4.2022
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Of flax fibre and bio-resin
Smart Circular Bridge in Almere
In Germany and the Netherlands, an international consortium is working on three footbridges composed of flax fibre and resin from plant-based and synthetic materials. The first bridge has now been completed in Almere.
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21 years on
Sarah Wigglesworth and her Straw Bale House in London
Sarah Wigglesworth gives a private insight in how she works and lives in the building she got a lot of credit for.
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Hammered exposed concrete
Brixen Music School by Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli
Inspired by South Tyrol’s historical fortifications, Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli articulates Brixen’s new music school with doubled-up façades and an internally accessible perimeter wall.
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A calculated break with convention
German Romanticism Museum in Frankfurt
With this new museum building located next door to Frankfurt’s Goethehaus, Mäckler Architekten have ingeniously translated the spirit of German Romanticism into architecture.
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Solid brickwork
Felix Huber‘s Modern Residential Tower in Bavaria
The striking Schwab residence rises like a tower on a slope between two villas from the turn of the second-to-last century.
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Rammed-earth building on a large scale
Tarik Oualalou on the Moroccan Expo Pavilion in Dubai
Rammed-earth façades on a concrete building – are they merely cosmetic? In a podcast interview, Tarik Oualalou defends the architecture of the Moroccan pavilion at Expo 2020 in Dubai.
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Solid construction
Built with Solid Walls – Editorial 4.2022
Natural stone and perforated bricks, cast-in place concrete, and rammed earth in prefabricated elements – these are just a few of the diverse materials used in solid construction, and their use is often regionally motivated.
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Solid construction
Built with Solid Walls – Editorial 4.2022
Natural stone and perforated bricks, cast-in place concrete, and rammed earth in prefabricated elements – these are just a few of the diverse materials used in solid construction, and their use is often regionally motivated.
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Reflective building envelope
MVRDV’s Depot for Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam
It is impossible to overlook the bowl-shaped mirrored building set by MVRDV for Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in the Museum Park in Rotterdam. But the interior and rooftop forest are also worth a visit.
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Pyramids for water resources management
Association HQ in Mexico
3 ME Arquitectura has built an archetypal complex reminiscent of traditional farming buildings in Salvatierra, central Mexico.