Eco Friendly & Sustainable Living
courtyard, Tag
- Travertine and teak sustainably ground a modern home into a harsh coastal climate Fri, 4 Oct 19, 12:30amBuilt to look like an extension of the landscape, the Point Nepean Residence in the town of Portsea, Australia is a sustainably crafted home designed to withstand extreme coastal weather...
- LEED Platinum Sitka captures the Pacific Northwest spirit with a lush, fog-enabled courtyard Thu, 3 Oct 19, 4:30amLocal architectural practice Runberg Architecture Group has raised the bar for sustainable design in Seattle with the completion of Sitka, a LEED Platinum-certified multifamily development on target to achieve Seattle’s...
- Casa I combines traditional courtyard typology with modern construction in Chile Wed, 28 Aug 19, 12:30amSantiago-based architects Alfredo Thiermann and Sebastián Cruz of architecture office Thiermann Cruz Arquitectos have completed a home that celebrates Chile’s once-popular courtyard housing typology — a residential style...
- Dramatic cliffs shape a luxe solar-powered getaway in Montana Thu, 25 Jul 19, 4:30amNear Whitefish, Montana, Seattle-based firm Cushing Terrell Architects Engineers designed the Confluence House, a contemporary eco-conscious getaway that feels like a natural extension of the landscape...
- Passive solar home makes the most of a difficult, triangular site in Sydney Thu, 18 Jul 19, 5:30amWhen asked to renovate and expand a home on a challenging triangular lot in Sydney, local architectural practice studioplusthree decided to build upward to make the most of the awkward site...
- Breezy brick house with a ground-floor cafe mimics the shape of a cuckoo clock Wed, 17 Jul 19, 3:30amIn the coastal Vietnamese city of Da Nang, Ho Chi Minh City-based architectural firm Tropical Space has combined a single-family home with a coffee shop to create an architecturally striking mixed-use building that evokes...
- Porous brick walls keep this bold Vietnamese home naturally cool Fri, 12 Jul 19, 5:30amIn an effort to beat the tropical heat in southern Vietnam’s Long An province, Ho Chi Minh City-based architecture firm Tropical Space created a home that maximizes natural ventilation...
- UNStudio wins bid to design new future-proofed Business School at UCA Epsom Sat, 6 Jul 19, 5:30amUNStudio and its team of collaborators have won a competition design a new extension for the Business School for the Creative Industries at UCA Epsom in Farnham, England...
- Architects envision sustainable bamboo mass housing for Malaysia Wed, 3 Jul 19, 1:30amOvershadowed by steel, brick and concrete, bamboo is no longer a major material for everyday Malaysian construction. Yet Cyberjaya-based architectural firm Eleena Jamil Architect believes that the sustainable material should...
- Green-roofed infill rental fills a gap in Vancouvers housing crisis Wed, 29 May 19, 5:30amIn light of Vancouver’s housing crisis, local architectural firm Haeccity Studio Architecture has transformed a 1950s bungalow in the city’s West End neighborhood into Comox Infill, a contemporary multi-family development...
- A welcoming healthcare center in New Delhi follows passive design principles Thu, 2 May 19, 2:30amNew Delhi-based architecture and interior design firm VYOM has completed the Dental Care Centre, a recently opened healthcare facility in New Delhi that offers much more than a teeth cleaning...
- Worlds first upcycled high-rise is proposed for Copenhagen Thu, 2 May 19, 3:30amDanish architecture firms Lendager Group and TREDJE NATUR want to prove that building tall doesn’t need to come at the cost of the environment or human comfort...
- Dramatic domino-effect facade wraps BIG-designed business school Tue, 30 Apr 19, 2:30amBjarke Ingels Group has unveiled images of the stunning Business Innovation Hub at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Designed in collaboration with Goody Clancy Architects, the recently completed 70,000-square-foot...
- Twin timber buildings draw inspiration from traditional Japanese shrines Tue, 2 Apr 19, 7:30amLocal architectural firm Yuji Tanabe Architects recently completed twin timber buildings on a historic street in the Japanese city of Kamakura. In deference to the existing street architecture and the city’s Great Buddha...
- Breezy brick home in India houses multiple generations under one roof Tue, 5 Mar 19, 2:30amNew Delhi architectural practice Vir.Mueller Architects recently completed the Singh Residence, an experimental house built primarily from brick. Located in Noida just outside New Delhi, the home serves as a prototype for...