First field tests with photocatalytic materials have shown that it is possible to improve the air quality. In 2002 scientists have coated a surface of 7000 square meter in Milan with a photoctalytic material. The result: the nitrogen oxide concentration was reduced by 60 percent. Although it does not look…
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With its soaring concrete sails reaching high into the sky, the Dio Padre Misericordioso Church, just east of central Rome, beckons religious and architectural devotees alike. The structure is also something of a temple to nanoscience—for it retains its bright white hue thanks to the presence of nanostructured titanium dioxide…
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During the construction of the center of musical art in Paris, self-cleaning concrete was used in monolithic reinforced concrete structures and wall cladding.
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3XN has unveiled its design for a multipurpose sports arena with a green roof that will merge into the landscape of Munich's Olympic park. Danish architecture office 3XN is working with German landscape and urban planning firm Latz + Partner to design the 11,500-seater arena, which will become home to…
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Housing, health facilities and social spaces are all contained within this plant-covered Singapore building by WOHA, which was named World Building of the Year at the World Architecture Festival. Singapore-based WOHA designed the mixed-use Kampung Admiralty building according to a "club sandwich" philosophy, with different functions layered on top of…
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Undulations in the green roof of the Macallan Distillery by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners hint at the bulbous whisky stills situated below. Cut into the hills of Speyside, the new distillery sits on the Easter Elchies estate in Scotland, which has been home to the single malt whisky since…
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