Framework broke new ground with mass timber high-rise in Portland

Mrinmayee Bhoot
8 January 2024

Framework was one of the first tall buildings designed in timber to receive approval for construction in the USA. The project by LEVER Architecture resolved many technical challenges associated with the material.

Tropical

Buoyant Housing in Brazil

Brazil
2019

Community housing that floats on a river in the Amazon

Mrinmayee Bhoot
16 November 2023

Vernacular forms and local materials set apart Buoyant Housing, a residential complex for a low-income coastal community in Manaus, Brazil, currently living in perilous and unsafe conditions.

Temperate

Housing Infill

A modular, incremental model for urban housing

Mrinmayee Bhoot
9 November 2023

Housing Infill is a dwelling prototype with a compact, flexible and adaptable construction model proposed for the city of Córdoba in Argentina where housing demand is constantly challenged by the scarcity and high cost of land.

Continental

House as Garden in Illinois

A self-sustainable sanctuary on the outskirts of Chicago

Kruti Choksi Kothari
2 October 2023

House as Garden in Illinois is a residential prototype for Chicago’s South Side (USA). It is a partnership initiative between Michael Sorkin Studio and the non-profit organisation Blacks in Green.

Tropical

BillionBricks home

Self-financing houses combat homelessness and carbon emissions

Himani Naidu
28 September 2023

A carbon-negative community of affordable homes is underway in the Philippines. Conceived by BillionBricks, it will house 125 homeless families and function as a 2.5 MW solar power plant simultaneously.