Archive for October, 2010
Elegant Flat Pack Prefab Cabins in Calgary
These modern prefab flat pack cabins that designed by Form and Forest design to set up in a snap in any remote location. Manufactured in a factory and designed by Vancouver based D’Arcy Jones Design, each cabin is shipped Ikea style to the location of your home, it also can be quickly assembled in a [...]
Category: Home,Innovation Designer, posted at: Oct 26th 2010, Comments: No CommentsTags: design features, environmental impact, inhabitat, Innovation Designer, interior, prefab home, prefabricated
Eden Project as World’s Largest Greenhouse
Located in Cornwall, the Eden Project was conceived by Tim Smit and designed by famed architect Nicholas Grimshaw. The covered biomes were inspired by the moon and are constructed from a tubular steel space frame clad with hexagonal panels made from a thermoplastic called ETFE. While ETFE is a type of plastic which is a [...]
Category: Eco Design,House, posted at: Oct 26th 2010, Comments: No CommentsTags: Eden Project, ETFE, House, Mediterranean Biome, Outdoor Biome, Tropical Biome
Gorgeous Shopping Pillow Terraces in Slovenia
Designed by OFIS Arhitekti for a busy pedestrian street in the center of the city, the Shopping Pillow Terraces also include a pedestrian passage into a public park behind the building. The flowing mixed use building wrapped in an intricate metal mesh was recently approved for construction in Slovenia’s Ljubljana City Center. This seven story [...]
Category: Apartments,Innovation Designer,Store, posted at: Oct 26th 2010, Comments: No CommentsTags: atrium, inhabitat, Innovation Designer, OFIS, Post Office, residential apartments, shopping, Slovenia
San Fransisco’s Belles Townhomes Gets LEED Platinum
The San Francisco’s first LEED Platinum certified multi family housing units designed and built in a modern vernacular by Kieran Timberlake and LivingHomes. It’s named The Belles Townhomes. The seven unit residential building is located right next to the Presidio Landmark on some of the most beautiful land in the city. With solar panels on [...]
Category: Home,House, posted at: Oct 26th 2010, Comments: No CommentsTags: House, Kieran Timberlake, LEED, Presidio Landmark, radiant floor heating, rainwater collection, residential building, roof, San Fransisco, solar
Elegant Renewed Warehouse in San Fransisco
The original building dates back to the 1860s and is one of the first and most used port buildings in San Francisco, housing imports such as tea, coffee, rice and silk for nearly a century. The wear and tear of the original brick walls has been mitigated by a light structure of seismic reinforcing that [...]
Category: House, posted at: Oct 25th 2010, Comments: No CommentsTags: Floor View, glass walls, House, inhabitat, interior, living spaces, Livingroom Design, master bedroom, San Francisco, San Fransisco
One Tonne Life project for Low Carbon Living
The One Tonne Life project was started and sponsored by Swedish wooden home builder A-hus, renewable energy firm Vattenfall and car maker Volvo. Designed for a four person family, the One Tonne Home is an experiment in low carbon living. The home includes many hallmarks of solar passive design, including a tight building envelope, thick [...]
Category: Home,House, posted at: Oct 25th 2010, Comments: No CommentsTags: Bathroom Design, building envelope, Diningroom Design, Electrical Garage, energy efficient appliances, House, LED, Livingroom Design, solar, solar passive design
New Glasgow School of Art Building by Steven Holl
Designed by Steven Holl, the Glasgow School of Art just announced thei new design for new studio, teaching and research building. The project focuses on reducing energy use by providing daylight infiltration deep within the building. Recycled glass is used exclusively throughout the entire facade of the art school building, and the interior spaces are [...]
Category: Design View, posted at: Oct 25th 2010, Comments: No CommentsTags: facade, interior, interior spaces, JM, Mackintosh Building, recycled, School, Steven Holl
Chicago’s High Rise Solstice on the Park
Architects from Studio Gang have designed an entire high rise building based on the optimum angle with solar access and shading as its core concept. Aside from maximizing energy efficiency through passive solar design and being absolutely beautiful the angular surfaces also create a shimmering prismatic effect, Solstice on the Park will be aiming for [...]
Category: Apartment,Apartments,Architects,Office, posted at: Oct 25th 2010, Comments: No CommentsTags: dwellings, Jackson Park, living space, passive solar design, shading, smart design, solar, structure design, Studio Gang
Gorgeous Investment Council Headquarters Towers for Abu Dhabi
Aedas, one of the world’s largest architectural practices, joined up with Arup to design the Abu Dhabi Investment Council Headquarters Towers, a set of twin towers outfitted with a crystalline honeycomb shell that protects the buildings from the sun. The Investment Council Headquarters will be located near Al Qurum Beach in the eastern district of [...]
Category: Design View,Towers, posted at: Oct 24th 2010, Comments: No CommentsTags: abu dhabi, evolo, facade, heat gain, skyscrapers, solar heat gain, two towers
Skylifter Balloon as Sky Crane
The Skylifter is a helium balloon sky crane capable of moving and placing equipment and prefab buildings in remote areas. Currently often the only way to get equipment into remote areas is by helicopter, and the largest ones are only capable of transporting 20 tons. The Skylifter promises a payload of a whopping 150 tons [...]
Category: Innovation Designer, posted at: Oct 24th 2010, Comments: No CommentsTags: inhabitat, Innovation Designer, prefab homes, sustainable building, Voith Schneider
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