Sustainable architecture

For this 4th BELGO brewery designed by T3 Architects & Kanopea Architecture Studio, our team sought to highlight the heritage aspect of the existing building, restoring its beauty while reimagining its layout for the decades ahead. Following a comprehensive site survey, the T3 & Kanopea team delved into the building's historical evolution to identify its original architectural elements and all the additions made over time. 084 Creative 084 Creative 084 Creative 084 Creative 084 Creative 084 Creative 084 Creative 084 Creative Based on this detailed analysis, the architects made the choice to rediscover the original façade and its arcades, preserving all the load-bearing walls that were... More

The Gate House project has been completed with Bioclimatic principles, passive housing and study of natural light incidence. In addition to using thermic blocks, we have used "whiteroofing" as a way to reduce energy consumption.Whiteroofing is the process of applying a reflective coating to a roof to reflect sunlight and reduce heat absorption. Zavial Studio Zavial Studio This can significantly lower the temperature inside a building and reduce the amount of energy needed to keep it cool. Overall, the combination of concrete with thermic blocks and whiteroofing is a powerful tool for creating sustainable, energy-efficient buildings that are built to last. Zavial Studio Zavial Studio More

The main design principles used to recover the dynamic of the area of the former lignite mining areas in the municipality of Ptolemaida are as follows: Firstly, we are trying to activate the hybrid relationship between nature and culture, allowing the reconnection of the former lignite mining sites with the existing settlements. Secondly, we use collective memory as a signification mechanism, in order to give meaning to the landscape. Thirdly, our design proposal rests on principles of sustainability. Fourthly, we are aiming to programme the landscape as an open operational and functional field.  KAAF To this end, we propose four thematic sections, which constitute the fusion of the existing culturally shaped landscape with moder... More

VEE Technologies, Salem, Tamil Nadu | IMK Architects The new workplace for VEE Technologies, an IT service management company based in Salem, Tamil Nadu, blurs the boundaries between an office and a garden, creating a positive, invigorating environment for 450 people to work, collaborate, and engage with the outdoors. Interspersed with landscaped sit-outs, the design of the office invites people to step away from their screens and into nature, all within the building premises. Running Studios (Mr. Prashanth Mohan) As the first building in the 9-acre-high-tech commercial business park, this 30,000 sq. ft-office paves the way for sustainability for the upcoming buildings. The office building is constructed using recyclable and reusable... More

Repton Gardens is a sustainability-focused Build-to-Rent development, designed by GRID Architects with Main Contractor McLaren on behalf of Quintain, for their BtR management brand, Quintain Living. The mixed-use scheme feeds into the Wembley Park masterplan and delivers 396 bright and spacious BtR homes, a new 1200sqm Health Centre, and 1000sqm of retail space. Eight retail units front onto the extended Wellers Way and to Humphrey Repton Lane, alongside the GP surgery – all of which are managed by Quintain’s Wembley Park estate retail and management team.  © Jack Hobhouse Carefully articulated in 3 buildings around a large podium garden, the form is two stepped buildings either side of a shared courtyard with a... More

Brunel Street Works is a vibrant new urban quarter for Canning Town, containing 975 homes, of which 35% are affordable and 30% are designed for families. Completed in Autumn 2022, the mixed-use scheme was delivered in joint venture by Opal (Countryside Partnerships and Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing), with L&Q, Fizzy Living and Linden Homes (part of Vistry Group) as partners - Linden Homes sold the open market properties. The GLA held a mini competition tender process which was won by the Opal Joint Venture Board, a joint venture between Galliford Try and Thames Valley Housing. The GLA’s brief was for a residential led scheme through new forms of funding and the provision of circa 96,000 sq ft of mixed uses. JTP were appoint... More