Green Gadget fans have been waiting for the holy green grail of gadgets for awhile now: the solar-powered mobile phone. And now it seems that Samsung has finally delivered on this promise with their brand new Blue Earth phone. Blue Earth is a gorgeous green touch phone that has a full solar panel on its back which can generate enough power to charge the phone. And yes - the gadget is still small..
New Country House - Fernden Lane, Haslemere, West Sussex Since its conception the project has been driven by the idea that a design of exceptional value can become an important heritage for the area in which it is located. Moreover if the landscape surrounding the site is of outstanding natural beauty then there is potential for a strategic synergy where the two components, natural and manmade, ..
Architects: NL Architects - Pieter Bannenberg, Walter van Dijk, Kamiel Klaasse Location: Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China Project leader: Michael Schoner Project team: Jung-Hwa Cho, Gen Yamamoto, Florent Le Corre, Wei-Nien Chen, Amadeo Linke Structural Engineer: ABT Delft, Walter Spangenberg Climate Consultant: DGMR, Paul van Bergen Design year: 2008 Construction year: 2009 Curator: Ai Weiwei, Beiji..
Architects: Enrique Browne y Asociados Arquitectos Location: Concepción, Chile Associated Architect: Patricio Browne Collaborators: Enrique C. Browne, Sebastián Morandé, Davor Pavlovic Project year: 2003-2004 Site Area: 1,096 sqm Constructed Area: 3,789 sqm Structural Consultants: Ruiz y Saavedra Ingenieros Contractor: Ignacio Hurtado y Cia. Technical Inspection: Juan Eduardo Mujica Photographs:..
FARO architecten bv just shared with us their latest project, the winning entry for a sustainable residential tower design competition. Text from the architects and more images after the break. The city of Almere organized a design competition for urban villas and a residential tower for the Cascade park. These designs needed to fit within the ambition to develop the Cascade park as a ‘window of..
Architects: R&Sie(n) Location: Évolène, Switzerland Creative Team: François Roche, Stéphanie Lavaux, Jean Navarro Engineer: Guscetti & Tournier, Geneva Interior Design: R&Sie(n) + Mathieu Lehanneur (furnitures) Museum design concept and apparatus: Mathieu Lehanneur Key dimensions: 1,000 sqm Client: Maison des Alpes, Public Foundation Photographs: ©François Roche/R&Sie(n) “Mais voilà qu’en traver..
Swiss architects group8 with Guscetti & Tournier structural engineering have completed an aviary in the Bois de la Bâtie public park in Geneva, Switzerland. The aviary is situated on a separate island which limits the access of visitors, who follow a path around the aviary to view birds from all directions. The structure consists of 16 unique, tree-like, steel pillars supporting a concrete roof...
Victoria University School of Design student Brittany Bell has designed a conceptual seed archive in Wellington, New Zealand. “Seeds will be stored in the event of a future apocalypse,” explains Bell, who goes on to say that “Structure is a plant that has grown from the city.” The following text is from Brittany Bell: – Every year more and more species of plants are becoming endangered or extinc..
Architect: Vector Architects Location: Beijing, China Project Year: 2008 Client: CR Land Design Partner in Charge: Gong Dong Managing Partner in Charge: Hongyu Zhang Project Architect: Shuo Li Site Area: 500 sqm Photographs: Vector Architecture Design Concept: The project is a “temporary” Green Technology Showroom of 3-year use for one of CR Land’s (华润置地) residential projects in Beijing. The ide..
