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Parisian Perfumery
Strong contrasting forms are an effective but risky design element in architecture. They have to be controlled otherwise there’s the risk of aes...
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Magazine: Vintage design or conservation of resources? Re-use and recycling in architecture
Europe’s centre of power gets a facelift: The seat of the EU Council of Ministers, a former residential building dating from the 1920s that was conver...
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Background: Saving the climate or destroying culture? Energy renovation at the crossroads
The distance from bearer of hope to problem case can be short as is shown by the current situation of energy-efficient refurbishments in Germany. In t...
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Report: Extension of University of Greenwich – Workshop Character Based on Use of Concrete, Glass and Metal
In December 2014, the University of Greenwich inaugurated its new 16,000 m 2 academy and library building on a UNESCO world heritage site in Stockwel...
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Magazine: World exhibition of emerging architecture: The Solar Decathlon 2014 in Versailles
Italy in first place, followed by France and the Netherlands, and then Germany and Switzerland – these were the results of the Solar Decathlon Europe ...
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Background: Less is more – or is it? On sufficiency in building
The question “How much is enough?” has become a hotly discussed topic in architecture of late – at least in parts of Central Europe. In ecological the...
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