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• Architects

  AO Architekten

• Location

  Egg, Vorarlberg, Austria

• Category

  Extension

• Developer

  BIG – Bundesimmobiliengesellschaft m.b.H

• Project Year

  2017

• Photographs

  Adolf Bereuter

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• Architects

  firm architekten

• Location

  6883 Au, Austria

• Category

  Spa

• Lead Architect

  Christian Feldkircher

• Area

  300.0 m2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Adolf Bereuter

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• Architects

  firm architekten

• Location

  Bezau, Austria

• Category

  Renovation

• Lead Architects

  Albert Moosbrugger

• Area

  240.0 m2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Adolf Bereuter

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The mountains—one of the contexts that almost every architect would like to build in at least once. And yet even though it's an attractive setting, the associated challenges, including, but not limited to the sheer remoteness of mountain regions and their distance from basic services, make building in the mountains particularly demanding.

We've compiled a selection of 15 incredible works of architecture that maximize the breathtaking surroundings found in mountainous areas, featuring photographs from Felipe Camus, Janez Martincic, and Anze Cokl.

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This week we’ve selected the best chapels previously published on our site. They reveal different ways of designing a small and sacred space. For inspiration on how to create these atmospheres, integrate different materials, and make proper use of light, we present 32 remarkable examples.

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• Architects

  firm Architekten

• Location

  Hard, Austria

• Category

  Infrastructure

• Lead Architects

  Albert Moosbrugger

• Overall direction

  Rudhardt+Gasser+Pfefferkorn Ziviltechniker

• Area

  450.0 m2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Adolf Bereuter

Last month Harvard University’s School of Public Health re-launched their Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment, introducing new partnerships and a new director for the institutional home of Dr. Joseph Allen’s Healthy Buildings initiative. With the stated mission of “improving the lives of all people, in all buildings, everywhere, every day,” the Healthy Buildings Team is leading research on how today’s built environments impact the health, productivity, and well-being of the people who inhabit them; as well as how future buildings can help us live healthier lives.

In the interest of defining their terms and presenting their research in a way that audiences outside academia can understand and incorporate into their work, the Healthy Buildings team have released an exhaustive list that details the simple foundations of making a building healthy.

The 9 foundations for healthy buildings are as follows:

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• Architects

  Innauer-Matt Architekten

• Location

  Austria

• Category

  Houses

• Area

  127.0 m2

• Project Year

  2016

• Photographs

  Adolf Bereuter

Taking photographs in fog can be an experience as chaotic as it is enchanting. Although working with this phenomenon can be risky, since fog dramatically modifies the available light and the atmosphere of a scene, if you know how to take advantage of it, the result can lead to perfect photographs. Below is a selection of 10 images from prominent photographers such as Kevin Scott, Richard Barnes, and Koichi Torimura.

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• Architects

  Architekten Hermann Kaufmann, Bechter Zaffignani Architekten, Bernardo Bader

• Location

  Krumbach, Bregenzerwald, 6942, Austria

• Category

  Community center

• Area

  1130.0 m2

• Project Year

  2013

• Photographs

  Adolf Bereuter