With the limitation of the current houseboat design to be on the open ocean, industrial designer Orhan Cileli has come up with an eco-friendly houseboat design that can survive not only on calm waterways, rivers, inlets, and bays, but to the open ocean as well. This houseboat has enough underlying support that will prevent the …
Another green architecture is now on a project in Issy Moulineaux, France called the Zac Bords De Seine by ECDM Architects. This green project includes housing, shops, and some services. The project has a central theme of a garden, which can be found at the heart of the island (the look of the housing project). …
A green proposal for the Toronto Gardiner Expressway from the Quadrangle Architects has been unveiled through its Green Ribbon project. The proposal is a seven kilometer green space placed over an elevated section and serve as the roof structure of the expressway. The green ribbon will also work serve the pedestrian and cyclists to keep …
Summer is already here especially to the people of the United States, which resulted into numerous summer fun activities like swimming by the beach, or at large pools. A new way of spending your summer the green way is now being introduced by Macro Sea who founded the Guerilla Pools that is made from old …
The Refract House is an 800 square foot zero energy home created by a hundred of students from Santa Clara University together with the California College of Arts in participation to the US Department of Energy Solar Decathlon. The refract house has a designed like a bent tube to allow the entry of light inside …
O*GE Architects and Interactive Gallery in cooperation with Israel Electric Corporation has created a solar powered night garden in Jerusalem that demonstrate the importance and beauty of alternative energy in our aim of protecting the environment and eventually safeguarding the future. The garden in solely powered by solar energy. With four solar panels of 80x160cm …
Shipping container are great tool for architecture, and Graft Lab Architects are now into recycling shipping container that resulted into a wonderful Architecture with the Platoon Kunsthalle as their end product. The nice architecture that is made from standard shipping containers is the new exhibit hall and art center in Seoul, Korea. As part of …
Instead of the traditional waiting shed, designers from Iosa Ghini Asssociati has created the South Face, shade like architectural installation made of insulated modular wall that faces the south. The wall is composed of hollow panels that are made from eco-cement and quarry substrates. These components are known to have the ability to accommodate thick, …
Raw materials are known to be unpleasant to the eye, and untidy when used in a product. However, Gray Oranschi Architecture proves it wrong as they successfully designed a beautiful solar storage barn made from raw materials. The architects organized the lumber on the exterior part of the building in rectangular cubbyholes that creates an …
Giraffes are fun to look at and even if they are known to be wild, they are also a friendly kind of animals and deserve to have a good and safe shelter. Dutch Architects from LAM have just completed a wonderful shelter for our beloved Giraffes at the Rotterdam Zoo. What is more interesting about …
