Agence Beckmann-N’Thépé has just delivered an excellent complex of 160 housing units in Paris. The originality of their project consists in the esthetics of the shifted balconies and also another important element of this unusual project is its participation in the first European residential home offering facilities specifically designed for people living with “Locked-in Syndrome.”
One of the oldest and most popular building materials in the world is certainly wood. This situation is not surprising, as it is difficult to find a more aesthetically pleasing, durable, lightweight and providing natural insulation one. In recent years, its use is becoming more widespread, the industry is making significant progress in the use of wood not only in small but also for large-scale multi-storey projects. From wood can be also done building’s envelopes, which is most often possible to see made from horizontal or vertical boards but there are some projects as well in which it is used in a much more original way, clearly demonstrating nearly limitless possibilities of this material.
The American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC) has collaborated with Alison Brooks Architects, Arup and the London Design Festival to present a cross-laminated tulipwood structure, ‘The Smile’ at the Chelsea College of Art Rootstein Hopkins Parade Ground, where the it was exposed for two weeks.
Every year for the past twenty years, thousands of delegates from 195 countries meet for the United Nations conference on climate change in order to address questions concerning the future of the planet. The COP22 took place from the 7-18 of November in Marrakech. The Conference complex was built in Bab Ighli district on the 300 000 sq. m plot near the Medina quarter, and immediately received the informal name “COP22 Village.”
