A new and modern way of building a home is now starting to hit the United States. It has been noted by David Greene at well that American has been living in prefabs for years already. The prefab is noticeably cheaper than building a mini house. Its contemporary internal design is attractive and fashionable. These …
Category: Architecture
T.E.D = Low Cost Housing
T.E.D stands for Transportable Emergency Dwelling. A new way of building houses is now already being practiced in the United States. Homes are built using a shipping container. This unique and low cost housing is perfect for people with limited budget, or even those who have enough, but is wanted to have a unique and …
Green Roof Technologies by SO-IL
Working like under a tree is cool and refreshing. This is what SO-IL wanted to achieve. With the aim of becoming more energy efficient by 2030, designing the underused rooftop with a cool landscape is on of the projects that they are developing at the moment. The company who does the job is the Garden …
Building Eco Hotel in a Quarry
Eco luxury hotel in a quarry. Building a hotel in a quarry is such a great idea for an architect. Nobody wants to use areas that have been destroyed already by humans. However, the firm Atkins didn’t think it this way. In fact, they positively designed the proposed Songjiang Hotel that will be placed in …
Archifest 2008 : Wonderful Creation to Balance Man and The Environment
The Singapore Institute of Architects will be holding another edition of archifest which will feature eco-friendly designs in accordance with the motto of the activity which is “man + environmentâ€. One great entry is from Chang Architects called the Jalan Elok House. Another entry is from the RSP Architects, wherein they designed the Lasalle College …
Casa Tolo Building Embraces Natural Environment
Casa Tolo is designed with the purpose of using as a vacation house for the architects wife, children, and cousins, the Casa Tolo is located on one of the steep hill northern Portugal. Normally, architects use to fight with natural environment, however Siza did in contrast. He embraced it and uses the slope as the …
7 Amazing Olympic Green Buildings in Beijing
China has been known to have a polluted air for many years now. However, their courage of building an eco-friendly Olympic village will definitely change the image of China as the main contributor to our green house gases. They have used various eco friendly materials and processes to run the Olympic village. One sample of …
Feel The Breeze of Summer with This Eco Shack’s Summer Shelter
Serves primarily as an experimental design lab based on Joshua tree, CA in 2003, this soft shelled structure from EcoShack now became one of the favorite outdoor shelters by many architects, designers, artists and others. It has an area of 120 square feet, which is large enough for you to move around. Feel the breezy …
Waterfront Design with Eart Friendly Technologies from Foster+Partners
Foster with partners presented their new development proposal for the Italian seafront to connect the town and waterfront. The proposal promises to enhance the green-minded plan of this vacation spot. Rimini already has existing boulevards, and Foster’s proposal is not only for a specific building, but also for the whole development that comprises the building …
Vertical Farms in New York City
It is now undeniable that our cities have been full of buildings and business infrastructures. However, how about having a farm in the building next door? Architects, designers and agriculturists in New York have collaborated that resulted to an idea of creating sustainable urban farms. Some leaders are now considering of studying the idea in …
