Springer's Blog Posts Tagged 'sustainable' (24)

Nicoll Russell Studios has been chosen to design a visitor attraction inside one of The Kelpies, two 30-meter high horse heads created by sculptor…

This is the new headquarters of Qihoo 360 Technology, the leader in cloud computing in China.  Sustainability meets playfulness in this office space.  Designer David Ho of edge…

Boxhome is a 19 square meter dwelling with four rooms that cover the basic functions of living: kitchen with dining space, bathroom, living room, and bedroom.  Norwegian architecture firm Rintala Eggertsson…

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

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…

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…

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…

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

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…