Adding rigid foam to the outside of the shell dramatically increases R-value while reducing thermal conduction.

COBE architects has completed a daycare center in denmark that seeks to reflect the significance of its historic surroundings with vertical brick façades.

Mitrex Solar Facade uses the power of the sun to produce clean electricity. These are lightweight and high-strength panels.

Läs mer om House of Mother i Linköping - ett av de nominerade objekten i Träpriset 2020.

On the coast of Brittany, the young architecture practice Parages radically transformed a residential property from the 1970s. Behind the new wooden exterior shell, bright, open-plan living spaces now open towards the sea.

K2S Architects realized an unorthodox form for a chapel in Helsinki with help from a team of former shipbuilders.

Red cladding and a tall wooden portico: inserted in the Horris Hill School complex, the project by Jonathan Tuckey Design defines a cultural meeting place for students.

Minimalist house designs are popular nowadays, with having less things to create an elegant and clean interior design with a touch of nature.

Upper House in Melbourne by Jackson Clements Burrows makes the case for compact city living with a bold urban form.

trigueiros architecture uses a cedar envelope in this home which references a traditional building method commonly used in churches in nordic countries.

Adding color and form, Euramax's coil coating solutions create unconventional, colorful metal envelopes for designing innovative architecture.

OOPEAA chose the shimmering envelope to unite the varied volumes of the building.

Wing Tower Cambodia, Building Facade Designs by BES, International team for Building engineering, technologies, Building Envelopes, facades

Punctured by a glass-enclosed courtyard, this hexagonal, donut-shaped house is filled with light and views from all six sides.

Completed in 2012 in Orsay, France. Images by Cristobal Palma. Before becoming a family home the land near the University of South Paris, Orsay, was better known by students for a take away bus that served...

Nikolay Polissky's large-scale sculptures, such as the 22-meter-high ‘Beaubourg’ piece and the brain-shaped Universe Mind in Moscow, have an organic feel to them and create extraordinary environments which often feature an element of interactivity and dynamism.

Naomi Evans walks us around some highly contemporary building projects that utilise the even, green verdigris of pre-aged copper as exterior and interior cladding.Naomi Evans is an architect based in Melbourne, Australia.

Sea Breeze is located on Camber Sands beach in East Sussex, directly backing on to the natural sand dunes behind and with outstanding views across the beach...

The school building designed by Petr Stolín Architekt consists of two elongated blocks, joined by a translucent cladding.

Image 3 of 17 from gallery of The Workshop / Annabelle & Co.. Photograph by Annabelle Tugby Architects

A house wrapped in a sophisticated skin makes the most of a site with challenging topography.

You need to carefully manage water, air, vapor, and temperature in order to build a home that is durable and comfortable.

Modostudio's newly completed Elisabeth and Helmut Uhl Foundation headquarters maximizes energy efficiency and is built from salvaged materials.

Image 19 of 23 from gallery of Building for 163 Dwellings / ADI Arquitectura. Detail