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- Form Found Façade: Robotics and fabric formwork create façadeFabric formwork is a building technology that involves the use of structural membranes as the main facing material for concrete moulds. Unlike traditional formwork,…
- Media FaçadeFor advertising, art, or the corporate message: the façade increasingly plays a role as attention getter. In the past years we witnessed the emergence…
- Tiffany Façade Beijing Showcases Sculptural Glass and Recycled DesignThe Tiffany & Co. flagship store in Beijing’s Taikoo Li Sanlitun district features a façade made up of vertically arranged glass fins. Designed by…
- Interchangeable 3D Printed Façades for a Nightclub in IbizaLarge-scale 3D printing is moving beyond prototyping and into architectural applications such as façades, screens and temporary structures. A project in Ibiza shows how…
- Ceramic Facade System Defines Material Innovation In Wasl TowerThe completion of Wasl Tower in Dubai highlights a renewed application of ceramics in large-scale architecture. Designed by UNS in collaboration with Werner Sobek,…
- Jugendstil-Inspired Façade Combines Heritage with Digital FabricationA team of students at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), consisting of Dimi Ale, Hyeonji Kim, Peter Hartenstein, and under the guidance of…
- Tiffany Façade Stuttgart: A Showcase of Craftsmanship and Material InnovationThe Tiffany façade in Stuttgart represents an ambitious and intricate collaboration between architecture, material innovation, and the legacy of Tiffany & Co. Designed by…
- A façade material to harvest rain and cool buildingsCalled HydroSkin, this façade material concept harvests rainwater and uses evaporation to cool buildings. Extreme heat and heavy rainfall events with severe inundations have…
- Adaptable and circular 3D design façade from recycled plasticOptimising the construction process and be circular are two important themes currently in the construction industry. Jumping aboard this ship, De Meeuw, a Dutch…
- Air-Purifying Textile Façade by Schüco Reduces NOx by 30%German building systems manufacturer Schüco has developed a textile façade that purifies the air by breaking down harmful nitrogen oxides (NOx). Using sunlight, the…
- Solar-Absorbing Façades: Turning Buildings into Energy SourcesA new solar façade technology developed by AkzoNobel, Emergo, and TNO is transforming the way buildings generate and store energy. Known as Calosol, the…
- Tiffany & Co.’s 3D-Printed Coral-Inspired Façade in Cancún Demonstrates Material ApplicationIn 2024, Tiffany & Co. opened a new store in Cancún, Mexico, with a 3D printed façade designed by Rotterdam-based architecture firm MVRDV. The…
- Living Façades: Microbial Coatings for Sustainable ArchitectureA team of researchers and companies, including Graz University of Technology, is developing a groundbreaking way to make building façades come alive. The project,…
- A semi-transparent brick façade made with augmented bricklayingResearchers at ETH Zürich and local masons in Greece built a 225 m2 large wavy façade to demonstrate how augmented bricklaying combines the advantages…
- Glass reinforced concrete façade illuminated by LED veinsFor Bulgari’s flagship store in Kuala Lumpur, architectural firm MVRDV, in collaboration with the Technical University Delft and Tensoforma, designed an innovative façade made…
- Modular Timber Façade Uses Variation To Shape Light And ShadowThe WA MA façade uses approximately 3,000 suspended solid-wood cubes to create a three-dimensional screen around a private residence in Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Israel. Roni…
- AI-Grown Mycelium Façade Showcases a Scalable, Circular Building MaterialAt the Heijmans Hive innovation hub in Rosmalen, the Netherlands, a new type of bio-based façade panel has taken shape. Called the Growing Facade,…
- Ecological Green Facade at HOFER Supermarket: A Sustainable Architectural SolutionA recent ecological upgrade at a HOFER supermarket branch demonstrates the practical application of green facades in contemporary architecture. This project integrates sustainable design…
- Sustainable and Circular Facade Panels Made from Wastewater ResiduesA project in the Netherlands is exploring the use of circular materials in architecture. In collaboration with NPSP Delft, the Dutch water authority Hoogheemraadschap…
- Pictures on the façadePLUS Architects worked together in cooperation with the Youth Service, Education and Society in Rotterdam with parents and the school board of the Primary…
- A 3D printed ceramic facadeDutch architectural design firm Studio RAP used their bespoke, custom-built 3D print technology to create a ceramic boutique façade in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Called…
- A nature-inclusive façade made of biocompositeDutch biocomposite company NPSP, in collaboration with Studio Marco Vermeulen, developed a biobased, nature-inclusive façade, with contains integrated nesting boxes for birds and insects.…
- Reclaimed Doors Form Façade Of Timber Housing CooperativeDe Torteltuin is a 40-home housing cooperative on Centrumeiland in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, designed by Natrufied Architecture. The project combines a largely timber load-bearing…
- Colour-Changing Aluminium Façade Defines Urban Revivo’s Beijing FlagshipMVRDV has completed the new flagship store for fashion retailer Urban Revivo in Beijing's Sanlitun district. The 4,120 m² retail project combines contemporary materials…
