18 Jul 2024 Innovations

XISUI Design creates serene woven metal pavilion inspired by bird nest and eggshell structures

Shanghai-based XISUI Design is a multidisciplinary studio with a team of architects, installation artists, and engineers. The studio is interested in the application of advanced digital design and construction technologies plus new processes and mate... More
Innovative Hybrid Flax Pavilion demonstrates use of CLT and flax fiber as alternative to conventional building techniques
29 May 2024 Innovations

Innovative Hybrid Flax Pavilion demonstrates use of CLT and flax fiber as alternative to conventional building techniques

The Hybrid Flax Pavilion demonstrates the application of an innovative wood and natural fiber hybrid construction system as an alternative to conventi... More

Wangen Tower is first multi-level and climbable structure to use self-shaped timber components
15 May 2024 Innovations

Wangen Tower is first multi-level and climbable structure to use self-shaped timber components

Wangen Tower is the first multi-level and climbable structure to use self-shaped, structural timber components. The tower’s design and build is... More

Albion Stone creates stone bricks from “unloved” stone
15 Apr 2024 Innovations

Albion Stone creates stone bricks from “unloved” stone

A stone brick is a sustainable building material made using stone blocks and slabs that do not meet the expectations of today’s sanitized stone... More

MVRDV designs a coral-inspired 3D printed facade for Tiffany & Co. using recycled fishing nets
13 Feb 2024 Innovations

MVRDV designs a coral-inspired 3D printed facade for Tiffany & Co. using recycled fishing nets

MVRDV has designed a unique coral-inspired 3D printed retail facade that uses ocean plastic for the Tiffany & Co. store in Singapore Changi Airpor... More

Holcim and partners launch Phoenix, a pioneering and circular 3D printed concrete bridge
6 Feb 2024 Innovations

Holcim and partners launch Phoenix, a pioneering and circular 3D printed concrete bridge

Swiss-based global building materials and aggregates company Holcim has launched Phoenix, a pioneering and circular 3D printed concrete bridge. Built... More

Concrete and MOOS complete sustainable and modular social housing project
10 Jan 2024 Innovations

Concrete and MOOS complete sustainable and modular social housing project

Amsterdam-based Concrete, a multidisciplinary interior and architecture studio, has partnered with MOOS, an innovative housing concept that seeks to a... More

HygroShell: a self-shaping, lightweight, and sustainable wood structure
17 Nov 2023 Innovations

HygroShell: a self-shaping, lightweight, and sustainable wood structure

HygroShell harnesses the hygroscopic properties of wood to achieve form and structure. (A hygroscopic material is one that can absorb and release mois... More

Low-carbon recycled brick developed for expansion of Design Museum Gent, Belgium
31 Oct 2023 Innovations

Low-carbon recycled brick developed for expansion of Design Museum Gent, Belgium

A low-carbon brick made from recycled municipal waste has been developed for the construction of a new wing for the Design Museum Gent (DING), Belgium... More

Hempcrete block installation highlights the potential of bio-based materials in construction
25 Oct 2023 Innovations

Hempcrete block installation highlights the potential of bio-based materials in construction

In September 2023, Casa da Arquitectura – Centro Português de Arquitectura (Portuguese Centre for Architecture) in Porto hosted the second... More