The extension of St. Edward's School, by TSH Architects, consists of two new buildings. The top floor of one of them is crowned by an impressive gabled roof made with oak glulams Oxford's college buildings are an important part of Great Britain's architectural heritage. Its style...
That place is Ibiza. If you visit the island and look hard, you might find this small paradise. And if they invite you in, take your shoes off: your feet will touch ACCOYA ®, a very special wood. What can you do in Ibiza? That's what...
The extension of the offices of the pharmaceutical company Roche Diagnostics in Barcelona includes a “shade house”. The façade in ACCOYA® acetylated wood plays a significant role in its energy efficiency goals. Health and architecture have always been connected: inefficient building design and construction with...
It is called Kora Green City, located in Vitoria-Gasteiz, and is one of the most sustainable buildings in the world. Radiata pine curtain wall contributes to the architects' energy efficiency goals. Sustainable architecture is a magical cocktail. The first of its ingredients is the architects' desire...
This list of fantastic books aims to satisfy the curiosity of the most sustainable architects. We have made available thousands of pages full of designs, ideas, techniques, images and inspiration with one common denominator: a love for wood. It's a fact: wood is ever more present...
In addition to encouraging its presence in furniture and toys, those responsible for education are sure that building in wood also contributes to the success of the most highly appreciated educational tendencies. The main schools of thought on education of the 20th century are experiencing a...
A study has revealed that Covid and other types of coronaviruses survive much less time on wood than in contact with plastic, stainless steel and masonry. It is a sensation that people have been experiencing for centuries. Wood is really good for us. Its natural beauty,...
The latest edition of these annual meetings organised by one of the most active journals in the sector took place in Málaga. And of course, GRUPO GÁMIZ was there. Since the journal Arquitectura y Empresa was launched in 2016, its bosses did not want it to...
For the architect from Genoa, sustainability is the only option. At Grupo Gámiz we have been lucky to collaborate in his project for MOdA, the renovated headquarters of the Paris bar association. “Sustainability consists in building thinking about the future, not only taking into account the...
The starting point for this project by the chef Edorta Lamo in Kanpezu is the revaluation of the local culture of his birthplace. With the same logic he trusted the quality of ACCOYA®, a wood distributed by his neighbours the Grupo Gámiz, for the façade...
