Eco Friendly & Sustainable Living
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- An eco-friendly island resort immerses guests in the wild beauty of northern Norway Wed, 24 Jul 19, 5:30amOn a remote island above the Arctic Circle, Norwegian architecture firm Stinessen Arkitektur has created the Manshausen Island Resort, an eco-friendly getaway with spectacular views that has also been recently expanded with...
- Carbon-neutral science museum in Sweden will be powered by bicycles Sat, 20 Jul 19, 5:30amDanish architectural firm COBE has unveiled designs for a new science museum in the Swedish university city of Lund that will be powered not only with rooftop solar energy but also with pedal power...
- Pentagonal Snhetta cabin overlooks breathtaking Oslo views Tue, 16 Jul 19, 12:30amBeautiful vistas aren’t the only treat awaiting hikers in Oslo’s Nordmarka forest — a Snøhetta-designed cabin has recently been added near one of the city’s most stunning viewpoints and can be booked online year-round...
- Prefab housing pods pop up with speed at Dyson Institutes modular village Tue, 9 Jul 19, 3:30amThe future of student housing may mean greater energy efficiency, faster construction times, and less waste if developers follow in the footsteps of the Dyson Institute of Engineering and Technology’s newly completed undergraduate...
- Selgascano designs plant-filled creative office campus for Second Home Hollywood Thu, 27 Jun 19, 12:30amLondon-based creative business Second Home is opening its first U.S. location that’ll deliver bold designs and a lush, jungle-like environment to Los Angeles. Set to open in September 2019, Second Home Hollywood will transform...
- Tiny prefab timber cabin in New Zealand designed to be serene art studio Sat, 8 Jun 19, 4:30amNew Zealand-based firm Copeland Associates have unveiled a gorgeous prefab timber cabin designed to provide a soothing off grid escape for those in need of a little quiet contemplation...
- Tiny prefab timber cabin in New Zealand designed to serene art studio Sat, 8 Jun 19, 4:30amNew Zealand-based firm Copeland Associates have unveiled a gorgeous prefab timber cabin designed to provide a soothing off grid escape for those in need of a little quiet contemplation...
- Playful gable-roofed home in Atlanta champions the power of CLT Sat, 18 May 19, 2:30amJennifer Bonner, architectural designer and director of MALL, has completed Haus Gables, a new ground-up residential project that was built almost entirely out of cross-laminated timber (CLT), an exceptionally strong wood...
- Ennead designs a striking nature preserve to protect Chinas most important river Tue, 26 Mar 19, 7:30amEnnead Architects and Andropogon Landscape Architects have won an international competition for the Shanghai Yangtze River Estuary Chinese Sturgeon Nature Preserve...
- This Norwegian alpine cabin fits together like a 3D timber puzzle Fri, 8 Feb 19, 2:30amA new treat awaits hikers in Hammerfest, Norway — perched high on a mountain is a contemporary hiking cabin engineered to provide comfort, views and architectural beauty above the Arctic Circle...
- Tham & Videgrd Arkitekter designs Swedish vertical village built from CLT Fri, 4 Jan 19, 2:30amStockholm-based architecture practice Tham & Videgård Arkitekter has unveiled designs for a new housing typology in Gothenburg, Sweden, that will be built from cross-laminated timber...
- Peek inside the tallest cross-laminated timber building in the US Thu, 3 Jan 19, 8:00amPortland, one of the leading cities for sustainability initiatives in the U.S., is now home to the nation’s tallest mass timber and cross-laminated timber (CLT) building. Designed by local design studio PATH Architecture,...
- RIBA crowns Children Village in Brazil as the worlds best new building Sat, 1 Dec 18, 8:00amOn the edge of a rainforest in northern Brazil, a recently built school complex by Brazilian architecture firms Aleph Zero and Rosenbaum has been awarded the RIBA International Prize 2018 for the ‘world’s best new building.’...
- Long Lodge is an elegant and sustainable mass timber retreat proposal in the woods Tue, 20 Nov 18, 8:00amMass timber construction is growing more popular thanks to efforts like the 2018 Maine Mass Timber Competition, which has prompted elegant and sustainable wood-based designs such as “Long Lodge,” a design concept that...
- Wooden skyscraper city proposed for Stockholms most eco-friendly neighborhood Thu, 6 Sep 18, 4:30amWhen Anders Berensson Architects was tapped by the Stockholm Center Party to design a new Stockholm neighborhood that would be the densest, tallest and most environmentally friendly in the city, the Swedish architecture firm...