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3 Mass-Timber Shops That Put the “Super” Back in Supermarket

Working with the latest mass timber technology, architects across Europe are redefining grocery stores to support community and sustainability goals.

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A Supportive Housing Development Offers Refuge from the Street and Connection to the City

Near Geneva, Switzerland, architecture collective Nomos designed a set of buildings for people with and without mental disabilities as one curvy entity.

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In Germany, a Cradle-to-Cradle Firehouse Proves the Power of Mass Timber

Wulf Architekten designed the timber and concrete components of the Straubenhardt firehouse to be disassembled and reuse.

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In Southern Germany, A Small Brewery Proves Less Is More

With a restrained material palette and industrial inspiration, mehr* Architekten craft a local icon in Kirchheim unter Teck, near Stuttgart.

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A Dance Theater Makes Novel Use of Steel Sheet Piling

The metal facade of a new cultural venue in Munich takes inspiration from its name and its uncertain future.

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Speed and Sustainability: The Luisenblock Shows What’s Possible with Mass Timber and Prefabrication

The new office building for the German Parliament was erected in mere months using a building system based on prefabricated wooden units.

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MoDus Architects Adds a New Wing to Make Icarus Fly

Overhauling an existing hotel in the Italian Alps creates a coherent whole and a symbol for sustainable building.

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Is This Floating Headquarters a Model for Waterfront Workplaces?

A three-story boat in Rotterdam is the largest floating office worldwide. Fully self-sufficient, it may be a blueprint for building in flood-prone cities.

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An Infill Apartment Building with a Secret Garden Rises in Paris

Overcoming logistical hurdles, MARS Architectes creates an “Alice in Wonderland” moment with an elegant new development concealed behind an older one.

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In France, a New Neighborhood Is Part of the Adjacent Park—or Is it the Other Way Around?

Édouard François’s latest plant-clad building rises in Nice, France. Called Le Ray, the architect hopes it will point the way toward a greener way of building and living.

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In France, A Hempcrete Sports Center Demonstrates the Material’s Promise

Designed by local firm Lemoal Lemoal, the relatively modest center is the first public building in France made of this sustainable material.

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In Sweden, the Sara Kulturhus Expands the Possibilities of Mass Timber

Made almost entirely of timber, without steel or cement reinforcement, the cultural complex signals a renaissance for the town of Skellefteå.

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A Recyclable Recycling Center in Switzerland by HWM Architects

Fully demountable, a municipal waste drop-off center near Lucerne is green in form and function.

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This is What Germany’s First Second-Hand House Looks Like

Outside of Hanover, Germany, a curious client and an innovative architecture office pushed the limits on the possibility of building with recycled materials.

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In France, an Historic Villa Is Reinvented as a Public Library

French architect Dominique Coulon transformed a 17th century villa in the village of Pélissanne into a garden and library for public use.

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In Amsterdam, a Socially Conscious Housing Development Takes Formal Inspiration from the Past

Marcel Lok and Korth Tielens Architects designed an 80-unit residential structure in the style of the Amsterdamse School with the hope of creating a new heart for an old neighborhood.