Month: July 2023

With the hot days of summer upon us — and some areas experiencing extreme temperatures — it’s a good time to assess your home and ensure you’re as prepared as possible for the next heat wave. Here are seven energy-saving steps you can take to help kee…

For the Olympic Spa Hotel in Val di Fassa, northern Italy, NOA designs a new extension according to a sustainable model, aiming to enhance and integrate the facilities with the surrounding landscape. From the new rooms nestled in the Alpine meadow, with terraces and internal patios, to the surprising sauna overlooking the forest, to be reached by an aerial path, this project camouflages the new, plays with the profile of the mountains, and gives guests the emotion of a sincere bond with nature.

The 18th International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale, inaugurated on May 20th, is truly embodying its theme: “The laboratory of the future“. Presented by the main curator Lesley Lokko, it invited “architects and professionals from an expanded field of creative disciplines to draw examples from their contemporary practices that would pave a path for the audience to move forward, imagining for themselves what the future may hold.”

The Lucky Club is a new bar in Camden that is perched alongside the Grade II* Listed Horse Hospital, designed by vPPR Architects for LabTech Ltd. The lightweight structure has been delicately positioned above the historic built fabric of the Stables Market, wrapping around the corner facing onto Chalk Farm Road. The design draws on the heritage of its location, with an undulating steel pattern that acts as a crown, signaling North London’s newest hotspot.

studio mm opts for a terraced design taking full advantage of the sloping wooded site.
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