Tag: sustainable building
Jackson Clements Burrows used 4500 cubic metres of Cross Laminated and GluLam timber to complete the La Trobe University North and South Apartments. Shortlisted in both the Sustainability and Institutional categories for IDEA 2021, the project also picked up a Highly Commended prize at the Dezeen Awards this week. The 624-bed student living development is […]
Love Architecture’s design for supermarket chain Spar reflects its sustainability prowess. Located in Austria, the goal for the façade of this building was to create a strong haptic quality with materials that convey the themes of climate protection and naturalness, but also modernity and innovation. Architect’s statement This market is a third-generation climate protection store with […]
Australian straw-bale construction and education company Strawtec has been building homes for 20 years using structures made of straw.
We take a look at why an increasing number of people are choosing to use recycled building materials in their home renovations – and it’s nothing to do with price. When Troy Clark of architecture practice tenfiftyfive drew up plans for an extension to his family home, bricks were chosen mainly to moderate the internal […]
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