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- High-rise living in Utrecht to be transformed by a sustainable vertical village Sat, 19 Jan 19, 4:30amA trio of high rises are expected to outreach Utrecht, Netherlands' tallest building and be a beacon of sustainable urban living in the historic city. The MARK Vertical Village, designed by a consortium of architects and...
- MVRDV proposes a glowing Times Square Taiwan with interactive media facades Sat, 12 Jan 19, 6:30amProlific Dutch architecture firm MVRDV has unveiled a bold proposal to transform Taipei’s Main Station into a “Times Square for Taiwan.” Designed as part of a consortium led by Nan Hai Development, the Taipei Twin Towers...
- Tham & Videgrd Arkitekter designs Swedish vertical village built from CLT Fri, 4 Jan 19, 2:30amStockholm-based architecture practice Tham & Videgård Arkitekter has unveiled designs for a new housing typology in Gothenburg, Sweden, that will be built from cross-laminated timber...
- Vertical village built almost entirely of wood to rise in Paris Fri, 27 Apr 18, 7:47pmSou Fujimoto, Nicolas Laisné and Dimitri Roussel have won a design competition to design a striking new mixed-use development as a counterpoint to Paris’ urban sprawl...
- MVRDV and OVG win competition to build a vertical green village in Amsterdam Tue, 13 Oct 15, 4:00amMVRDV and OVG Real Estate won the competition to design the new high-rise complex in Amsterdam's Zuidas Business District. The design includes three main high-rise volumes covered in greenery with protruding bay windows,...
- MVRDV’s Colorful ‘Vertical Village’ Furnishings are Shaped Like Houses Tue, 15 Apr 14, 12:50amArchitects at MVRDV teamed up with the Belgian furniture label sixinch to design colorful furniture pieces that will speak to a more universal issue regarding city planning and residential architecture...
- ‘Mountain Band-Aid’ Transforms Strip-Mined Mountainside Into a Vertical Eco Village Tue, 6 Mar 12, 5:00pmMountain Band-Aid is a plan for a sustainable city designed to help mitigate mining damage in southern China while providing a place for local inhabitants to repopulate the countryside...
- MVRDV’s Vertical Village Exhibition Explores Alternative Urban Densification in East Asia Thu, 6 Oct 11, 3:10amRead the rest of MVRDV’s Vertical Village Exhibition Explores Alternative Urban Densification in East Asia Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", affordable housing in...
- Open House: A 20 Room Vertical Treehouse Village in Korea Thu, 28 Oct 10, 12:59amRead the rest of Open House: A 20 Room Vertical Treehouse Village in Koreahttp://www.inhabitat.com/wp-admin/ohttp://www.inhabitat.com/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=better_feedptions-general.php?page=better_feed Permalink...
- Long Tan Park: Cascades of Box Homes Covering the Mountains of China Thu, 15 Jul 10, 11:52pmWhen dutch architecture firm MVRDV started conceiving their plan for 2,700 new houses in Liuzhou, China, one of their primary goals was to protect the city’s precious limestone mountains from further erosion while preserving...
- Graft Lab’s Vertical Village in Dubai Has Spider Web of Solar Panels Thu, 8 Oct 09, 2:00amAt first glance, Graft Lab’s dazzling complex in Dubai may appear to have a cluster of sparkling geometric pools at its base. But upon further inspection, the web-like structures are actually something even more desirable...