23 Aug 2024 Innovations

GROUP A presents design concept for 'Paris Proof Block'

Rotterdam-based architecture office GROUP A first launched its internal think tank, CARBONLAB, in 2022, to investigate how it might reduce the carbon footprint of design and construction projects.  CARBONLAB recently conducted useful and enligh... More
IAAC expands 3D Printed Earth Forest Campus using Crane WASP 3D printer
8 Aug 2024 Innovations

IAAC expands 3D Printed Earth Forest Campus using Crane WASP 3D printer

The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) has completed the 3D printing of a new low-carbon building prototype using locally availab... More

XISUI Design creates serene woven metal pavilion inspired by bird nest and eggshell structures
18 Jul 2024 Innovations

XISUI Design creates serene woven metal pavilion inspired by bird nest and eggshell structures

Shanghai-based XISUI Design is a multidisciplinary studio with a team of architects, installation artists, and engineers. The studio is interested in... More

Innovative Hybrid Flax Pavilion demonstrates use of CLT and flax fiber as alternative to conventional building techniques
29 May 2024 Innovations

Innovative Hybrid Flax Pavilion demonstrates use of CLT and flax fiber as alternative to conventional building techniques

The Hybrid Flax Pavilion demonstrates the application of an innovative wood and natural fiber hybrid construction system as an alternative to conventi... More

Wangen Tower is first multi-level and climbable structure to use self-shaped timber components
15 May 2024 Innovations

Wangen Tower is first multi-level and climbable structure to use self-shaped timber components

Wangen Tower is the first multi-level and climbable structure to use self-shaped, structural timber components. The tower’s design and build is... More

Albion Stone creates stone bricks from “unloved” stone
15 Apr 2024 Innovations

Albion Stone creates stone bricks from “unloved” stone

A stone brick is a sustainable building material made using stone blocks and slabs that do not meet the expectations of today’s sanitized stone... More

MVRDV designs a coral-inspired 3D printed facade for Tiffany & Co. using recycled fishing nets
13 Feb 2024 Innovations

MVRDV designs a coral-inspired 3D printed facade for Tiffany & Co. using recycled fishing nets

MVRDV has designed a unique coral-inspired 3D printed retail facade that uses ocean plastic for the Tiffany & Co. store in Singapore Changi Airpor... More

Holcim and partners launch Phoenix, a pioneering and circular 3D printed concrete bridge
6 Feb 2024 Innovations

Holcim and partners launch Phoenix, a pioneering and circular 3D printed concrete bridge

Swiss-based global building materials and aggregates company Holcim has launched Phoenix, a pioneering and circular 3D printed concrete bridge. Built... More

Concrete and MOOS complete sustainable and modular social housing project
10 Jan 2024 Innovations

Concrete and MOOS complete sustainable and modular social housing project

Amsterdam-based Concrete, a multidisciplinary interior and architecture studio, has partnered with MOOS, an innovative housing concept that seeks to a... More

HygroShell: a self-shaping, lightweight, and sustainable wood structure
17 Nov 2023 Innovations

HygroShell: a self-shaping, lightweight, and sustainable wood structure

HygroShell harnesses the hygroscopic properties of wood to achieve form and structure. (A hygroscopic material is one that can absorb and release mois... More