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Pré de l’Enclos 2 Housing Rehabilitation / SOL Architecture & Urbanisme

November 21, 2025

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Architects: SOL Architecture & Urbanisme
Area: 7500 m²
Year: 2024
Manufacturers: Ezarri

Crous University Refectory / graal architecture

February 02, 2022

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Architects: graal architecture
Area: 2300 m²
Year: 2021
Professionals: I+A, Choulet, ECO + Construire, 2iDF, SLAM

World Architecture Day: Designing for the Future of the Human Habitat

Subscriber Access | October 05, 2020

World Architecture Day, celebrated on the first Monday of every October, was set up by the Union International des Architects (UIA) back in 2005 to “remind the world of its collective responsibility for the future of the human habitat”, coinciding with UN-Habitat's World Habitat Day.

"Olympe de Gouges" Group of Schools / Dominique Coulon & associés

August 25, 2020

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Architects: Dominique Coulon & associés
Area: 3364 m²
Year: 2019
Manufacturers: Barco, Gauthier, Groupe Benard, Neyrat, VINET, +1thyssenkrupp-1
Professionals: BET G.Jost, E3 Economie, Batiserf, Solares Bauen, Ingemansson France

Recycling Tiles: 15 Examples of Repurposed Tiles in Walls, Facades, Flooring, and Furniture

July 21, 2020

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Whether you're looking for an upgrade or to replace broken pieces for floors or walls, tiles are always an effective and readily available option for any project that you have in mind. With their relatively low production cost, tiles are rarely reused or recycled and, if they are, it's usually for their original function.

A Guide to Design for Disassembly

July 10, 2020

The concept of Design for Disassembly (DfD for short) gained increasing traction in recent years, as it addresses the growing concern around the high consumption of resources and low recycling rate within the construction industry. The following article details on the method and features guidelines for a design process that facilitates the dismantlement of future buildings, with the scope of providing a better understanding of this principle within the broader framework of the current practice and circular economy.

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Amateur Architecture Studio’s Works on Contemporary Chinese Architecture with Recycled Materials

July 06, 2020

Over the past two centuries, cities in China have multiplied and expanded on a large scale, under accelerated urbanization. Mass demolition of the old city fabric, occurring everywhere, is leaving industrial debris and fragmented cultural artifacts buried forever, under shiny new skyscrapers. As old Chinese cities are collapsing and new urban centers are outspreading, a part of the city was lost, the old demolished landscape. Wang Shu and Lu Wenyu, the first Chinese citizens to win the Pritzker Architecture Prize, responded to this past-present relation by working with recycled materials and traditional know-how. In the following, we explore some of this couple's renowned works such as Ningbo History Museum, Ningbo (2008), Xiangshan Campus of China Academy of Art, Hangzhou (2004), and Ningbo Contemporary Art Museum (2005), to examine his humanistic approach to the city.

Social Impact: Architecture Building Space for Empathy

Subscriber Access | June 04, 2020

Architecture shapes how we live and come together. Amidst a pandemic and protests around the world, architects and designers are speaking out to condemn injustice and build space for empathy and understanding. In listening, they are looking to how we live together, and in turn, how we can create a more equitable and just world.

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Wooden Nursery / Djuric Tardio Architectes

March 13, 2020

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Architects: Djuric Tardio Architectes
Area: 525 m²
Year: 2020
Professionals: FACEA, VPEAS, Avel Acoustique, Bollinger + Grohmann

Timber Trends: 7 To Watch for 2020

January 24, 2020

The history of timber construction stretches back as far as the Neolithic period, or potentially even earlier, when humans first began using wood to build shelters from the elements. The appearance of the first polished stone tools, such as knives and axes, then made wood handling more efficient and precise, increasing the thickness of wood sections and their resistance. Over the decades, the rustic appearance of these early constructions became increasingly orthogonal and clean, as a result of standardization, mass production, and the emergence of new styles and aesthetics.

Today we are experiencing another seminal moment within the evolution of timber. Nourished and strengthened by technological advances, new prefabrication systems, and a series of processes that increase its sustainability, safety, and efficiency, timber structures are popping up in the skylines of cities and in turn, is reconnecting our interior spaces with nature through the warmth, texture, and beauty of wood. Where will this path lead us? Below, we review 7 trends that suggest this progress is only set to continue, increasing both the capabilities and height of timber buildings in the years to come.

Innovative Uses of Water in Architecture

Subscriber Access | January 01, 2020

From playful indoor pools to tranquil exterior fountains to soaring waterfalls and grand lakes of enormous proportions, architecture throughout the centuries has engaged with water in endlessly innovative ways. Sometimes serving aesthetic purposes, but just as often acting as centers of activity or promoting sustainability, water features can take countless different forms and serve multiple different purposes. Below, we synthesize a series of water features espoused by innovative contemporary architectural projects, ranging from single-family residential homes to vast commercial complexes.

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