Tag: Iwan Baan | The Plan

From the Diffused City to Vertical Forests

Stefano Boeri Architetti

Valerio Paolo Mosco discusses architect, designer, and public figure Stefano Boeri through the Ca’ delle Alzaie project in Treviso.

# Italy (3061) # Residence (1610) # Barausse # Florim # Silvelox # Pratic (37) # Artemide (39) # BTicino # Stefano Boeri Architetti # OTIS # Agostini Group

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Building a new environmental and social sustainability

Manuel Herz Architects | Lacol | Sameep Pandora & Associates | URBANA | Initiative Black Women Build

Architecture giving form to the non-physical needs of humanity and the environment: the best winning projects from the Zumtobel Group Award 2021

# Design (220) # Manuel Herz Architects # Lacol # Sameep Pandora & Associates # URBANA # Circular Construction Lab # Initiative Black Women Build

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“Momentum of Light”

Diébédo Francis Kéré

In this latest Zumtobel Group Annual Report, photographer Iwan Baan and architect Francis Keré immortalize the way Burkina Faso’s ancient vernacular architecture achieves stark contrasts between light and shadow.

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“Le bâtiment descendant l’escalier” residential and retail complex

ElasticoFarm

A striking new residential complex by architect firm Elasticofarm challenges the tired urban fabric of Italian coastal resorts

# Italy (3061) # Marazzi (113) # Residential Building - Complex (576) # Ragno # ElasticoFarm

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African Leadership University (ALU) Campus

Mass Design Group

African Leadership University – Kigali (Rwanda), MASS Design Group, Boston. Spaces for innovative training; walkways for urban permeability; modular architecture; unrendered brick walls; the use of local materials crafted by local artisans.

# University (220) # Rwanda (13) # Mass Design Group

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“The Tower” Exhibition and Cultural Center

Gehry Partners

Frank O. Gehry has designed The Tower skyscraper in Arles (France), an exhibition and cultural center with an original, highly articulated form.

# France (345) # Gehry Partners # Multifunctional Building - Complex (750)

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Burkina Institute of Technology

Kéré Architecture

The Burkina Institute of Technology, Kougoudou (Burkina Faso) - Kéré Architecture, Berlin (Germany): higher education institute; open spaces and modular architecture; natural light filters and ventilation; designed for construction with local materials (clay walls and eucalyptus wood).

# University (220) # Kéré Architecture # Burkina Faso

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“Las Américas” Social Housing

SO - IL

SO-IL, working in partnership with the city of Leon, has designed and implement a vertical apartment-block prototype as part of a scheme to provide better housing conditions and counteract uncontrolled urban sprawl.

# Mexico (152) # Residential Building - Complex (576) # SO - IL (11)

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Interview with Manuel Herz: the new Obstetric-Pediatric Hospital in Tambacounda, Senegal

Manuel Herz Architects

Manuel Herz answers our questions about the new Obstetric-Pediatric Hospital in Tambacounda, Senegal

# Healthcare (184) # Senegal (12) # Manuel Herz Architects

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Zumtobel Group Award: then and now, interview with Michael Maltzan for the Star Apartments project

Michael Maltzan Architecture

Zumtobel Group checks in with Michael Maltzan on his project Star Apartments, winner of the Zumtobel Group award in 2017. In this interview, they reminisce on how, in the course of 4 years, this project managed to successfully transform an entire district in LA, with benefits for the community and, most importantly, for the less fortunate.

# United States of America (637) # Michael Maltzan Architecture (15) # Zumtobel Group (89) # Multifunctional Building - Complex (750)

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Winter Visual Arts center, Franklin & Marshall college

Steven Holl Architects

The Franklin & Marshall College by Steven Holl Architects, where the motto of the college is Lux & Lex, is nothing if not overwhelming

# United States of America (637) # Steven Holl Architects (30) # Education (456) # BEGA North America

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Stone Garden: we need beauty to survive

Lina Ghotmeh Architecture

Stone Garden, created by Lina Ghotmeh—Architecture, is a residential tower in Beirut’s port area. A testament to the possibility of building homes even in times of crisis, the project is an expression of architecture’s ability to be a medium for healing.

# Residence (1610) # Lebanon (21) # Lina Ghotmeh Architecture

#International Architecture

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