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All Blog Posts Tagged 'sustainable' (26)

Asian Cairns

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

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Added by Springer on May 20, 2013 at 6:06pm — No Comments

Hollenbeck Replacement Police Station

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…

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Added by Springer on April 18, 2013 at 10:30am — No Comments

Edgeland House

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…

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Added by Springer on April 9, 2013 at 10:30am — No Comments

Havøysund Tourist Route

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

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Added by Springer on March 29, 2013 at 10:30am — No Comments

Friend House Hotel

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…

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Added by Springer on March 22, 2013 at 10:30am — No Comments

Ormond Esplanade

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…

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Added by Springer on February 5, 2013 at 1:50pm — No Comments

Ningbo History Museum

The Ningbo History Museum was designed by Wang Shu of Amateur Architecture Studio, who is the first Chinese citizen to win the prestigious…

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Added by Springer on January 23, 2013 at 12:30pm — 1 Comment

LEDscape

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…

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Added by Springer on January 22, 2013 at 11:24am — 1 Comment

Centre for Virtual Engineering

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. …

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Added by Springer on January 18, 2013 at 3:56pm — No Comments

S1 by LEAPfactory

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

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Added by Springer on January 10, 2013 at 10:27am — No Comments

Biological Concrete

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…

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Added by Springer on January 7, 2013 at 9:44am — No Comments

Earth Bricks

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

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Added by Springer on December 11, 2012 at 3:24pm — No Comments

Plantagon

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…

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Added by Springer on November 20, 2012 at 5:29pm — No Comments

21st Century Oasis

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…

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Added by Springer on October 20, 2012 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Titanic Belfast

In commemoration of 100 years since the sinking of the Titanic ocean liner, Titanic Belfast is designed to become the cultural lynch pin of the new Titanic Quarter, transforming Queen's Island into an…

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Added by Springer on April 12, 2012 at 2:35pm — 1 Comment

Sea Tree

The Sea Tree is an elegant piece of sustainable architecture that is deliberately not accessible to humans.  The design by Waterstudio.NL will serve as a habitat for the local native plants…

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Added by Springer on January 12, 2012 at 11:00am — No Comments

Directions for Architects creating Green Architecture Through Energy Effective Buildings Using Sustainable fittings

Architects and Building Designers are confronted with the challenge of making sustainable architecture that is relevant to the times we live in. A primary area whereby an architect needs to create sustainable design in is the component of energy efficiency in buildings. Constructions are huge consumers of energy in many ways and the building industry has led to having a high level of energy use. This necessitates consequently for buildings to contain essentials for sustainability in order…

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Added by Arch Samuel on January 11, 2012 at 2:00am — No Comments

Eye of Horus House

This eye-catching (pun intended) vacation home is a design created by Spanish architect Luis de Garrido as a birthday gift for famous model Naomi Campbell from her…

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Added by Springer on October 6, 2011 at 9:41am — 1 Comment

Water Building Resort

Water Building Resort is a concept by…

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Added by Springer on July 13, 2011 at 5:30am — No Comments

Sustainable Design Principles For Every Architect



In the construction industry of the 21st century , one of the most intriguing elements of design is Green Architecture. There is much ado the world over about building developments  that are green and sustainable.  The world we live in today calls for architects in the construction industry to be relevant to the issues that we are facing as regards our physical environment and our societies in general. Architects therefore…

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Added by Arch Samuel on July 11, 2011 at 9:30am — No Comments

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