Jens Markus Lindhe

Axel Towers / Lundgaard & Tranberg Architects

August 15, 2024

Architects: Lundgaard & Tranberg Architects
Area: 23400 m²
Year: 2018

Beyond Red: Architecture With Gray and Black Bricks

November 12, 2023

Pink Floyd's song “Another brick in the wall” criticizes an alienating and demotivating educational system. People, or children, are portrayed as bricks due to their homogeneity, whether in the way of living or thinking in a society that is not very fond of opposition. Bricks work very well in this comparison, having changed very little throughout history and around the world in their rectangular shapes. But that's not true of their colors. Although we tend to think of red when we talk about bricks, there are infinite possibilities of shades, depending on the composition and manufacturing process of the pieces.

Bruksgården / Petra Gipp Arkitektur

August 29, 2020

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Architects: Petra Gipp Arkitektur
Area: 1700 m²
Year: 2016
Manufacturers: Finja, Petersen Tegl
Professionals: Lennart Nilsson LN Akustikmiljö, A-konsult, Ulf Nordfjell

Hiroshi Sambuichi Wins 2018 Daylight Award for His "Timeless, Fluid" Treatment of Light

May 21, 2018

Hiroshi Sambuichi's approach to a site entails long-term study and reflection upon the qualities and forces of nature embedded within. His understanding is “deeper and with a finer grain,” explains American architect and member of The Daylight Award jury James Carpenter as one of several reasons why Sambuichi was recently announced as the latest laureate of the nearly 50-year-old Daylight Award in 2018. In Sambuichi's hands, “light becomes timeless, fluid and rich.”

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Hammershus Visitor Center / Arkitema Architects + Christoffer Harlang

April 12, 2018

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Architects: Arkitema, Christoffer Harlang
Area: 1000 m²
Year: 2018
Manufacturers: Louis Poulsen, Bega, Carl Hansen, Krone, Moelven, +4Schüco, Vola, Winckelmans, Winkelmann-4
Professionals: Architectural Design Urban Design, Nature Agency, Wissenberg

Our Favorite Nordic Photographers: The Best Photos of The Week

July 02, 2017

Often informed by its harsh climate and stunning landscapes, Nordic design, specifically architecture, has a unique relationship with nature. Photographers of Nordic architecture have benefitted from studying this close connection in their photos that experiment with capturing light, innovative materials, and landscape to create a compelling composition. Below is a selection of images of both public and private architecture by prominent photographers such as Pasi Aalto, Bert Leandersson, Mika Huisman and Åke E: Lindman.

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How Danish Architects Connect with Users to Provide Them With the Best Architecture Possible

January 11, 2016

The Architecture Project recently invited us to visit the city of Aarhus, Denmark as part of a press tour related to health and architecture, with the aim of seeing the latest healing projects that are arising in the city.

Overshadowed for years by Copenhagen, Aarhus is a port city that seeks to reinvent itself and shine once again – and it is succeeding. The pleasant surprise is that it is the architects who have driven this change. Architecture has invaded all of the city's spaces, from the forgotten industrial port to the downtown areas full of historical buildings.

This visit has taught us some important lessons: 'healing architecture' isn't only about hospital projects, but rather about encouraging people, about creating friendly spaces to live and coexist, and about getting as connected as possible with users to give them what they really need.

Check out some of the strategies used to achieve these goals after the break.

Musholm extension / AART Architects

October 29, 2015

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Architects: AART Architects
Area: 3200 m²
Year: 2015
Manufacturers: Fox Belysning, Pressalit
Professionals: MOE, UrbanLab

11 Tips You Need To Know Before Building A Shipping Container Home

April 29, 2015

One of the more niche trends in sustainable design of the past few years has been the re-use of shipping containers in order to create the structure of a building. Due to their convenient size, shipping containers are well-suited for use in houses and their appeal lies in their apparent simplicity: you get a room delivered in one piece, and you can stack them together to make multiple rooms or join them up to make larger rooms.

But of course, things are never so simple, and using shipping containers to make a house is still fraught with challenges - particularly as the idea is still relatively new, so there are few people with the expertise required to build one without a hitch. That's why the folks over at Container Home Plans reached out to 23 experts from around the world - designers and owners who have overcome the challenges to build their own container houses - to ask them what they wish they'd known before taking on this challenge. Check out their 11 top tips after the break.

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