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Eco Architecture: Costanera Sur – A sustainable skyscraper for animals
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Eco Factor: Self-sufficient skyscraper proposal provides water and energy to surrounding structures. Visiondivision has proposed a unique skyscraper that won’t house offices or apartments but will provide sustainable living space for animals. Dubbed Costanera Sur, the vertical zoo will be built from debris ...13 hours ago -
Eco Architecture: Studio Gang’s Aqua Tower features a solar shading design
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Eco Factor: Skyscraper with a solar shading system to prevent unnecessary heat gain. American architects Studio Gang have designed a modern skyscraper in Chicago, which features a unique solar shading design to reduce solar heat gain. Dubbed Aqua Tower, the sustainable development carries outdoor terraces, which ...2 days ago -
Eco Architecture: Symbiotic Green Wall makes construction sites sustainable
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Eco Factor: Vertical system designed to harvest rainwater via natural processes. Designed by Kooho Jung and Hayeon Kelly Choi the Symbiotic Green Wall is a conceptual double-layered wall system that collects, filters and distributes rainwater and wastewater within the construction site. Water is collected between ...2 days ago -
Eco Architecture: Unilever Headquarters relies solely on LEDs to save 70% energy
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Eco Factor: LED-illuminated office building reduces energy consumption. The Unilever Headquarters has become one of the first office buildings to rely completely on LEDs as a light source. Together with Nimbus Group of Stuttgart , Behnisch Architekten has developed the headquarters, which according to the ...3 days ago -
Eco Architecture: Byophyte mixed-use building will favor moss growth
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Eco Factor: Sustainable development designed to be enveloped in moss. Faulders Studio has proposed a mixed-use residential and commercial building for Tehran, a city with over 12 million inhabitants and possessing a unique atmosphere rich in both plant pores and pollutants. Dubbed Byophyte Building , ...3 days ago -
Eco Architecture: Singapore’s sustainable Urban Symphony pavilion for World Expo 2010
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Eco Factor: Pavilion for World Expo 2010 to be made from recycled materials. Designed by Kay Ngee Tan Architects , Urban Symphony will be Singapore’s pavilion for the Shanghai World Expo 2010. The pavilion will be a tribute to the cultures of Singapore that will be merged with sustainable architecture. ...3 days ago -
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Peter Rich Architects have recently won the World Building of the Year award for the Mapungubwe Interpretation Centre in South Africa at the World Architecture Festival held in Barcelona earlier this month. This is an authentic, beautifully crafted and culturally deep rooted building. A very deserved winner I ...3 days ago -
Eco Architecture: NL Architects’ SOZAWE to provide sustainable space for offices
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Eco Factor: Sustainable building designed to reduce energy consumption. NL Architects has proposed SOZAWE, a sustainable development for Groningen City that will provide office spaces, a large interior public space and ample space to park 215 cars. The building carries green areas on every level, which apart from ...5 days ago -
Sustainable Private Residence by Johnston Architects
Home decor, Furniture Design, Interior design magazine | Tevami.com —
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This sustainable house was built for a couple of mountain guides by Johnston Architects PLLC . With the environment in mind, they built the house only using trees that fell by natural means. Their energy comes from an underground pump that is fueled with water that has been previously heated by the sun. You ...6 days ago -
LivingHomes Delivers KieranTimberlake Prefab in Orange County
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LivingHomes had the honor of building the first LEED Platinum certified home in the US, and now they’re on schedule to deliver the first LEED Platinum certified home in Orange County. The new KieranTimberlake LivingHome 1.5 (KTLH1.5) was erected earlier this month in a single day. Located in the city of ...6 days ago -
SOM, Virginia Beach Convention Centre
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Boasting more than 500,000 sq. ft. of flexible meeting space, the award-winning Virginia Beach Convention Center demonstrates SOM’s ability to look beyond an immediate project site in terms of community growth. Water, wood, and natural light make the new Virginia Beach Convention Center bright and ...1 week ago -
Cherokee Lofts: Renovated Recording Studio Seeks LEED Platinum
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We first announced Pugh + Scarpa ’s Cherokee Lofts in Los Angeles two years ago, and we’re excited to say that the renovated recording studio debuted last month with a Rock N’Platinum grand opening. Anticipating its LEED Platinum certification, the opening literally rocked thanks to the music of Ben Lee and ...1 week ago -
Cherokee Lofts: Renovated Recording Studio Seeks LEED Platinum
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We first announced Pugh + Scarpa ’s Cherokee Lofts in Los Angeles two years ago, and we’re excited to say that the renovated recording studio debuted last month with a Rock N’Platinum grand opening. Anticipating its LEED Platinum certification, the opening literally rocked thanks to the music of Ben Lee and ...1 week ago -
Gazprom Tower Tallest Sustainable Building in Europe
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The Gazprom Tower, or the Okhta Tower has been given a green light for construction, upon completion of which it will be the tallest building in Europe. To be built in St. Petersburg, Russia, the 77-storey tower isn’t just about height, the modern building will also be full of environmentally friendly ...2 weeks ago -
Top 5 Most Innovative Green Bridges on the Planet
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Design and engineering innovations over the last two decades have had a dramatic impact on our ability to create beautiful, environmentally sensitive structures that help contribute to a more sustainable future. A dramatic example of the confluence of design, technology and environmental sustainability can be seen ...2 weeks ago -
Refract House Wins Architecture Honors In Solar Decathalon
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The Refract House , a green living home built entirely by students, placed first in Architecture, successfully proving their message that Green Living isnt a compromise in the US Department of Energys 2009 Solar Decathlon. above: The public tours the international U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon, ...2 weeks ago -
Modern Architecture Building 23B by Natoma Architect Inc.
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In Egypt, the four corners of the rising and setting sun at summer and winter solstices marked the square mat of flat earth. In the Renaissance, the mechanics and proportions of the human body were translated into mathematical systems, currently, knowledge of nature has evolved from the scale of the mechanical to the ...2 weeks ago -
2009 World Architecture Festival Winners Announced
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The 2009 World Architecture Festival took place this week in Barcelona, drawing great minds to discuss, learn, share and award excellent architectural designs and completed projects. This year’s theme dealt with how to achieve Less With More and the relationship between cities and architecture , with climate ...2 weeks ago -
Live Pod prefabricated house co-exists with nature cycle
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The “Live Pod” from Miso Soup Design is a prefabricated house that co-exists with the cycle of nature to support a sustainable lifestyle. Made of renewable material such as rain screen facade, bamboo flooring and photovoltaic panel, the prefab is covered by green roof to collect rainwater for irrigation of an ...2 weeks ago -
The Small House by A1 Architects
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A1 Architects recently presented some small space designs at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague. Few of their designs are what I’d call tiny houses but it’s nice to see so many fresh ideas all in one place. It’s also refreshing to hear someone else point out that they are clearly thinking ...3 weeks ago
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