Tag Archives: sustainable architecture

A project started in 2005, that now is showing the first amazing results, and that makes Norway even more beautiful to see: it is the National Tourist Routes, a sustainable initiative that combines art, design, and nature. The best architects and designers of Norway, including Snøhetta, Margrete Friis, Peter Zumthor, Jensen & Skodvin, and Carl-Viggo […]

A material used in medieval times and which is now being rediscovered: bamboo is environmentally friendly and has amazing properties that make this wonderland plant perfect for the houses of the future. The bamboo is a plant that has a spontaneous and incredibly fast growth (even 1m per day) and that has the resistance to traction comparable to that of […]

Living green walls purify the air, reduce the ambient temperature and creates a sense of well-being. Below we explain the vertical garden’s top-10 benefits. Not only concerned with ecological reasons, they also apply at an economic and societal level. As the same name suggests, a living wall is literally something alive. The exact definition for this special kind of […]

Which child has never dreamed of a secret (or not) shelter on a tree? Anyway, we all have seen at least an American movie or series in which children had one. And so we dreamed with them. Who could have imagined, 30 years ago, that this would have become a vacation trend? Today, this is […]

In Tokyo, book lovers can sleep very quiet. In fact, in the japanese capital they can find Book and Bed, the first hostel-library in the world. With more than 1700 books, this fabulous place is perfect to disconnect from the outside world and tune in with yourself.  The amazing opportunity to spend the night sleeping […]

A project by architect Renzo Piano for pediatric hospice near Bellaria, in Bologna, with trees, green and a tree house. Architect Renzo Piano has recently presented his latest project, a pediatric hospice for the Hospice Foundation “Maria Teresa Chiantore Seragnoli”, with the following words: “There are two dimensions in this project: the one of medical […]