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The World’s First Biobased Bridge

Published 9 years ago by Allie | no responses

Fifty students from Avans University have created a test version of a pedestrian bridge made entirely of biocomposite materials. The first of its kind in the world, this bridge bridge measures 14m and spans the ...

Bamboo House

Published 9 years ago by Allie | no responses

This unique house with a second skin of bamboo is one of the first to be Passivhaus certified in the Ile de France region. Designed by Karawitz Architecture, the house is closed to the north ...

Shou Sugi Ban House

Published 9 years ago by Allie | no responses

Located high above Silicon Valley, this house refurbishment and addition was inspired by natural images and textures taken from the site: boulders, bark and leaves. The two story addition in clad in traditional Shou Sugi ...

Little Seaweed house

Published 9 years ago by Akin | no responses

On the Danish island of Læsø, Vandkunsten architecture studio was commissioned to design this holiday house using a local and traditional building material known as… seaweed. Some people might think of seaweed as an experimental ...

Resilient Rubber & Fishing Net Holiday Home

Published 9 years ago by Allie | no responses

On the island of Texel, located in the Netherlands, a holiday house is finished with some rather surprising materials: a black coloured liquid rubber and finishing nets. A collaboration between Benthem Crouwel Architects and construction ...

Paris Loft Blurs The Edges With Glass

Published 9 years ago by Allie | no responses

Sitting on the top two floors by Paris’s place de la Madeleine, this 140 m2 (1500 ft2) residence by Ateliers Michael Herrmann was created by unifying 12 maids’ rooms on two levels. The result is ...