All Blog Posts Tagged 'green' (82)

Asian Cairns is a proposal for Shenzhen, China by architect Vincent Callebaut.  With Shenzhen and Hong Kong growing together to total approximately 20 million…

On a large organic mango farm in the countryside of northeastern Thailand, Steve Areen built his own Dome House.  The home is constructed of…

The Hollenbeck Replacement Police Station was designed to exemplify the station's efforts to create an open, community-serving police force.  It also honors the community's tradition of artistic expression, and strengthens the…

House & Garden is a five-storey residence in Tokyo designed by Ryue Nishizawa, one half of Japanese architectural partnership…

Edgeland House sits on a rehabilitated brownfield site, an effort to heal the scars of the site's industrial past.  It raises awareness about the diminishing natural landscape by creating a balance between the industrial zone on one side and the…

Located in the extreme north of Norway, in a land of inhospitable beauty, the Havøysund Tourist Route aims to be as timeless as the…

The Friend House is an eco-hotel in the forest by the river bank, 30 kilometers from Dnepropertrovsk in the Ukraine.  The architecture and interior design are both the work…

Set on a four-legged base to give it a minimal footprint, Isolée is an ecologically friendly retreat from the world.  The design by Netherlands based firm Tjep…

The design for Ormond Esplanade is serious fun.  The playful façade functions like skin.  In fact, like real skin, it is blemished and rough, tough and resilient, protecting the more vulnerable interior.  Inside, shape and color combine to create distinct spaces.  The children’s bedrooms are…

LEDscape is an installation that uses light as a constructive element of space and the landscape.  It is located in the Centro Cultural de Belém in Lisbon, Portugal and was designed by local firm…

Located on the research campus of the Fraunhofer Institute in Stuttgart, Germany, the Centre for Virtual Engineering (ZVE) specializes in the investigation of different multidisciplinary work flows. …

S1 is the completely self-sufficient modular high-altitude dwelling by LEAPfactory.  LEAP stands for Living Ecological Alpine Pod, of…

Tube houses have been a staple in Vietnam for 200 years.  Initially, the homes had interior courtyards and light shafts, but as the city grew the houses became smaller, with stuffy and dimly lit interiors.  With the stunning tube home, Stacking Green, architect Vo…

Vertical gardens are great, but often require specific structural foundations and hydroponics in order to function.  The Structural Technology Group of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC) has developed and patented a…

This graceful, curved structure is a dwelling designed by Atelier Tekuto, and constructed using their unique Earth Bricks.  Traditional cement…

Plantagon is a large and impressive dome-shaped urban greenhouse, the namesake of Swedish-American company Plantagon.  Its goal is to dramatically change the way we provide food in…

Sity is the dramatic proposal for a mixed-use structure that coils through Shangai’s city center, over a river and across a park.  Designed by the elusive land surveying company Sonik Module, Sity draws its form from the classic Chinese dragon.  The…

21st Century Oasis is the stunning proposal by Japanese practice Sou Fujimoto Architects in collaboration with Taiwanese firm Fei & Cheng Associates that won first prize last year in the Taiwan…

City in the Sky is a dramatic architectural concept of a tranquil oasis above the crowded polluted city.  Its design was inspired by the Lotus flower, which is known for its ability to grow clean and beautiful above murky…

The Sir Duncan Rice Library of the University of Aberdeen is conceived as a cube that evokes the ice and light of the north.  Its straight exterior is covered in a façade whose myriad angled lines are reminiscent of shards of ice.  By contrast,…