House at the Edge of the Forest / Papundekl Architects

After a long tiring search through catalogs for their ideal home, a young family approached Papundekl architects with their vision. They found the layout of the catalog houses impractical and uneconomical. The basic task for the architects was a one-story barrier-free bungalow and a layout with a minimum amount of corridors, all with regard to low overall costs. The architects placed the house in the center of a triangular plot of land at the foot of the Moravian-Silesian Beskydy Mountains. Along the northern boundary of the plot runs an important path to the Ondřejník mountain.

STAFFBASE office / Meyer-Grohbruegge

The project is part of the greater development of a former textile factory in Chemnitz, where the fast-growing start-up company Staffbase with branches all over the world still keeps its main headquarter. The renovation and redesign of the new office space aim to work with minimal interventions in the beautiful original space, yet make it work as a functional office.

Baiyangdian Waterfront Park / TLS Landscape Architecture

The design of the Baiyangdian Waterfront Park is inspired by the original landscape pattern of ‘Lotus Pond-Reed Sea’, to interpret the past and to solve modern flooding and ecological problems with a series of eco-levees and a new public marina.’

10 Start-ups Creating Innovative and Sustainable Building Materials, from Mycelium Bricks to Water Purifying Tiles

The building industry is one of the biggest generators of carbon emissions, with some estimates suggesting that 38% percent of all CO2 emissions are linked to this field. As a response to the current crisis, architects, designers, and researchers are taking measures to reduce their carbon footprint during and after construction. Many initiatives and research teams are looking at building materials to find low-carbon solutions and reduce the impact of building materials during production.

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