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- A ‘living façade’ made of aluminium panelsThe National Biodiversity Pavilion in Mexico City, designed by architect Fernanda Ahumada and Studio FR-EE, features a façade of moving aluminium panels that respond…
- A CLT houseboat with a cork façadeLocated in Leiden, the Netherlands, the houseboat Mans is made of CLT and features a cork façade. CLT, or cross laminated timber, was used…
- A brick façade inspired by fabric foldsArchitectural firm Behet Bondzio Lin Architekten designed a brick façade that seems to move like fabric. The façade is designed for the building of…
- Archi-Union Architects uses robots to construct brick façadeMore and more things in life are automatically made, so why not use robots to construct buildings as well? The Chinese studio Archi-Union Architects…
- Perforated Façade SystemsFormboard top pine and CELLON Facade Systems by Bruag are back-ventilated systems available with an endless variety of perforations. Formboard top pine is based on wooden boards with polyurethane bonding. CELLON meanwhile is a carrier board made from a compact high-pressure laminate board (HPL), based on 70% paper layers and 30% phenol resin.
- Nabasco 8040 – Biobased FacadeNabasco develops structural biobased composite from regional residual biomass such as reed harvesting waste, combined with recycled mineral components. The result is a rigid, durable material engineered for exterior and technical applications. The panels are applied in 3D façades, housings for electrical systems, traffic signage and outdoor furniture. Contexts where structural integrity, weather resistance and regulatory compliance are essential.
- Composite Stone – Façade claddingFlexibility Holonite offers a wide range of colours, textures, and finishes. This allows you to fully customize the facade cladding to match the architectural…
- FlectoLine: A Responsive Façade System Inspired by NatureThe University of Stuttgart has developed FlectoLine, a cutting-edge façade system that reacts to its surroundings. Installed at the University of Freiburg’s Botanical Garden,…
- 3D Printing Clay facade bricksThe 3D printed facade bricks were developed using a custom clay mix composed of iron-rich clay, water, recycled ceramics, and filler materials. Designed with integrated pockets to host greenery and redirect rainwater, the bricks contribute to passive cooling and promote urban biodiversity.
- 3D printed clay facade bricksFor her master thesis at TU Berlin, Victoria Roznowski used computational design to optimise 3D printed clay façade bricks with enhanced thermal properties and…
- A façade with integrated nesting sites for wild beesGerman designer Emma Johann designed façade tiles made of various materials, which include nesting sites for wild bees. While honey bees may be the…
- A façade of glass and pine woodNorwegian architectural studio Snøhetta designed a new extension and outdoor entrance of the Norwegian Skimuseet in Oslo, featuring a glass façade covered with pine…
- A facade robotically woven of carbon and glass fibresFor a new building at the Reutlingen University of Applied Sciences, architectural studios Allmannwappner and Menges Scheffler Architekten created a façade that looks like…
- Making 3D façades: the PinbedImagine being able to produce façade panels in any shape you can imagine. This has long been a holy grail for production and manufacturing…
- Moss-covered facadesRespyre, a spin-off company of the Dutch Delft University of Technology, developed a concrete and a concrete plaster that accommodates the growth of moss…
- A metal façade from a 3D printed mouldStudents from ETH Zurich created complex architectural structures from metal using a 3D printed mould. Deep Façade, as the project is called, is a…
- Concrete honeycomb façade: when material met structureThe interesting thing about metamaterials is that it is the structure rather than the material that saves the day. However, it is even better…
- Kinetic Green Canvas: Pixelated plant art on the façadeWe can both use art and plants to cheer up the neighbourhood, so why not combine the best of both worlds? Built by Associative…
- Rheinzink Roof and FacadeRheinzink is a Cradle to Cradle (C2C) certified material. It is an alloy of electrolytically refined zinc with a 99.99% degree of purity and accurately defined parts of copper and titanium.
- Circular Take-Back System Introduced For Bamboo Façade And Decking ApplicationsMOSO Bamboo and distribution partner Awood have launched a take-back system for their Bamboo X-treme façade and decking products. The initiative enables circular reuse…
- Kerama facade claddingKerama is a façade cladding system made from PVC, designed to combine the visual characteristics of timber with the performance benefits of a modern synthetic material. It is intended as a low-maintenance and weather-resistant solution for exterior applications, offering an alternative to traditional wooden cladding profiles such as Swedish rabat boards.
- Rain-Resistant Façade Panels Made from Walnut ShellsCan food waste be repurposed into building materials? This question was at the heart of Lara Neuhaus’ graduation project Bio-composites from food waste at…
- A wooden folding façadeCzech architectural studio Byró Architekti designed a small wooden garden pavilion with a blackened wood façade that can be folded open. Called simply Garden…
- Adjustable bamboo façade frontsArchitectural agency KM Architecture Office designed a villa in Vietnam with adjustable bamboo shutters in the façade. Called Long Thanh Villa, the building is…
