Eco Friendly & Sustainable Living
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- Henning Larsen to revitalize Brussels region with rooftop farming and co-housing Fri, 6 Apr 18, 7:30pmA post-industrial region in Brussels will find a new lease on life thanks to the vision of Henning Larsen Architects. The Dutch architecture firm, in collaboration with Architects A2RC, recently won a design competition to...
- Former car factory to house Brussels "Centre Pompidou" cultural hub Mon, 26 Mar 18, 3:43pmA former Citroën car factory will be transformed into a major cultural hub for Brussels—the KANAL - Centre Pompidou comprising a Museum of Contemporary Art, architecture center, and other public art spaces...
- A glowing glass lantern turns this energy-efficient office into a beacon Tue, 13 Mar 18, 8:39pmAbscis Architecten's Notary Office is a new building that exudes simplicity and tranquility with a environmentally conscious footprint. Located along Ghent’s Kortrijksesteenweg in Sint-Denijs-Westrem, the well-insulated...
- Glowing glass lantern turns this energy-efficient office into a beacon Tue, 13 Mar 18, 8:39pmAbscis Architecten completed Notary Office, a new office building that exudes simplicity and tranquility with a environmentally conscious footprint. Located along Ghent’s Kortrijksesteenweg in Sint-Denijs-Westrem, the well-insulated...
- Fish-friendly whirlpool turbine makes hydropower green again Fri, 9 Feb 18, 1:54amA company from Belgium wants to make hydropower green again. Turbulent's whirlpool turbine can be installed in most canals or rivers, harnessing flowing water to generate power for as many as 60 homes, according to Business...
- Adventuring Naya becomes first wolf sighted in Belgium in a century Wed, 24 Jan 18, 2:39amA female wolf originally from East Germany has traveled across Europe to arrive in Belgium, marking the country's first sighting in at least 100 years...
- You've got to see this freestanding office stuffed inside the shell of a historic chapel Fri, 19 Jan 18, 7:11am[...]
- A futuristic mirrored agora is landing in Brussels like a giant flying saucer Fri, 15 Dec 17, 12:59amCOBE and BRUT just unveiled competition-winning plans for Place Schuman, which will transform a busy roundabout in Brussels, Belgium into a vibrant urban space...
- This wild Brussels restaurant is topped with a tank of slithering eels Wed, 6 Dec 17, 11:27pmThis tiny restaurant in Brussels is topped with an aquaponic farm that grows eels! Leopold Banchini Architects designed the unique space where clients literally eat under the fish tank...
- Rammed-earth walls clad an observation tower to blend into a Belgian nature reserve Tue, 12 Sep 17, 6:30pmMother Nature has reclaimed a former gravel extraction area in Maasvalley Riverpark, a 2,500-hectare nature reserve straddling the Belgium-Netherlands border...
- Spectacular forestry dome shines like a gem in the woods of Belgium Wed, 26 Jul 17, 8:37pmLike a Russian Matryoshka doll, this shining dome houses another building within its shell. Architecture studio Philippe Samyn and Partners designed the compact, oval forestry building to respond to the irregular shape of...
- Cigarette factory reborn as a light-filled city hall in Brussels Tue, 21 Feb 17, 1:24amA building that once belonged to a cigarette factory has shed its smoky past for a new life in civil service. Mamout Architects, LD2 Architecture, and Stéphanie Willocx transformed the industrial structure into a two-story...
- Belgium rejects German call for nuclear plants closure Thu, 21 Apr 16, 1:32amBelgium’s nuclear safety agency says 40-year-old Tihange 2 and Doel 3 reactors meet ‘strictest possible safety requirements’
- Six semi-autonomous trucks just drove 1,300 miles across Europe Sat, 9 Apr 16, 12:00amSix partly-automated trucks drove together in a convoy for 1,300 miles across Europe, proving that a platoon is more efficient than a single soldier. In an experiment called the EU Truck Platooning Challenge, trucks representing...
- A sloping green roof hides the split level interior of Belgium’s discrete House Pibo Wed, 23 Mar 16, 2:00amThe sloping green roof is covered in several species of flowering plants that change appearance throughout the year. Its facade is sheathed in a rubber membrane that waterproofs the interior and gives an opaque look to the...