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German Pavilion Expo 2020 Dubai / LAVA

November 30, 2021 Paula Pintos 0

LAVA’s design of the German Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai is an ensemble of suspended cubes, a forest of steel poles, covered by a floating roof. And behind these visually exciting design elements, everything from the intelligent use of local climatic conditions to materials reuses to connectedness is sustainable.

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Promontorio references walled fortresses for holiday home in Portugal

November 30, 2021 Jon Astbury 0
Casa da Volta has a whitewashed exterior

The whitewashed stone wall that surrounds this holiday home in southern Portugal draws on the region’s historic walled fortifications known as alcáçova, to create a feeling of refuge and shelter. Designed by Promontorio in collaboration with architect João Cravo, Casa da Volta or “Home of Return” is dug into a slope on an isolated and

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BIG designs cybersecurity hub in Slovakia to mimic nearby rolling hills

November 30, 2021 James Parkes 0
Aerial render of the ESET Campus

Architecture practice BIG has revealed its designs for a 12-building AI and cybersecurity campus in Bratislava, Slovakia, that will be visually connected by undulating solar roofs. Designed as a “tech neighbourhood”, the development will contain the headquarters for Slovak internet security company ESET. It is set to be built on the site of a former

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