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Kaja Kühl adds pair of hempcrete and timber guesthouses to New York farm

July 28, 2023 Ellen Eberhardt 0

Brooklyn-based Kaja Kühl has created a pair of guest houses on a farm in upstate New York that utilize prefabricated hempcrete bricks and timber to reduce carbon impact. Located on the Wally Farms experimental farming incubator, the two buildings were built to demonstrate sustainable building techniques and will be used as guest accommodation. The design of the guest

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Benjamín Murúa Aquitectos creates underground sports centre in Chile

July 27, 2023 Ellen Eberhardt 0

Local architecture studio Benjamín Murúa Arquitectos has topped an underground sports centre with a dome in the Atacama desert in Chile. The sports facility is located on the campus of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) Observatory, a research complex dedicated to the study of deep space. For the design of the complex, the studio was

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Two linked skyscrapers proposed for casino complex in New York City

July 26, 2023 Ellen Eberhardt 0

Real estate developer Silverstein Properties has enlisted architecture studio CetraRuddy for a proposed entertainment complex near New York City’s Hudson Yards neighbourhood. Designed in collaboration with Las Vegas-based architecture studio Steelman Partners and New York firm CetraRuddy, the project will feature two 46-storey skyscrapers. Real estate developer Silverstein Properties has proposed a residential and entertainment

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Eight projects with integrated cooling techniques that beat the heat

July 25, 2023 Ellen Eberhardt 0

Passive cooling techniques in architecture, reflective paint and water-filled windows are featured among the methods that designers and architects are using to mitigate heat in energy-efficient ways. With a summer featuring record-breaking temperatures across the globe, we have gathered eight public and residential projects that use integrated cooling to provide much-needed relief from the heat.

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Tree-like trellis with photovoltaic panels covers outdoor workspace in Silicon Valley

July 24, 2023 Ellen Eberhardt 0

Oakland-based landscape office Hood Design Studio has created two “treehouses” covered by an expansive photovoltaic trellis on the campus of a software company in Silicon Valley. Located on a four-acre site between two buildings, Hood Design Studio designed the project to provide an outdoor working space for employees of the software company NVIDIA. Two elevated,

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West of West proposes vertical co-living neighborhood for San Francisco

July 19, 2023 Ellen Eberhardt 0

US architecture studio West of West has won an AIA competition to reimagine the future of San Francisco housing in response to the city’s housing crisis. American Institute of Architects (AIA) San Francisco’s Housing+ San Francisco 2050 Design Competition called for “visions of 21st-century duplex and quadriplexes that offer up innovative approaches to lifestyle and architectural style” as a

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Mexico City museum features “living facade” made of thousands of aluminium panels

July 17, 2023 Ellen Eberhardt 0

Local architect Fernanda Ahumada and studio FR-EE have completed The National Biodiversity Pavilion in Mexico City with a facade of moving aluminium panels that responds to light and wind. Located at the National Autonomous University in Mexico City, the building will house the archives and growing mammal, reptile, fish and bird collections of the Institute

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“World’s largest sundial” set to be created in Houston

July 13, 2023 Ellen Eberhardt 0

Berlin-based architect Riccardo Mariano has designed an arch topped in photovoltaics, which will act as a sundial for Houston, Texas, as a part of the city’s ongoing expansion of the Bayou Greenways. Named the Arco del Tiempo (Arch of Time), the public artwork in the city’s Second Ward will be covered in photovoltaic modules to generate

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