Exterio architects have shared photos of a new home they completed in Warsaw, Poland, that’s surrounded by a pine tree forest. The clients chose the location for the home as it evoked…
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An Aromatic Desert Plant Reminds Architect Lindsey Wikstrom of Home—Wherever She Makes It
My family moved to Tucson from Colorado when I was in high school, and it was the first time I experienced desert monsoons. If I climbed up on the roof of my…
AOR Architects creates Finnish school from timber logs
Finnish studio AOR Architects has completed the Monio School and Cultural Centre in Hyrylä, using over 5,000 industrial timber logs to create a structure that references the area’s traditional wooden villas. Located…
«Design can do more to reduce the built environment’s capacity for enabling misogyny»
Women sick of feeling unsafe in their cities may need to consider disruption as a means of effecting change, writes Helen Parton. When women would rather be stuck in a forest with…
Precision Resource integrates two 3D Systems metal 3D printers into metal manufacturing workflow
3D Systems and Precision Resource, a manufacturer of critical automotive, aerospace and healthcare components, partnered to develop a robust metal manufacturing workflow. The strategic partnership is designed to scale and accelerate the…
Will This Off-grid, Solar-powered Home in the New Mexico Desert Help the Housing Crisis?
Last year, Rod Rylander purchased 10 acres of mesquite and rocky dirt in a remote corner of New Mexico and got busy trying to solve America’s housing crisis on a bare-bones budget….
Chicago Is Converting Historic Downtown Work Spaces to Housing
In Chicago, the office-to-residential conversion movement is underway. Four former downtown office buildings will become mixed-use, mixed-income residential properties in an initiative called LaSalle Street Reimagined. Office-to-residential conversions bring a mixed-bag of…
Domestico Estudio clads house in grey brick in Mexican forest
Domestico Estudio has arranged a double-gabled house clad in grey bricks in a way that preserves the surrounding forest in Hidalgo, Mexico. Known as Madí House, the 2,200-square-foot (205-square metre) residence was…
«World’s first net-positive energy» botanical garden completed in Florida
US architecture studios Olin and Overland have completed the «world’s first net-positive energy» botanical garden in Florida, which is powered by a rooftop array of 2,158 solar panels. The project is part…
Contemporary Japanese Design Blends Seamlessly With Tropical Modernism In This New Home
Architecture firm Alexis Dornier Makings has shared photos of a private residence in Berawa, Bali, that they completed which seamlessly blends contemporary Japanese design with tropical modernism. The centerpiece of ‘The Free…