Architects: Plan B - Felipe Mesa, Alejandro Bernal + JPRCR - Camilo Restrepo, J. Paul Restrepo Collaborators: Viviana Peña, Catalina Patiño, Carolina Gutiérrez, Lina Gil, Jorge Buitrago Location: Botanical Garden, Medellín, Colombia Client: Medellin Botanical Garden Builder: Ménsula S.A. Project start: 2005 Completion: 2006 Budget: 523 US$ / m2 Constructed Area: 4.200 sqm Materials: Wood, Steel ..
Wall house innovates on house design, through a sustainable soft skin. This house was awarded the 2007 AR Emerging Awards and selected as one of the 2008 Record Houses by Architectural Record. Name: Wall House Location: Lampa, Santiago, Chile Completion: 2007 Project Team: FAR frohn&rojas - Marc Frohn, Mario Rojas Toledo, Amy Thoner, Pablo Guzman, Isabel Zapata Structural Planning Wood: Ingewag ..
Architects: R&Sie(n)- Paris Location: Nîmes, France Construction year: 2007 Architects team: François Roche, Stéphanie Lavaux, Jean Navarro avec Nicolas Green Area: 450 sqm interior, 2000 sqm exterior laberinth Clients: Urbain y Elisabeth Souriau Budget: 700.000 EURO (US $1.07 million) Photographs: R&Sie(n) Scenario: 1) Over density of existing forest plantation (trees will be at the right level..
C. F. Møller Architects' design for a 60 residence passive housing scheme has been said by judges in a concept competition to raise, 'important issues about how existing and future masterplans can or should enable on-site renewable energy generation'. The firm was one of 5 consortia to generate a proposal for the pilot-project Housing+, designed for the Aalborg waterfront in Denmark. C. F. Mølle..
When mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that he wanted to make New York the foremost eco city in the USA his announcement was met with a certain amount of incredulity. At first glance supplying the major energy needs of a city with a population of ten million by wind power sounds like a rather foolhardy dream. However, it shouldn't be forgotten that this is the United States, a place where the 'A..
MAD Architects, china, urban forest, urban design, green roof, residential building, nature, inspired by nature, forest, stacked forest Inspired by mountainous Chinese landscapes and the traditional villages built their hillsides, MAD Architects has unveiled plans to create a towering vertical Urban Forest. Designed for Chongqing, China, the projects consists of a stacked vertical forest set in ..
Radical Craft was awarded third for their proposal Soms Atoll for the World Sustainability Center (one of the winning proposals by KOW was previously featured on AD). For the project, the architects questioned the possibility of the World Sustainability Centre in Friesland creating a new interpretation of the relationship between the man-made and the natural. The Soms Atoll operates at the scale..
Los ganadores del segundo concurso europeo Holcim Awards para proyectos y visiones en el ámbito de la construcción sostenible han sido anunciados en una ceremonia en Madrid. El total de 270.000 USD en premios se entregó a diez proyectos que presentaban lo último en enfoques ecológicos y sostenibles de la industria de la construcción. La Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction realiza el c..
August 31st, 2008 Harmonia 57 by French-Brazilian architects Triptyque is an office building in Sao Paulo with a planted facade irrigated by a mist system. Plants grow in ¡°pores¡± set into the concrete facade and will eventually cover the building. The Harmonia 57 concept will be on show at Venice Architectural Biennale from 13 September, as part of the French Pavilion. More information about t..
CSET/Centre for Sustainable Energy Technologies by mc-architects in Ningbo, China text by Pascal Panagiotidis for Yatzer Architectural projects with minimum environmental impact are quite a necessity nowadays and we are glad to welcome every such effort. The Centre for Sustainable Energy Technologies (CSET) designed by Mario Cucinella Architects meets all the requirements using all nature’s reso..
