Even with the oil prices in free fall, Dubai is continuing to build their gigantic buildings. Another high, gigantic, magnificent skyscraper will be built in Dubai next year called the Anara Tower. This can be 500 feet shorter that the Burj Dubai, but still the Anara Tower is one of the massive structures ever built. …
Commended as the inspiration of sustainability, the Green Lighthouse by Christensen & Co Architects did a ground breaking last October 29, 2008. The building has a great structural design, which is not only beautiful to our eyes but is also use to reduce CO2 emissions. Why it is called as sustainable? Simply because the proportion …
Partying is fun, and can even be more enjoyable if done in an open-air club. The BigTanks is what I am talking about It is an open-air club in Berlin, which is made of illuminated large tanks that consists of a plastic body and a metal shuttering composed. With the use if 1000 liters large …
Another great architectural design has been created by the Luca Selva Architects in the form of the Brunner House. Owned by a pastor’s family with three kids, the property has been bought with an existing pavilion-like structure in it that served as a doctor practice in 2005. The family intended to made an expansion in …
Prefabricated houses are now common already. The best part about the concept is that it offers a better control over the construction waste, labor and quality of the finished product. This is what the Taalman Koch did with their itHouse. The house allows the occupant to maximize the surrounding landscape whilst minimizing the impact of …
Folding bamboo houses for your convenient. Evacuation shelter is always a problem every time natural calamities strike. Normally schools, gyms and health center are the ones used as a temporary shelter to those who are affected or victims of the calamity. However, this will never seems to be a problem anymore, now that the folding …
After the Jumeira Gardens, here comes another structure from the United Arab Emirates, which is the Eco Tower. This structure is intentionally designed to be the first mixed-use towers in the Middle East, and it has the LEED Platinum certification. Developed by Connection Real Estate, the 23-story Eco Towers costs about $245 million USD. What’s …
Dubai seems to be unaffected with the financial crisis issue the world is experiencing right now. Another project with an estimated cost of US$95 billion, which is the Jumeira Gardens, is now revealed. SOM Chicago designs the project, and it consists of mixed-used developments that incorporate low, medium, and high-density zones suitable for business, residence, …
A new housing prototype design is now being developed in Australia by a Sydney based Enter Architecture. This housing concept is developed with the initial purpose of creating affordable housing for the people of Redfern. Aside from being affordable, the concept is also an eco friendly, because aside from it is made of super lightweight …
Eco-friendly architectures are undeniably a hit to architects nowadays. In order to do their share in saving the earth architects are constantly in-search of different earth friendly design. Now, Shuhei Endo Architects has another great eco-friendly structure that is being constructed in Sayo-cho, Hyogo, Japan. It is called the bubbletecture that is being built on …
