Facebook’s Ecofriendly Head Quarter

The known social networking site Facebook has just recently moved to their new office. Designed by a San Franciso company Studio O+A, Facebook’s new headquarter is a former laboratory facility of Agilent technologies, a high-tech manufacturer. With the Facebook employees desire to have a green headquarters, their facility became the first commercial project to have …

Potting Shed Multi-Use Garden Studio Is Built From Waste Materials

Grey Griffiths Architects has transformed waste materials into nice modern, small cabin, Potting Shed. The brief was to design multi-use garden studio for a keen gardener and a ceramicist. It’s a nice project that demonstrates to anyone how inventive architecture and resourcefulness can result to highly functional design especially to those with a tight budget. …

Cloud No.9 Is A House Design With Natural Illumination

An architectural design can be considered green or eco-friendly for various reasons and in the case of the Cloud No.9 by Andrew Simpson Architects. The Cloud No.9 has ample natural illuminations in the entire structure.

Mecanoo Will Soon Build The Sustainable Campus Of Moscow National University

We have been promoting earth friendly products to the public and appear to let our drivers produce zero carbon emission. Today, the most effective place to promote these things will soon be the target of many eco-friendly advocates and designers. To start with, Dutch architectural firm Mecanoo will soon rise the eco-friendly campus of Moscow …

Home Contained: A Home Made From Cargo Containers

Cargo containers are now gaining the attention of many architects, engineers, and designers as a useful architectural material. Debbie Glassberg joins with any other container lovers and had the Home Contained built. Located in Kansas City, Missouri, the Home Contained has the area of 2,600 square feet and is made of five metal containers. Aside …

Kaleidoscape: An Eco-friendly Architecture

A temporary architectural structure has been installed on Governor’s Island and will be on from June to August 2010. The said structure will be for the cultural events happening on Governors Island. The Kaleidoscape pavilion is not only eye catching through its color, shape, shade, light, and play but also with is eco-friendly features, which …

Kindergarten Barbapapa: The Green Room For Our Kids In Italy

It is very hearth warming to hear that more and more people from all around the globe are now having the passion of saving the environment. Seeing another great and green architecture from CCD Studio is just a mere proof that people are now earth friendly. The Kindergarten Barbapapa is an architectural project designed to …

The Libeskind Villa Signature Series of Daniel Libeskind

Another green architecture will soon be unveiled on September 29 by Daniel Libeskind and it is his Libeskind Villa Signature Series. Posses the higher standards in design, the villa is a German-made living made space that aside from the high standards, is also a sustainable one. This first signature series of Libeskind, this villa offers …

Turkey’s Green Architecture By RMJM Architects

Another green architecture is going to be built is Istanbul, Turkey that is scheduled to be completed in 2011. A project by RMJM Architects, this building will house residential units, five-star hotel is strongly possible., offices, and conference facilities. Best of all, this one of a kind architectural design has many green features, which include …

Entangled Bank: Self-Reliant Eco-City

An architecture firm from Charlotte, North Carolina called Little Diversified Architectural Consulting has turned a vacant parking lot in Dallas into a self-reliant eco-city called the Entangled Bank. The reason of it being self-sufficient is its features that include a green walled citadel that has solar panels, agricultural field, and a greywater treatment and recycling …