mindful architecture Archives

·28. May 2025

A Market for Mister Bravo

The Mercado Nicolás Bravo is more than just a market in multiple ways. Designed by AIDIA STUDIO, the project is a social initiative that provides the local community with a platform to showcase their craftsmanship and skills. At the same time, it impresses as a striking piece of architecture.

Architecture

·8. January 2025

Living where the wind whistles

On a remote archipelago in Ontario, Canada, Akb Architects designed a wooden summer residence: Whistling Wind Island. A wild, enduring property, just like the place where it was built.

Architecture

·31. October 2024

The house of palm trees

In Praia do Forte, Brazil, Sidney Quintela Architecture and Urban Planning have developed Casa Brise - a house in which the interior lives from its palm-rich surroundings. And vice versa.

Architecture

·26. August 2024

Stillness – An Exploration of Japanese Aesthetics in Architecture and Design

After over a decade of travel, study and creative collaboration with Japan, Norm Architects’ shares their uniquely Scandinavian view of Japanese aesthetics.

Architecture

·27. January 2025

Kengo Kuma: Kibi Kogen N Square

When Kengo Kuma sets out to realise a contemporary office building, he pushes the boundaries of the imaginable. Kibi Kogen N Square is an avant-garde timber construction that promises an immersive experience.

Architecture

·31. December 2024

Reef Restaurant Shengshan: fine dining in the belly of a fish

The Reef Restaurant on the Chinese island of Shengshan is a project by Benedetta Tagliabue that celebrates the sea and coastal landscape as well as cultural heritage. Local materials and wood are to play a key role.

Architecture

·23. October 2024

A landmark in the Pyrenees

Sophisticated architecture is increasingly finding its way into the high mountains. In the Pyrenees, the Refuge de Barroude, a refuge designed by the architectural firm Snøhetta, is setting new standards for building in high alpine regions.

Architecture

·24. January 2025

Architectural office LUO Studio: The universal space

The architecture firm LUO Studio has designed a cost-effective, modular timber construction system. The Longfu Life Experience Centre is the prototype and can be scaled down, enlarged or dismantled and relocated as required.

Architecture

·6. November 2024

Nono: Soil Temple – Connection creates life

As the founder of an environmental design office, Yussef Agbo-Ola creates very special objects. He has even created something extraordinary for the Sharjah Architecture Triennial: the Nono: Soil Temple, which unites all aspects of life.

Architecture

·18. September 2024

The Bridgehouse – a home that builds bridges

A house that spans the forest floor at a height of five metres? What sounds less like a home and more like a suspension bridge was modelled on one. The Bridge House by architecture firm LLAMA lives up to its name.

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