Archive for October, 2010
Home Designs gets LEED Platinum in New Orleans
Recently, the Natural Talent Design Competition announced four winning sustainable and affordable homes for the Broadmoor neighborhood in New Orleans.. Not only are these homes eco-friendly, but they have been planned to be low-cost, handicap accessible, and most importantly for this Louisiana area, hurricane resistant. Read on to find out more about these award-winning designs, [...]
Category: Home,House,Renovation, posted at: Oct 31st 2010, Comments: No CommentsTags: ADA, competition, design competition, House, LEED, neighborhood, New Orleans, Salvation Army
Reinvention Historical Water Tower in Belgium
The interior design firm Bham Design Studio’s reinvention of this Chateau d’eau historic structure took a modernist turn by preserving the industrial construction of the original structure and playfully inserting sparse living elements inside. The tower contains six floors, each of which contains a fascinating live/work space. The renovation is intriguing, challenging and unexpected a [...]
Category: Towers, posted at: Oct 31st 2010, Comments: No CommentsTags: Belgium, elements, furniture, interior, living spaces, staircase, storage
5 Floor Prefab for Vertical Urban Camping
The Export Architecture’s multi tiered mobile urban camping unit is designed to be implanted right into the heart of any city center for a truly unique camping experience. Import Export Architecture says that they see their pop-up, prefab accommodations as a place “where adventurous city wanderers can stay overnight, meet other campers and find a [...]
Category: Architecture,Innovation Designer, posted at: Oct 31st 2010, Comments: No CommentsTags: Architecture, Denmark, Export Architecture, IEA, inhabitat, Innovation Designer
Fantastic Design for Chicago Gateway
Envisioned by a student at the Illinois Institute of Technology, the project is located over Lake Shore Drive and was designed specifically for the location of the dormant Chicago Spire site, otherwise known as the “Giant Hole in the Ground”. It was eco tower with large vertical farm, mixed-use towers, and a residential tower all [...]
Category: Towers, posted at: Oct 31st 2010, Comments: No CommentsTags: Bridge, bridges, Chicago Gateway, Chicago Spire, commercial space, inhabitat, residential tower, roof
Moksha Tower as Vertical Cemetery for Mumbai
Designed by Yalin Fu & Ihsuan Lin, the majestic Moksha Tower in city of Mumbai, India would cater to the burial needs of the four major cultures/religions represented in the community (Hindu, Muslim, Christian and Parsi), while freeing up much needed ground space and introducing new areas of greenery into the city to help absorb [...]
Category: Skyscraper,Towers, posted at: Oct 30th 2010, Comments: No CommentsTags: greenery, India, interior, Mumbai
VanDusen Botanical Garden’s LEED Platinum Standards Design
The VanDusen Botanical Garden Visitor Centre in Vancouver, Canada was designed by Busby Perkins + Will to reflect the very nature its botanical gardens, and it relies on plants to amplify its green status. The building is anticipated to be completed the spring of 2011 and has been designed to LEED Platinum standards, featuring a [...]
Category: Innovation Designer, posted at: Oct 30th 2010, Comments: No CommentsTags: atrium, botanical gardens, Busby Perkins, Canada, energy consumption, Innovation Designer, LEED, Living Building, roof, water recycling, zero-energy
Fasciating v100 Mod Box Prefab Design
The v100 Mod Box system by Phoenix restaurateur Vincenz Saccento is based on 10 ft x 10 ft x 10 ft boxes that can be assembled into any shape to create practically any structure from a home to an office, studio, or they could even be grouped together to make a hotel. The boxes can [...]
Category: Home,Innovation Designer, posted at: Oct 30th 2010, Comments: No CommentsTags: construction materials, energy efficient design, glass walls, Innovation Designer, living space, low maintenance, Mod Box, shape, Tempur Pedic, TV, Vincenz Saccento
Gorgeous Two Seasons Hotel in Norway
The Two Seasons Hotel situated in the center of Stavanger, Norway was designed by JDS Architects. It’s appearing almost like an M.C. Escher drawing from above, the square building is crowned with an undulating green roof that dips towards the historic section of town and rises dramatically on the far side to address a nine-story [...]
Category: Apartment, posted at: Oct 30th 2010, Comments: No CommentsTags: garden space, hotel rooms, interior, JDS, Norway, parking garage, roof, shape
New Zamet Center Green Design as Croatian Sports Center
Designed by Studio 3lhd, the new Zamet Center in the Croatian city of Rijeka is a public square topped with a series of undulating buildings interspersed with energy saving green roofs. The design allow full pedestrian access to the community spaces without overwhelming the neighborhood with its scale. One third of the facility is located [...]
Category: Campus, posted at: Oct 29th 2010, Comments: No CommentsTags: green roofs, interior, neighborhood, office spaces, open space, roofs, square meter, walkways
Amazing Green Residence Infill in London
Designed by Amenity Space, the four story home that been new addition unites two different period buildings with a modern sensibility that makes amazing use of space. it located in the Islington area of London is decked out with sustainable strategies and was built for a modest £220,000, making it the only affordable home in [...]
Category: Home,House, posted at: Oct 29th 2010, Comments: No CommentsTags: Amenity Space, facade, green architecture, House, interior, london, recycled materials, solar passive design, sustainable strategies
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