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Architects: AFGH
- Area: 226 m²
- Year: 2022
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Professionals: cavelti derungs ag, clarplan gmbh, Schoeb AG
House in Surselva / AFGH
Townhouse Furkastrasse 35 in Basel / XM Architekten
ROOT Apartments / AETAL. + idArchitekt.innen
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Architects: AETAL, idArchitekt.innen
- Year: 2022
Berglen Conversion and New Building / studio inebi
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Architects: studio inebi
- Year: 2020
Rearrange, Paint, Cultivate: Brightening Up Your Home While Practicing Social Distancing
As cities around the world go on lockdown in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, most individuals have been asked to stay at home, leaving only essential workers - EMTs and other healthcare professionals, grocery workers, bus drivers, deliverymen, and more - continuing to go out to keep the world running. Other families and individuals have found themselves spending most of their time at home, permitted to leave only to buy groceries or exercise for limited periods of time. With many no doubt searching for ways to pass the time in replacement of social interaction, we suggest several ways to brighten up your home while practicing social distancing, both improving the space you’re in and giving possible activities to pass the time.
What Materials Keep Buildings Cool?
Air-conditioning isn’t just expensive; it’s also terrible for the environment. Accounting for 10% of global energy consumption today, space cooling in 2016 alone was responsible for 1045 metric tons of CO2 emissions. This number is only expected to increase, with the International Energy Agency estimating that cooling will reach 37% of the world’s total energy demand by 2050.
Apartment Building Waffenplatzstrasse / AFGH
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Architects: AFGH
- Area: 1110 m²
- Year: 2018
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Manufacturers: -, Biene Fenster
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Professionals: Leuthard Baumanagement, Pini Swiss Engineers
House Alder / AFGH
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Architects: AFGH
- Area: 525 m²
- Year: 2018
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Manufacturers: Meienberger + Egger, Velfac, WALO Bertschinger
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Professionals: Schnetzer Puskas Ingenieure AG
Extension Grieder-Swarovski / AFGH
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Architects: AFGH
- Area: 375 m²
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: -, Briner Bau, Meienberger + Egger, Winckelmans
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Professionals: Briner Bau, Iten Bau
35 Fireplaces that Spark Architectural Interest
From the beginning of time, human beings have gathered around the fire. The first settlements and huts included in their interior a small bonfire to cook and maintain the heat of its inhabitants. This tradition has continued to the present, and chimneys and fireplaces have developed into the most varied designs and forms, providing possibilities both inside and outside a home.
To give you ideas for materials, structures, and spatial configurations, we present 35 remarkable meeting places around the fire.
GDH Apartment Building / idA buehrer wuest architekten sia ag
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Architects: idA buehrer wuest architekten sia ag
- Area: 1388 m²
- Year: 2018
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Manufacturers: Swisspearl, EGOKIEFER, MPV Handels AG, Photovoltaic Module, Schenker Storen
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Professionals: 3-Plan Haustechnik AG, Frei Ingenieurbüro
Under One Roof / Kengo Kuma & Associates
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Architects: Kengo Kuma & Associates
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: CYMISA, Mivelaz bois
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Professionals: BG Ingénieurs Conseils, Buro Happold, INGPHI SA, Concepteurs d'ouvrages d'art, JPF Ducret, +1
HCP Office and Seminar Building / Züst Gübeli Gambetti
- Year: 2016
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Professionals: Ribi+Blum AG, Romanshorn
Apartment House Baselstrasse / Felippi Wyssen Architects
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Architects: Felippi Wyssen Architects
- Area: 600 m²
- Year: 2015
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Manufacturers: VELUX Group, Etex Colombia, Glas Trösch
Reconstruction of a Townhouse with New Steel Balconies / idArchitekt.innen
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Architects: idArchitekt.innen
- Area: 680 m²
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: Brümmer Zimmerei AG, K. Machaz Spenglerei, Tuchschmid
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Professionals: Tuchschmid AG