Sustainable Architecture

Each apartment in the building will have a balcony planted with trees that are able to respond to the city's weather -- shade will be provided within the summer, while also filtering city pollution; and in the winter the bare trees will allow sunlight

In class today we learned about creating and manipulating shade through solar studies and various types and techniques of shading. We talked about the differences in radiation exposure over the se…

Romses Architects has designed “Harvest Green Project-02′ as a part of Vancouver ‘The 2030 Challenge’. Harvest Green Project is rooted in a concept...

Contentious Cottage - Sherwood Forest, Maryland - This project is located in a century-old community established as a summer retreat. Original cottages, averaging only 750 SF, were designed in the picturesque Adirondack rustic style employing green, horizontal siding, rustic locust post porches, railings and architectural ornament – all prescribed by design covenant. The design solution sinks the bulk of the new house into the steep grade under a green roof. From the approach, all that is…

This sparks the imagination - an urban agricultural conservatory - vincent-callebaut-architectures-wooden-orchids-shopping-center-china-designboom-02

Living Wall - vertical gardens. An example of the type of sustainable activity that could feature on Science Central

This house is amazing! From designboom: in a continued effort to produce ecologically conscious structures, the research center on zero emission buildings and design office snøhetta partnered up to…

Солнечный свет, как утверждают медики, тонизирует и возбуждает нервную систему, повышает тонус физиологических процессов в организме, т. е. влияет на его жизнедеятельность. Обмен веществ, дыхание, кро

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As if being a small island nation wasn’t enough, 73% of Japan’s land is occupied by uninhabitable mountainous regions. So flat land obviously comes at a premium. But one architect has now gone where others have tend to shy away: into the sloping side of a mountain. Completed earlier this year, Green