Europe | Design in the making

Drone photography: Expressing abstraction at a macro-scale

20 January 2025

Krista Jahnke's crystalline landscape photos find persuasive new potentials in the humble drone

Region:: Europe

More:: Photography; Carrara; Krista Jahnke; Drone photography; Aerial photography; quarry

Recypark in Anderlecht, Belgium, makes circular economy a pleasure

15 January 2025

Waste collection centre and skatepark repurposes structural timber frame

Region:: Europe

More:: Circular economy; Reuse; Timber; Structural timber; 51N4E; Rotor DC; Stephen Cousins; Sustainable architecture; Climate action

Wood Up by LAN Architecture rises alongside the Seine in Paris Rive Gauche

Is Paris’s Wood Up a template for future timber housing projects?

3 January 2025

LAN Architecture’s 16-storey tower, Wood Up, is the tallest timber building in France

Region:: Europe

More:: LAN Architecture; Paris; Timber construction; Housing; Design construction & technology; Bio-based construction

‘Invisible’ photovoltaics on steel standing seam roof

2 December 2024

‘Invisible’ Velario solar roof gains traction among UK architects

Region:: Europe

More:: Velario; Passivhaus; Solar; Roofing; Sustainable architecture; Design construction & technology

Breaking timber in Denmark: How, why and what next

27 November 2024

The motivations and issues of designing in timber

Region:: Europe

More:: Design construction & technology; CF Møller; John Jervis; Sustainable architecture; Denmark; Structural timber; Rob Marsh; COP29; Bio-based construction; Timber; CLT

Modulus Matrix by Peris + Toral Arquitectes wins the RIBA International Prize

27 November 2024

Peris + Toral Arquitectes on designing this Spanish-Japanese ‘matrix’ of social housing in Barcelona

Region:: Europe

More:: Barcelona; Spain; Peris + Toral Arquitectes; Social housing; Timber frame; Design construction & technology

Really sustainable buildings need a radical view of nature

21 November 2024

Don’t try to beat nature; join it

Region:: Europe

More:: Louisana Museum of Modern Art; Pamela Buxton; Climate action; Denmark; Biomimicry; Nature; Sustainable architecture; Design construction & technology

King of the New Stone Age

18 November 2024

Stonemason Pierre Bidaud explains why he is championing stone as a low-carbon affordable alternative to concrete

Region:: Europe

More:: Pierre Bidaud; Natural materials; Sustainable architecture; Design construction & technology; Stone

BORD’s eye-catching roof makes BudaPrés cider mill a winner

14 November 2024

Roof is the star in Hungary’s sensitive rural setting

Region:: Europe

More:: BORD Architectural Studio; Hungary; Cider mill; Design construction & technology; Jan-Carlos Kucharek; Architecture for social purpose; Places planning & community; Legal regulatory & statutory compliance