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Architects: Bijl Architecture
- Area: 250 m²
- Year: 2013
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Manufacturers: Axolotl Group, Fantini, Hafele, Marblo, NUD Collection, +4
Wood: The Latest Architecture and News
Naremburn House / Bijl Architecture
HIT3 / Alejandro Gawianski
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Architects: Alejandro Gawianski
- Area: 2300 m²
- Year: 2015
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Professionals: AG3 Developments SA
Duurzaamheidscentrum Assen / 24H > architecture
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Architects: 24H > architecture
- Area: 2000 m²
- Year: 2015
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Manufacturers: Woodteq
Roccolo’s Swimming Pool / act_romegialli
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Architects: act_romegialli
- Year: 2015
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Manufacturers: Fioroni
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Professionals: Studio Maffia-Rossetti, Studio Moncecchi Associati, Apag, Carvernago Bg, AG&P, +1
YAM / Ks Architects
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Architects: Ks Architects
- Area: 419 m²
- Year: 2014
Afghan Bazaar Cultural Precinct / HASSELL
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Interior Designers: HASSELL
- Area: 1500 m²
- Year: 2014
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Professionals: Aslam Akram, Aurecon
Just BE / Arquitectura en Movimiento Workshop
MGA Proposes World's Tallest Wood Building in Paris
Michael Green Architecture (MGA) and DVVD has teamed up with REI France developments to propose the world's tallest wood building in Paris. The carbon-neutral proposal, developed as part of the city’s innovative Réinventer Paris competition, aims to alleviate the city's urban housing challenges.
“Our goal is that through innovation, youthful social contact and overall community building, we have created a design that becomes uniquely important to Paris,” said Michael Green, Principal of MGA. “Just as Gustave Eiffel shattered our conception of what was possible a century and a half ago, this project can push the envelope of wood innovation with France in the forefront. The Pershing Site is the perfect moment for Paris to embrace the next era of architecture.”
Autogasco Headquarters / Nicolás Maino Gaete
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Architects: Nicolás Maino Gaete
- Area: 660 m²
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Manufacturers: Covering Chile
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Professionals: Constructora Inark S.A.
Priceless Milano / Park Associati
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Architects: Park Associati
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Professionals: FLOS lighting, Fourproject, Paderno Dugnano
Saint Anne Chapel / Estudio Cella
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Architects: Estudio Cella
- Area: 400 m²
- Year: 2012
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Professionals: Hidrelco SRL
AD Interviews: Mikko Summanen / K2S
We caught up with Mikko Summanen, one of the co-founders of Finnish firm K2S architects, during his recent trip to Chile for the Finland-Chile Architecture Marathon lecture series. K2S is known for their work designing public and cultural buildings, with projects including the Arctia Headquarters and the Kamppi Chapel in Helsinki, both of which follow the tradition of Finnish architecture (wood, light, craftsmanship, construction detail), while exploring new ways to materialize the tradition. K2S are especially known for their innovative use of traditional materials, as seen with the curved wooden walls of the Kamppi Chapel, with its interiors bathed in light; the use of brick on the Paasitorni Hotel, and the influence of the Finnish maritime industry on the floating Arctia Headquarters.
“In the case of the chapel in Kamppi, what we found really rewarding is that it’s a combination of really traditional techniques like carpentry and shipbuilding combined with the most contemporary technologies like 3D modeling … and even nanotechnology in the case of the treatment of the wooden facades,” Summanen told us.
Residential Building at Heiligenstock / CHRIST.CHRIST.
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Architects: CHRIST.CHRIST. associated architects
- Area: 298 m²
- Year: 2014
Health Clinic Ruukki / alt Architects + Karsikas
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Architects: Karsikas, alt Architects
- Area: 910 m²
- Year: 2014
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Manufacturers: Fagerhult, LG Hausys, Plaka, Skaala, Upofloor
Far Sight House / Wallflower Architecture + Design
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Architects: Wallflower Architecture + Design
- Area: 463 m²
- Year: 2013
LAPA BUILDING / João Tiago Aguiar Arquitectos
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Architects: João Tiago Aguiar Arquitectos
- Area: 420 m²
- Year: 2015
Quiksilver Showroom / Clemens Bachmann Architekten
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Architects: Clemens Bachmann Architekten
- Area: 1300 m²
- Year: 2014