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Construction and Design Trends of 2021: The Recurring, The Popular, The Relevant and The Substantial

As we look back at the architecture projects we have published in 2020, as part of our yearly review, we were able to distinguish many recurring elements and solutions in terms of materials, programs, and functions.

Since the architecture industry moves slightly slower than others, we found that many things in the construction and design that have been building up these past years have come out making strong statements this 2020. We believe, therefore, that trends in the architecture world could be defined not only by what has been recurrent and popular but also, what has proven to be relevant and substantial.

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Architecture Faculty in Tournai / Aires Mateus

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  • Architects: Aires Mateus
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  7010
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2017
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  OTIIMA
  • Professionals: Tradeco

Residence FSD / Govaert & Vanhoutte Architects

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Brussels, Belgium

BOPORO House / TOOP architectuur

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Roeselare, Belgium
  • Architects: TOOP architectuur
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  250
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2020
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Reynaers

1609 RENM House / CAS architecten

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Ibiza, Spain
  • Architects: CAS architecten
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2018
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Miele, Agape, CEA Design, CJC systems, Flos, +4
  • Professionals: Studiebureau TECCLEM

Headquarters Binst Architects / Binst Architects

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  • Architects: Binst Architects
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  1150
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2019
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  AutoDesk, Vorsselmans, Adek, Adobe, AkzoNobel, +37

Notary Van Damme / Govaert & Vanhoutte Architects

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  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  1485
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2019
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  AutoDesk, Chaos Group, Atlas Schindler, Belisol, Cinema 4D, +5
  • Professionals: BM Engineering

Elementary School Lebbeke / Compagnie O Architects

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Mirrors in Architecture: Possibilities of Reflected Space

Humans have used mirrors since as early as 600 BCE, employing highly polished obsidian as a basic reflective surface. Over time, people began to use small pieces of gold, silver, and aluminum in a similar manner, both for their reflective properties and for decoration. By the 1st century CE, people had started using glass to make mirrors, but it was only during the European Renaissance that Venetian manufacturers began making mirrors by applying metallic backings to glass sheets, remaining the most common general method of mirror manufacturing today. Since then, mirrors have continued to play both a decorative and functional role in architecture, serving a clean, modern aesthetic despite its ancient origins. Below, we investigate how mirrors are made, provide a brief history of mirrors in architecture, and offer several tips for architects looking to use mirrors in their designs.

Residence WULF / CAS architecten

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  • Architects: CAS architecten
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  300
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2018
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  AutoDesk, Delta Light, GUBI, IP Building, Natural Stone, +4
  • Professionals: Tuinen Snaet, Cobe Engineering

Alex Guesthouse / atelier vens vanbelle

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Akurad Law Office / Declerck-Daels

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Clay Studio / Lava architecten

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  • Architects: Lava architecten
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  47
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2019
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Cupa Pizarras, Stiel Atelier, Vera Stoefs, WOTI

House Affligem / Atelier Tom Vanhee

House Affligem / Atelier Tom Vanhee - Exterior Photography, Houses, Facade
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Affligem, Belgium
  • Architects: Atelier Tom Vanhee
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  123
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2019
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  AutoDesk, Unilin, Wienerberger, ACV, Cinca, +9
  • Professionals: LIME

Waiting Rooms, Reception Areas, & Courtyards: 43 Notable Examples of Hospital Architecture

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Hospitals and projects related to healthcare must follow specific guidelines based on the rules and regulations of their country. These standards help us to design complex spaces, such as those located in areas of surgery, hospitalization, diagnostics, laboratories, and including areas and circulations that are clean, dirty, restricted or public, which create a properly functioning building.

There are a few spaces that we, as architects, can develop with great ease and freedom of design: waiting rooms, reception areas, and outdoor spaces. These are spaces where architects can express the character of the hospital. To jump-start you into this process, we have selected 43 projects that show us how creativity and quality of a space go hand-in-hand with functionality.