Articles in the Architecture Category
Posted in Architecture, Green on 16 December 2008
Hello folks! We took a long break, isn’t it? I’m happy to be back here and bring you an amazing energy neutral residential tower in the city of Almere, Netherlands that bagged an award at the latest design competition for urban villas and a residential tower for the Cascade Park. This unique tower is the brainchild of Faro architecten bv housing about 57 residences.
Posted in Architecture, Designer on 31 October 2008
Dubai, the land of fascinating skyscrapers will decorate its skies with its avant-garde Anar Towers very soon. The British company Atkins, which had in the past given Dubai other such beautiful buildings like Iris Bay will be the creator of this huge mixed-use project.
Posted in Architecture, Eco-Friendly on 30 October 2008
Germany will see a new fleet of modern green houseboats this spring. Schwimmhaus was designed by a company called confusion-direction. Who wouldn’t want to live in an attractive home in the middle of water at a price that is less compared to a house on land? The pictures just show the model of these homes.
Posted in Architecture, Designer, Eco-Friendly, concept on 22 October 2008
This one’s specially for those who live in the fast lane. A group of ingenious engineers have created the world’s first walking house. Built on six hydraulic legs that can walk, this 60 meters high structure is just right for traveller in you.
Fuelled by the sun and the wind, this house may be the answer to all our monetary problems. The house is 3.5 meter high (fit enough for four people) and comes with a living room, kitchen, composting toilet, bed, wood stove and a mainframe computer that controls the legs.
Posted in Architecture, Companies, Eco-Friendly, Environment, Global warming, Go green, Green, Infrastructure, Land, Ocean, Plants, Pollution, Products, Recycling, Renewable, Solar, Wind, water on 20 October 2008
In this economic crisis, one always wonders if one is in the right job. Well, being eco-friendly can be very benefitting even monetarily do. Forbes recently came up with a list of environmental jobs with salaries easily over $100,000.
The top 10 job include:
Posted in Architecture, Go green, Products on 18 October 2008
All of us surely enjoyed playing with doll houses when we were kids, especially the girl gang. These little cardboard replicas were our sweet homes where we did every thing from washing to cooking. The thought of living in such houses brings back those memories. This is what the Australian architecture firm Stutchbury and Pape designed. Priced at an affordable $35,000, these prefab homes are made out of cardboard and are 100% recyclable.
Posted in Architecture, Green on 17 October 2008
Green architecture seems to be the flavor of the day here with many green buildings taking shape and starting to go from the blueprint on the paper to the structures on ground. While we looked at the EDITT Towers in Singapore, we now move on to Grafton New Hall site in Chester, UK where Ushida Findlay Architects are all set to bring out a green wave in Park Homes. The new eco homes designed by the firm have a real flowing design with the rooftop of the five joined homes looking like an extended green wave trying to reach out to the blues!
Posted in Architecture, Environment on 17 October 2008
It seems that South-East Asia is catching up fast with the marvels of eco-architecture that till now has been showcased in the dusty panorama of the Middle East. Singapore is leading the green trend in the region by adding more greenery to its delightful city structure. More designers and construction firms are being encouraged to design and develop sustainable and zero-energy buildings. Designed by TR Hamzah & Yeang and sponsored by the National University of Singapore, the “Ecological Design In The Tropics” (EDITT) is a building that has a brilliant cover of glittering green.
Posted in Architecture, Renewable on 16 October 2008
Looking for a green home that is both affordable and seems perfect for you? Blu Homes is planning such adobe at Colorado and Utah where the costs of other homes are nearly 50-70% higher. Ever since the company decided to build sustainable and comfortable homes, it has been working on the designs and the cost factor to make them reasonably priced. These homes look contemporary, provide enough space and are eco-friendly. The blue-prints of these homes have been released.
Posted in Architecture, Eco-Friendly on 15 October 2008
Certified in LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), the Brooklyn Children’s Museum is the very first ‘green’ museum to be found in New York. It focuses on environmental education and consciousness for children, as much as loads of fun for kids while they are in the process of discovery and thought. Here, kids learn about the environment in many innovative ways, and through interesting methods and strategies of presentation. Since many exhibitions are interactive, a trip to the museum is a guaranteed fun day for the whole family.
True to its mission of environmental consciousness and best practices, the Brooklyn Children’s Museum is a ‘green’ structure in itself, quite expectedly. The museum is a bastion of conservation: efficient energy use is practiced in terms of efficient lighting and temperature-control. The museum is an innovation that follows the latest trend in ‘green’ buildings. It boasts of a good percentage of its needed electrical power converted from its solar cells. The heating and cooling levels inside the museum are regulated by sensors that ‘feel’ the volume of people inside. There are also separate sensors that detect the amount of artificial light that is just necessary. Even the ventilation system has its own sensors that detect the CO2 level and, consequently, dictate the amount of oxygen that needs to be replenished inside. All in all, the museum is a child-friendly environment.