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AlmenBolig+ Affordable Housing Winning Proposal / JAJA + ONV

ONV Arkitekter and JAJA Architects recently won the 4th delivery of the affordable housing concept AlmenBolig+ in collaboration with Bascon and ScandiByg. Consisting of 3-400 housing units on sites in and around Copenhagen, their winning proposal offers a huge variation of housing sizes and building typologies. Also, by using the prefab module, this ensures a free and flexible design of each area. More images and architects’ description after the break.

TOR 149 / Graft Architects

TOR 149 / Graft Architects - Apartments, Facade
© Tobias Hein
  • Architects: Graft Architects
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2012

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Hameau de Plantoun / Agence Bernard Bühler

Hameau de Plantoun / Agence Bernard Bühler - Houses, Facade
© Vincent Monthiers
Bayonne, France

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Alegria / Agence Bernard Bühler

Alegria / Agence Bernard Bühler - Housing, Facade
© Agence Bernard Bühler
Bayonne, France

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'Canal Houses’: Aarhus Harbour Housing Project Winning Proposal / ADEPT + Luplau Poulsen

ADEPT and Luplau Poulsen recently won the 1st prize for the new 15,500 m2 housing project at Aarhus Harbour, which was unveiled by Aarhus Municipality last week. The new prestigious building project, which has been named ‘Canal Houses,’ will be situated right next to ADEPT and Luplau & Poulsen's other project, the ‘Harbour Houses’, which just started construction. The two projects will together form a full perimeter block. The project’s subdivisions into smaller buildings are underlined by using various brick bonds and tile colors. Hereby the facade concept from the Harbour Houses continues in a new interpretation, which contributes to unite the two houses. More images and architects' description after the break.

Wooden Skyscraper / Berg | C.F. Møller Architects with DinnellJohansson

For HSB Stockholm's architectural competition 2023, three teams of architects have produced innovative proposals for private residences of the future at three different locations in the centre of Stockholm. Berg | C.F. Møller's proposed design is a 34-storey skyscraper made of wood.

Berg | C.F. Møller Architects are working in partnership with architects Dinell Johansson and consultants Tyréns on their entry. The team has chosen to build upwards, and has designed a 34-storey residential building, which will be seen for miles. The building will be built over a wooden construction with a concrete core, and it is intended to give the people of Stockholm a new and characteristic beacon and meeting place in their city.

Pellegari / Agence Bernard Bühler

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Saint-Pierre-du-Mont, France

12 Maisons de Ville / Agence Bernard Bühler

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Bordeaux, France

360 Public Housing Winning Proposal / BAT + HUT! (Hut Arkitektura)

The 360 Public Housing winning proposal by BAT + HUT! (Hut Arkitektura) aims to provide a coherent model with its environment; an example of social and architectural sustainability and a world reference in intelligent economic management. Providing physical, energetic and economic self-sufficiency (construction materials, biomass production and imports savings respectively), this project will finally release the island of Saint Helena of the dependency to which it is subjected and will offer a change of mind for the future. More images and architects' description after the break.

Four NGOs Launch Housing Competition to Aid Disaster Survivors

The American Institute of Architects (AIA), Make It Right, St. Bernard Project and Architecture for Humanity has formed a strategic partnership to launch “Designing Recovery,” an ideas competition created to aid in the rebuild of sustainable and resilient communities.

Arc En Ciel / Agence Bernard Bühler

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Bordeaux, France

Affoltern Housing Development / EM2N

Affoltern Housing Development / EM2N - Apartments, Facade, Stairs
© Roger Frei
  • Architects: EM2N
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  29967
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2012

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39 Housing Program / José Soto García

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Estella del Marqués, Spain

Housing Im Forster / EM2N

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  • Architects: EM2N
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  5925
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2011

Social Housing / Frédéric Schlachet Architecte

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Paris, France

Ginko Eco-Neighbourhood Housing / Nicolas Laisné + Christophe Rousselle

Ginko Eco-Neighbourhood Housing / Nicolas Laisné + Christophe Rousselle - Apartments, Facade, Balcony
© Philippe Ruault
Bordeaux, France

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BAT 021 Housing / Urban Platform

BAT 021 Housing / Urban Platform - Apartments, Courtyard, Facade
© Georges de Kinder + Serge Brison
Brussels, Belgium
  • Architects: Urban Platform
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  6566
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2008

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Housing for Mahouts and their Elephants / RMA Architects

Housing for Mahouts and their Elephants / RMA Architects - Housing, Facade
© Carlos Chen
Jaipur, India
  • Architects: RMA Architects
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  88
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2010

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