to ArchDaily, the architect was hospitalized in Sao Paulo thanks to carcinoma and gave…
Text description provided by the architects. Occupying the lower slopes of a hill within Symbiosis International University’s 260-acre estate in Lavale, Symbiosis University Hospital and Research Centre (SUHRC) may be a 41,800-square-metre, 216-bed, multi-specialty hospital that represents a replacement and progressive face for healthcare…
Symbolizing the creation of a creative campus, the Luma Tower will be inaugurated in June. An impressive architectural work that is part of a larger project dedicated to contemporary art. The Luma creative campus opens its doors in JuneThe project to…
Google, like many major technology players, has taken the initiative to develop in an environmentally friendly manner. The web search giant has unveiled new data that sheds more light on achieving its goals. Google has always contributed to sustainability and sustainable…
More than eight months after the terrible incident that the city of Beirut and its people lived through, the international program “Haifa Award” of the IDARjerusalem Foundation, created a competition aimed at rebuilding the shattered port of Beirut. Reconstruction of Beirut…
On Wednesday, May 19, the France Ville Durable association organized a “Sustainable Cities in Action” day, during which the Minister of Housing, Emmanuelle Wargon, spoke. She took the opportunity to recall the upcoming publication of a reference framework on “quality…
The kingdom is launching the Coral Bloom project, which aims to develop the country’s tourism offer in a sustainable and responsible way. The coronavirus pandemic has not dampened Saudi Arabia’s tourism ambitions. The kingdom has just announced the launch of the…
End of works of the biggest theater in the African continent. The Grand Théâtre of Rabat required an investment of nearly two billion dirhams and is an icon of cultural and artistic renewal of the Kingdom’s capital. The last straight line…
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