Apr 15
Two sets of twisting vertical elements intertwine with each other designed by Adam Dayem, in South Tarawa. One set holds the floorplates, contains the residential spaces, and is skinned with translucent lexan. The other set, which works as the primary vertical building structure, contains the circulation cores and is constructed from lightweight fiber reinforced concrete. The …
Apr 12
The proposed design for “Marina + Beach Village” consists of three low-rise, six high-rise, three pavilion buildings, and a few townhouses spread throughout seven city plots. The Beach front plots are separated from the city by a public park which is integrated into the site plan. Parking will be completely underground with levels varying as …
Apr 08
Description from Oppenheim Architecture and Design: Based on our initial reading of the site we took the opportunity to maximize the quantity of units on the beach. This approach has permitted the introduction of new unit types with the spatial adjacencies of a village. What has emerged, in addition to the typologies, is a response that …
Aug 29
The Beijing Welcome Centre is a project for a gateway exhibition building for a new sustainable industry park in Beijing by JDS Architects. The building is based on the principle of manipulating a box envelope for environmental and contextual concerns in order to make a building which is low tech and low cost. The first …
Aug 26
A 20-storey residential building proposed by Mexican studio DCPP Arquitectos for Lima, Peru. Description from DCPP Arquitectos: Located on a privileged area of the City of Lima and with views towards the golf course, we sought to create an icon for the future, a new luxury housing concept in Latin America; combining the idea of …
Jul 25
Description from Polifactory: Hous.E+ is designed to create not only a resourceful building regarding energy efficiency and sustainability but also well equipped to actively respond to future demands of smart grid systems where energy surplus is distributed and agriculture within the city is a reality. In this house water is not only stored and re-used …
Jul 19
Designed by CPG Consultants, the Nanyang Technological School of Art, Design, and Media in Singapore is a five-story academic building consists of three arms intertwined in an organic composition. Cladded in basic finish of glass and raw concrete and topped with turfed green roofs.
Jul 19
The design of passive solar buildings aims at maintaining interior thermal comfort throughout the sun’s daily and annual cycles while at the same time it reduces the requirement for active heating and cooling systems. Passive solar building design is just a part of green building design, and does not include active systems such as mechanical …
Jul 17
The 6th Layer – Expolorative Canopy Trail by AA diploma student Yi Yvonne Weng wins the 2012 Foster + Partners Prize, with designs that would allow scientists to live in the treetops of the Amazon rainforest. The prize is presented annually to the AA diploma student whose final project best addresses themes of sustainability and …
Jul 14
A biomass power station for the bank of the river Tees in the UK, designed by London designer Thomas Heatherwick, covered in panels planted with indigenous grasses. Description from Heatherwick Studio: With a rising global population and increasing political focus on the future of power generation, the task of designing a 49 mega-watt, bio-mass fuelled …
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