Archive for October, 2010
Peaceful Nassim Villas at Singapore
Zaha Hadid Architects just finished their latest project called Nassim Villas. It was a pair of luxurious garden-filled homes. It’s currently under construction on a lot that diagonally faces the Singapore Botanical Gardens, the modern structures are tied seamlessly into the hilly landscape with a series of terraces and ramps. An innovative cantilever add to [...]
Category: Design View,House, posted at: Oct 12th 2010, Comments: No CommentsTags: botanical gardens, elements, House, interior, Nassim Villas, rooftop terrace, Singapore, zaha hadid, zaha hadid architects
Fantastic Lego Shipping Container Skyscraper in Rotterdam
Kok Keong Tew & Linshou Wang design skyscrapers tha could adapt and change shape almost as easily as a stack of Legos. Consisting of a steel mega frame structure with slots that can be filled in with shipping containers, the yellow, red, blue and black building was inspired by Mondrian and the Dutch De Stijl [...]
Category: Containers,Skyscraper, posted at: Oct 11th 2010, Comments: No CommentsTags: density, elements, shape, Shipping Containers, skyscrapers
Fascinating Landhouse as Sloping Prefab Home
Landhouse is a series of prefabricated houses that feature sweeping green roofs that residents can treat as their own personal meadows. Its born from the wish of land artist Mark Merer to make sustainably built homes. Landhouses come in a number of different designs and are all constructed of SIPs (structural insulated panels). It’s make [...]
Category: Architect,Design View,Home,House, posted at: Oct 11th 2010, Comments: No CommentsTags: ground source, House, housing project, LANDHOUSE, Mark Merer, prefab home, prefabricated, solar panels
Fantastic Logistic City With Wind Powered in Shenzhen
Designed by Julien de Smedt Architects as a self-sustaining tower city, Logistic City is a massive greenery-filled vertical forest designed for the city of Shenzhen, China. In addition to being a tool for the reforestation of Shenzhen, the building will be adorned with wind turbines and roller coaster-like descending/inclinating trams. Standing 1,111 meters tall, It [...]
Category: Architects,Skyscraper, posted at: Oct 11th 2010, Comments: No CommentsTags: greenery, Logistic City, open spaces, recycling, Smedt Architects, wind turbines
Amazing Namba Park With Roof Garden
Namba Parks, a massive retail and office compund in Osaka, Japan, totally blasts away the boring stereotype of what a mall is supposed to look like. Built in the footprint of the old Osaka baseball stadium, the awesome development, which was completed in 2003 by the Jerde Partnership, has an eight level rooftop garden that [...]
Category: Innovation Designer, posted at: Oct 11th 2010, Comments: No CommentsTags: footprint, Innovation Designer, Jerde Partnership, Kansai Airport, Namba Parks, office tower, Osaka Stadium, rooftop garden, wikipedia
Fascinating Habana Outpost as Eco Restaurant in Brooklyn
Open from Earth Day to Halloween every year, the Habana Outpost in Fort Greene, Brooklyn has evolved over time to include many green design strategies, and it’s working to help the surrounding community as well. The Habana Outpost, which started in 2005, features a $40,000 solar installation on its outdoor patio. The array is grid-connected [...]
Category: Restaurant, posted at: Oct 10th 2010, Comments: No CommentsTags: architecture students, design strategies, Habana Outpost, inhabitat, NYC, rainwater collection system, Sean Meenan, solar
Luxurious Grid Modular Home in Sao Paulo
Designed by the Brazilian firm forte, gimenes & marcondes ferraz ARQUITETOS, Casa Grelha, or Grid House, stands up on stilts in a beautiful valley surrounded by a large swath of native forest that is permanently protected. Placed in the hills outside of Sao Paulo, this beautiful home consisting of timber beam units formed into a [...]
Category: Home,House, posted at: Oct 10th 2010, Comments: No CommentsTags: beautiful home, bedrooms, House, inhabitat, roofs, Sao Paulo, walkways
Magnificent Green Tree Home in Bulgaria
Situated in Zvezditsa, Bulgaria on a reclaimed illegal waste dump, this striking Large Home Tree is an experiment in self-sufficient housing that responds to its site and draws on local resources for all of its needs. The Home Tree concept was born from the house’s incorporated technology and Bignatov Studios‘ organic design approach. The home [...]
Category: Design View,Home,House, posted at: Oct 10th 2010, Comments: No CommentsTags: Bignatov Studio, Bulgaria, greenhouse, ground source heat pump, House, living space, Livingroom Design, roof, solar, solar thermal system
Fascinating Garden City K66 in Slovenia
Designed by OFIS Architects, the building may seem like one continuous, cohesive structure, but its pixelated look stems from the fact that its actually a series of 10m x 10m units stacked together like legos. The smart modular design affords tons of flexibility, and with spots of green throughout and a lush central park. This [...]
Category: Apartments,Design View,House,Shipping Container, posted at: Oct 10th 2010, Comments: No CommentsTags: House, modular housing, OFIS, residential apartments, rooftop gardens, Slovenia, wikipedia
Luxurious Eco Residences Banyan Tree Corniche Bay in Mauritius
Designed by Foster and Partners, these gorgeous eco-friendly residences for a community called Banyan Tree Corniche Bay in Mauritius integrate harmoniously with the lush landscape. The project makes use of indigenous materials and features beautiful undulating roofs like we just wish it was a reality and not just a concept. Foster and Partners worked in [...]
Category: Eco Design,House,Landscape, posted at: Oct 9th 2010, Comments: No CommentsTags: energy efficient design, House, inhabitat, La Gaulette, Landscape, Mauritius, Morne Brabant, ventilation
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