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 …
Eco-friendly, sustainable, solar powered and so on are just a few and probably the most common features of an eco-friendly architecture. However, the Vertical Park is entirely different and I must say it stands out amongst them. Being an eco-friendly stackable skyscraper is new to me. It might be existing way back then but I …
Green infrastructures are popping out anywhere in the world today to address environmentalist’s call to save the environment. Joining for a competition in Paris, LAN Architects has created the double-skinned residential building. The double skin of the building is designed intended to help insulate the building, and photovoltaic cells are used to let the outer …
Eco-friendly architectures are now becoming a trend to mostly of the architects worldwide. If they are not building new building with eco-friendly features, they created pre-fabricated homes for cheaper yet great architectural design. Joining with some other architects is Bestetti Associati Studio that build a stylish elegant pre-fabricated house with an eco-conscious environment. This house …
Another eco-friendly house is built in Spain. It has great architectural design that made the house a desire for everyone to own. The house has various environment friendly features such as the cooling system it has the 30cm deep canal water in the living area, which form part of the cooling system. It also has …
T_CODE or Technion’s Computer Oriented Design is a research laboratory that is computer oriented and eco friendly. The designed structure is based at the Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. This laboratory gives every researcher a chance to do their advanced research in design, history and theory …
Some of the architects worldwide are now in focusing Eco-friendly architecture. Just like the Weber Thompson who designed the Eco-Laboratory for the Cascadia Natural Talent Design Competition. What made the building eco-friendly is that, it includes a rainwater collections system, hydeophonic garden to grow food for the community, biological wastewater treatment system to convert black …
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 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 …
