Save on electricity, fight global warming, and make the world a better place to live. These are just a few of the aims that people want to achieve in creating and designing eco-friendly homes. We can find homes claims to be eco-friendly and features different green features. Some have rainwater collecting system to save on …
Category: Architecture
The Proposed Floating Community For The Vietnamese Bay
While the earth is mostly composed of water, it is nice to see that housing designs that make use of our water environment are now growing in numbers. Recently, a contest called The Self-sufficient City: Envisioning the habitat of the future has an entry that aims to provide sustainable lodging to the 1600 inhabitants of …
Campaign’s Foldaway Bookshop: Knowledge And Earth-friendly
Are bookshops still available in today’s generation? With the popular reading device like the Amazon Kindle and the Apple iPad available in the market today, bookshops are surely reducing in number. Well, whatever it is, what’s good about this bookshop that the Campaign has is that, it does not only provide its readers the right …
Eco-Architecture: Allows People To Live In Close Connection To The Environment
Eco-architecture has been around for quite some time already since the call for battling global warming begins. It is so overwhelming seeing those people giving our environment particularly the trees some importance. It is our way of giving back to them the goodness and comfort that they gave us. The people behind Abitalbero are just …
Solar Powered Bambu House: An Eco-friendly And Modern House Design
As the first European Solar Decathlon kicks in, numerous architects and designer submit entries and the Bambu House by Tongji University Shanghai is just a few of the entries. The Bambu House is a solar powered house that has the ability to generate 9 kilowatts of electricity that can support 1 bedroom and 1 living …
Solar Fab Lab House: An Entry To The First Solar Decathlon In Barcelona
With the aim to design the cheapest solar home in the world, IAAC or The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia has the Solar Fab Lab House as their Official entry to the competition. The fab lab house has the area of 75square meters and is ideal for a family with 4 members. The house …
Green Nest: The Greenest House On Earth?
Green architecture has been around for quite some time. Some of them uses solar energy or wind energy to support the structure’s electricity need, making them qualified to be classified as green architecture. Some of the structures use recycled materials like PET bottles, recycled lumber, and more in order to be categorized as eco-friendly and …
Enoki Rome Ecocity: OFL Architecture’s Sustainable Project
Designing and eco-friendly structure requires a lot of courage, inspiration, and love for the environment. Claimed to be eco-friendly and sustainable, the Enoki Rome Ecocity by the OFL Architecture is a sustainable project that is installed above Rome. The Enoki is a 150 stories structure that has self-contained small cities. Residences, commercial spaces, green areas, …
Photosynthesis Car: Futuristic And Eco-friendly Car Concept
Automobile design is really evolving. New car designs are not just beneficial to the environment but have the striking and futuristic look as well. The Photosynthesis Car by designers Michal Vlcek and Klavir has the look of the future. True to its name, the car houses numerous plants and with the help of the special …
The Gap House: The Space Saver House
If you are one of those who want to save some space and the environment from harm at the same time, living or simply taking the Gap House by Pitman Tozer Architects as your model will definitely answer your need. This 8-feet wide site in London is the place where the four-story Gap House was …