Mar 6, 2010 0
© KieranTimberlake/studio amd
U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Louis B. Susman, and Acting Director of the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations, Adam Namm, announced today that KieranTimberlake of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania has won the design competition for the New London Embassy. Read the rest of this entry »
Dec 23, 2009 0
Photo Courtesy of Steven Holl Architects
To be completed 2010, Vanke Center is a sustainable horizontal skyscraper from Steven Holl Architects.
Hovering over a tropical garden, this ‘horizontal skyscraper’ -as long as the Empire State Building is tall- unites into one vision the headquarters for Vanke Co. ltd, office spaces, apartments, and a hotel. A conference center, spa and parking are located under the large green, public landscape.
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May 1, 2009 0
Photograph ©Gabe Hanson
The Terry Thomas was designed by to provide a healthy and creative work environment that would illustrate the possibilities of sustainable design and was chosen as an AIA Committee on the Environment Top Ten Green Project for 2009. The project was driven by a future tenant who needed a new office space to accommodate a rapidly expanding architectural practice. The firm wanted to remain in the same neighborhood where it had operated for seventeen years, yet in a building that would exemplify commitment to sustainable design. Read the rest of this entry »
Mar 27, 2009 0
All Drawings
All photo©tomaz gregoric
Our friend OFIS has updated us small hut design called 6X11 Alpine. They demonstrate us a sustainable modification idea on previous design which has to cope with a very strict building regulations. Here is from architect:
The hut is situated in a small Alpine village, part of Triglav national park with very strict rules of construction and architectural design. The client bought the site together with existing construction permit for the generic project. Demand was not to change construction permit but change the elements of the house to suit his family, sustainable factor and open the windows toward the views.
