When building homes on a mountain, it is highly expected to be eco-friendly, as architects will automatically sourced the materials locally. However, with the strong influence of modernization, some are blinded with the modern construction materials available in the market today but not the Switzerland Alpine Club that designed the Monte Rosa Mountain Hut. The …
With the aim to help save the environment, architect Dowling Kimm is joining forces with any other architects and designers in designing eco-friendly homes. One of his latest is the Westside Road project built on top of the Hill in Healdsburg, California. With the house’s location, the Westside Project offers a panoramic view of the …
Traffic jam is a common problem to big cities around the globe. To minimized traffic, various alternatives are being considered and the Straddling Bus cab probably is one of the best. The Straddling Bus is a public transport powered by electricity and sun. This wonderful bus transport is a two story bus and carries its …
Hailed as the longest footbridge of its kind, the Kurilpa Bridge in Brisbane Australia is an eco-friendly structure designed by the Cox Architecture, and Australian firm. This bridge has a length of 470 meters and features a LED lighting system making it an eco-friendly one. Another green feature of this long bridge is it 84 …
Sustainability is now everywhere. With the vast growth of concern and awareness in saving the environment, more and more designers and now inclined into designed sustainable or environment friendly designs. The sustainable market by Yarel Yair is another energy saving design that will help save the environment and the community as well. This zero-emission design …
We all know that people using radio transistors are diminishing. However, there are still a lot who values radio transistors especially those who are away from their high-tech gadgets most of the time. We all know further that when using a radio transistor, we need a battery or an electricity to keep it working. Not …
To an answer Louisiana Museum of Modern Art’s invitation for the green architecture for the future exhibition, 3XN architects created the Learning from Nature Pavilion using biodegradable and energy-generating materials. In this project, the architects uses biological and reusable materials like the bio composite from flax fibers cast in bioligal resin, cork sheets, 1mm flexile …
Lawnpc is a self-sustaining computer system. It creates all of the power it needs to operate with help from solar energy. Overall the Lawnpc would save an average of 876 kWh and 800 kg of carbon dioxide per computer per year. Multiple that by the projected 1 billion computers in the world and the environmental …
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 …
Sustainable buildings bring great advantages especially to those who want to save from energy, gas, lessen carbon emission and more earth saving concerns. More and more people are now aiming for self-sustainable infrastructures just like the architects Herzog and de Meuron who have presented their design for a triangular building in the Porte de Versailles …
