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EK Design has created interiors with saturated red beams and columns for a tea house in Shenzhen, China. Inspired by Chinese tea culture, the studio takes cues from the red soil of Yiwu that has a saturated color, resembling Pu’er tea. Embracing a constructivist approach, the interiors present an artistic look with the beauty of calligraphy and painting lies creating a spiritual connection.Named Pure Nftea, the 200-square-metre space is reinterpreted as a sketch of tea culture through contrasts. “In China, tea is more than a beverage. It is a cultural heritage,” said EK Design.Read the full design narrative with the architects’ own…

The Irish Pavilion has installed a big black pile as an abstraction of the island of Sceilg Mhichíl made from Galway sheep’s wool at this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale.The exhibition, titled In Search of Hy-Brasil, explores Ireland’s remote islands and renewable resources, investigating their diverse cultures, communities and experiences. Image © Ste MurrayCurated by a team of five architects, Peter Carroll, Peter Cody, Elizabeth Hatz, Mary Laheen and Joseph Mackey, the exhibition presents a comprehensive study of the three island landscapes: Inis Meáin (Inishmaan), UNESCO World Heritage site Sceilg Mhichíl (Skellig Michael) and Cliara (Clare Island) through drawings, survey, film, sound,…

Czech architecture and urban design practice CHYBIK + KRISTOF has wrapped a historic greenhouse with glass and steel structure to adhere to the principles of scientist and abbot Gregor Mendel’s legacy in modern genetics.Nestled in the heart of Brno, Czech Republic, the project consists of the renovation of a historic greenhouse of St. Augustin Abbey, where Mendel conducted his first pioneering experiments. The new design, emulating his drawings of the hereditary system, is now a home to various cultural events such as international conferences, lectures, and exhibitions.Called Mendel’s Greenhouse, the project is completed as a homage to scientist and abbot Gregor…

On May 9, dozens gathered to watch as a ten-story tower in northeast San Diego juddered and swayed under the forces of back-to-back simulated earthquakes. The building, an experimental mockup of a mass timber tall building, was built atop the Large High Performance Outdoor Shake Table at UC San Diego. The so-called table to which the building is bolted is a 3-foot-thick, 25-by-40-foot steel honeycomb platen mounted to hydraulic actuators. It moves with six degrees of freedom to accurately simulate earthquakes according to seismic records. At the test that day, it ran simulations of the major earthquakes in 1994 in…

A model of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater, a protest on Indigenous land over the construction of a dam, and Buckminster Fuller’s 1967 World Game are among the objects and research that will presented at the Museum of Modern Art’s (MoMA) upcoming exhibition Emerging Ecologies: Architecture and the Rise of Environmentalism next fall. The forthcoming show will be the first exhibition curated by the Emilio Ambasz Institute for the Joint Study of the Built and the Natural Environment, an entity within MoMA’s Department of Architecture and Design established in 2020 to organize curatorial programs and research initiatives on topics related to the…

Mass SupportCity College of New York – Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture141 Convent AvenueNew YorkMarch 21–May 8 A uniquely American mania has taken hold in the area of housing reform. For the last few years, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and regional newspapers across the U.S., along with architects, planners, and real estate experts, have proffered the misguided idea that reformation or elimination of zoning would allow the free market to somehow produce an adequate supply of affordably priced dwellings. According to the going logic, if regulations were eased, real estate developers and homebuilders would flood…

Spanish architecture studio delaVegaCanolasso has built a rectangular cabin within a pine forest in Madrid, Spain. Named Fresnos, the 142-square-metre house, created as part of Tini Home series run by Tini brand developing tiny mobile homes, uses the benefits of a sloping terrain. For this reason, the architects has evaluated the existing terrain as an environment to respect and enhance, while keeping the site’s own identity and character.The project is situated on a fairly sloping terrain, covered by full of pines and holm oaks and covered by a green mantle typical of spring.”It’s nice when the site suggests from the beginning the…

The Nordic Countries Pavilion has brought a nomadic library into this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale, which comprises a 15-years of archive of books and materials emphasizing issues about Indigenous architecture.The exhibition, titled Girjegumpi: The Sámi Architecture Library, is curated by architect and artist Joar Nango, alongside collaborators the Museum of Finnish Architecture, The National Museum of Norway, and ArkDes – The Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design.The team at ArkDes includes curators Carlos Mínguez Carrasco and James Taylor-Foster, project manager Luba Kuzovnikova, with support from Elisabet Norin, Stefan Mossfeldt, and Johanna Fogel.Image © Matteo de Mayda, courtesy of La Biennale…

Norman Foster Foundation and Holcim have revealed a sustainable housing prototype for displaced people at the Venice Architecture Biennale. The project, called Essential Homes Research Project, is now being exhibited as part of Time Space Existence Exhibition at Marinaressa Gardens, Exhibition in Palazzo Mora, Italy. The prototype is on view during the biennale from 20 May 2023 to 26 November 2023, Venice, Italy. Developed by using Holcim’s low-carbon, circular and energy-efficient solutions, the structure is described as “highly sustainable” since the home has a 70 per cent lower CO2 footprint compared to traditional structures.Video by World Architecture CommunityThe home is wrapped by a…

A Mexican rural house designed by Mexico and Valencia-based architecture practice HW Studio Arquitectos has created a curciform layout shaped by stone walls to be a “a cultural expression” of the area of Guanajuato in Mexico.Called Casa Enso II, the elongated house is situated on a poetic rural landscape of the Guanajuato region, where the landscape complements the low-rise house with textures and material character. Video courtesy of HW Studio Arquitectos The house, described as “a constructive identity”, was completed after a comprehensive historical research, according to HW Studio Arquitectos. “It was concluded that there are few places in Mexico with a…