Archive for December, 2010
Sustainable Forest Cabin Gets LEED Silver in Washington
Designed by Johnston Architects for mountain guides Scott Schell and Margaret Wheeler, the house is made largely from blown down trees from the area and adds a pop of modern color to it’s piney surroundings. The house also boasts several other sustainable features that have it on its way to receive a LEED Silver certification. [...]
Category: Architects,Home,House,Sustainable Design, posted at: Dec 13th 2010, Comments: No CommentsTags: building material, ground source, ground source heat pump, House, inhabitat, interior, interior design, LEED, Sustainable Design, sustainable features
Magnificient Chess Club in Khanty Mansiysk
The new 5.000 sq meter Chess club building that designed by Erick van Egeraat in Khanty Mansiysk already hosted the 2010 Chess Olympics in September. Now in December it will officially open. Erick van Egeraat worked closely with the municipality of Khanty Mansiysk and its main benefactor Gazprom in realizing this extraordinary building. He compared [...]
Category: Innovation Designer, posted at: Dec 13th 2010, Comments: No CommentsTags: Chess Club, evolo, Innovation Designer, interior, Khanty Mansiysk
Modern Skyscraper to Solve Environmental Crisis in Sudan
The skyscraper that Hugon Kowalski has designed taps into the Darfur underground lake that nad been discovered by researchers at Boston University in 2007 and brings it to the surface for distribution. In addition to housing the water pumps and treatment facility, however, the building also has a hospital, school and a food storage center, [...]
Category: Architecture,Skyscraper, posted at: Dec 13th 2010, Comments: No CommentsTags: Architecture, Boston University, evolo, Hugon Kowalski, solar, solar panels, storage
Amazing Bahian House with Natural Materials in Salvador
Designed by Marcio Kogan of Studio MK27, the Bahia House in Salvador, Brazil, will make you forget about high tech energy monitoring systems, solar panels, or a ground source heat pump to have a green home. Sometimes all you need is smart design, traditional architecture, knowledge of your climate and access to natural and locally [...]
Category: Home,House, posted at: Dec 12th 2010, Comments: No CommentsTags: Brazil, floor plan, ground source heat pump, House, interior, interior courtyard, natural materials, natural ventilation, smart design, ventilation
Innovative Bamboo Bridge School in China
Located in a rural Chinese village, bamboo Bridge School in Xiashi, China has rejuvenated the entire community by providing a place for children to learn, a means to cross the town’s river, and a public gathering space. Li Xiaodong designed and built the little two room schoolhouse as a multi purpose facility for the whole [...]
Category: Innovation Designer, posted at: Dec 12th 2010, Comments: No CommentsTags: bamboo, Bridge, Bridge, China, Innovation Designer, interior, Li Xiaodong, local materials, purpose facility
Sustainable Habitation Wadi Hanifa Wetlands
Located in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, is the Wadi Hanifa watershed, a 4,000 square kilometer drainage that has become key to the capital’s environmental sustainability. After many years of neglect, a long term reclamation plan was put underway, and is now being recognized worldwide for its size and aesthetic. The safe use of [...]
Category: Innovation Designer,Public Space,Sustainable Design, posted at: Dec 12th 2010, Comments: No CommentsTags: Buro Happold, design features, Innovation Designer, Saudi Arabia, sustainability, Sustainable Design, Wadi Hanifa
Renovation Project at Bushwick Warehouses
Two Bushwick warehouses are joined together in this renovation project, called the Wycoff Exchange, that includes a live music and performance venue along with an organic market and boutique wine shop. Manhattan based AKA is also designing the interior of the bar venue, called Radio Bushwick, which will be completes by the year’s end. The [...]
Category: Innovation Designer, posted at: Dec 12th 2010, Comments: No CommentsTags: AKA, COR, facade, Innovation Designer, LED, pedestrians, Radio Bushwick, TEN, Two Bushwick, Wycoff Exchange
Fascinating Ocean City by Gyre
Designed by Gyre, now they made Ocean City as new class of eco tourism by bringing scientists and vacationers together to understand the least known environment of our planet. As much as a skyscraper is an economical method of reducing footprint on land, Gyre goes a step further by juxtaposing those footprints to the ocean. [...]
Category: Eco Design,Innovation Designer,Skyscraper, posted at: Dec 11th 2010, Comments: No CommentsTags: design features, evolo, footprint, Innovation Designer, Ocean City, square meters
Dress Code : Modern elementary school for Switzerland
Designed by French architectural firm Complex City in Fréchy, Dress Code is a delightful elementary school in Switzerland which surrounded by farming areas and beautiful hills. The focal point of the project is the outer skin inspired by local patterns of embroidery. Olivier Brouillard, the principal at Complex City, studied solar and wind exposures to [...]
Category: Architectural,College, posted at: Dec 11th 2010, Comments: No CommentsTags: Complex City, Dress Code, interior, Olivier Brouillard, Switzerland
Modern Contemporary Art Museum in Bahrain
Designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, the new museum of contemporary art for the Kingdom of Bahrain will house exhibition spaces for permanent and temporary collections, multi-event auditorium, education facilities, studios for artists at residence, and retail areas. The project is estimated to be completed by 2012 and was funded by the Cultural and National Heritage [...]
Category: Museum, posted at: Dec 11th 2010, Comments: No CommentsTags: Bahrain, contemporary art, evolo, interior, interior design, Museum, zaha hadid, zaha hadid architects
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