
Image courtesy Mikou design studio
Zero Energy School and Sports Complex, Saint Ouen – France
Architect : Mikou Design Studio
Salwa Mikou, Selma Mikou, Cécile Jalby, Iskra Pencheva, Samiel Musolino, Lorenzo Donati, Mickael Courtay
Client : City of Saint-Ouen
Programme : Elementary school, primary school, sports and recreation centre, cafeteria, administration, parking lot 38 places.
Budget : 11 M € HT
Surface : 4 820 m2 Gross Floor Area
Location : ZAC of the Docks in Saint-Ouen
Date : competition 2009, first prize, completion 2011 Read the rest of this entry »

Photo©Dietmar Tollerian
Hole 19 is a golf course’s clubhouse designed Xarchitekten from Austria. The golf course as an integrated design landscape and topography nestles up to the soft downs of the Mühlviertel. The club house merges with the landscape and integrates consistently into the natural surroundings, almost being completely absorbed by it. Read the rest of this entry »

All images & Diagrams Courtesy GRAFT
Bird Island from GRAFT. It’s interesting that they introduce a zero-energy house for an cosmopolitan client. Here is a from GRAFT.
We have applied an integrated strategy of developing a zero-energy house that seamlessly dovetails the economic and environmental advantages of environmentally friendly living with the needs of a demanding and cosmopolitan clientele. The environmental and economic features of this way of living do not conflict with our client’s lifestyle; rather it furthers their ability to comfortably enjoy their time at home.
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