Archive for December, 2010
New Redesign Pickle Barrels Gets LEED Gold
Designed by Ross Barney Architects, the Old pickle barrels have found new life in the University of Minnesota’s Duluth Civil Engineering Building. All of the building materials showcase local raw and natural resources like reclaimed wood, Corten steel, reclaimed taconite rocks, CMU, and pre cast and poured in place concrete. Locally available products account for [...]
Category: Sustainable Design, posted at: Dec 3rd 2010, Comments: No CommentsTags: building materials, CMU, construction materials, facades, inhabitat, LEED, Sustainable Design, sustainable features
Magnificient LAR’s Tower Pyramid in Mexico
Designed by LAR, the new Lar’s Tower design for a mixed use residential and office building takes on a massive shape reminiscent of the site’s Mayan ancestry. The towering pyramid, which is located in Mérida, the largest city in the Yucatan Peninsula, isn’t just an aesthetic marvel. It was also designed smartly to maximize the [...]
Category: Energy Efficiency,Towers, posted at: Dec 3rd 2010, Comments: No CommentsTags: LAR, Lar Tower, Mexico, shape, solar panels, tower design, Yucatan Peninsula
Striking Kiefer Technic Showroom Design
Designed by Giselbrecht + Partner Architects, the building is home to Kiefer Technic’s hospital equipment showroom. The look of the building is in keeping with the modern stainless steel tools that are displayed inside but with one twist. When occupants want to adjust the light or temperature in a room, they don’t pull on shades [...]
Category: Home,Innovation Designer,Sustainable Design, posted at: Dec 3rd 2010, Comments: No CommentsTags: energy savings, facade, facades, inhabitat, Innovation Designer, Kiefer Technic, shading, Sustainable Design
Fantastic Wing Shaped Zayed National Museum by Foster + Partners
Designed by Foster + Partners, the wing shaped museum Zayed National Museum in Abu Dhabi, will be dedicated to showcasing the history and culture of the country and will feature five feather like solar towers that are as architecturally striking as they are energy saving. The five wing shaped towers protrude from a man made, [...]
Category: Museum, posted at: Dec 2nd 2010, Comments: No CommentsTags: abu dhabi, Foster Partners, fosterandpartners, Museum, museum design, Sheikh Zayed, solar, Sultan Al Nahyan, UAE
Solar Powered Masdar Institute by Foster + Partners
Foster + Partners officially inaugurated the solar powered Masdar Institute. The net energy positive institute represents Abu Dhabi’s contribution in pioneering sustainable technologies, and it showcases a multitude of efficient systems and design strategies that allow the development to run without carbon based fuels. The building incorporates a lot of solar electric arrays to be [...]
Category: Sustainable Design, posted at: Dec 2nd 2010, Comments: No CommentsTags: abu dhabi, design strategies, facades, Foster Partners, fosterandpartners, low energy, Masdar Institute, solar, Sustainable Design
New Central Business District in China
Designed by Henn StudioB, the Berlin design and research studio of Henn Architekten, the Central Business District is located where the Ou Jiang river meets the East China Sea and will comprise five towers of differing heights. The towers will be situated in a staggered row to provide views of the river, while at street [...]
Category: Innovation Designer, posted at: Dec 2nd 2010, Comments: No CommentsTags: Berlin, Central Business District, China, commercial space, East China Sea, five star hotel, future source, Henn Architekten, hotel offices, Innovation Designer, Ou Jiang, walkways
Gorgeous Blooming Skyscraper for Dubai
The Blooming Tower by Mekene Architecture are design to responds to environmental changes with a kinetic facade that opens and closes throughout the day. The mixed use recreational facility combines playgrounds, a library, a conference space and picnic areas under a lightweight tower covered in sail cloth material. The 170 meter tower designed for Dubai [...]
Category: Eco Design,Skyscraper,Towers, posted at: Dec 1st 2010, Comments: No CommentsTags: aluminum, facade, inhabitat, structure design
Fascinating World of Living Tree House in Germany
Located in Rheinau Baden-Linx, Germany, World of Living Tree House is a rather unusual type of establishment. It was conceived to show off WeberHaus‘ homes, but in a fun, interactive way and you know we can’t be mad at that. Designed by Baumraum, the tree house’s main body rests on a structural system of seven [...]
Category: House, posted at: Dec 1st 2010, Comments: No CommentsTags: Germany, House, inhabitat, interior, skylights, storage, tree house
Stunning Bangaroo Sky Village in Sydney
Designed by Australian architecture student Josephine Turner, she proposed a skyscraper complex network of skylinks that connect elevated urban plazas for the Bangaroo district of Sydney, Australia. Her design, the Bangaroo Sky Village, incorporates the elements of the skyscraper that Turner would like the public to rethink. For example, her towers are designed as stacked [...]
Category: Skyscraper, posted at: Dec 1st 2010, Comments: No CommentsTags: architecture student, Bangaroo Sky Village, Bridge, elements, facades, Josephine Turner, skyscrapers, Sydney
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