Eco Friendly & Sustainable Living
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- After two years of development, MVRDV has unveiled its competition entry for Chinese tech giant Tencent’s next campus — a green and futuristic smart city shaped like a continuous undulating mountain range...
- Henning Larsen unveils plans for Copenhagens first all-timber community Fri, 24 Jan 20, 3:30amA sustainable, nature-filled neighborhood unlike any other in Denmark could soon take root just beyond Copenhagen’s city center. Scandinavian architecture firm Henning Larsen has collaborated with biologists and environmental...
- Hundreds of red plastic crates are repurposed into a public mosque in Indonesia Thu, 23 Jan 20, 5:30amOne green-thinking firm, Parisauli Arsitek Studio, has managed to find a way of giving new life to hundreds of discarded plastic crates. Located in Tangerang, Indonesia, the Kotakrat Pavilion is a 440-square-foot "Space of...
- CRA proposes reconfigurable roads and a floating garden to revitalize Luganos waterfront Wed, 22 Jan 20, 5:30amCarlo Ratti Associati (CRA) and Mobility in Chain (MiC) have unveiled a technologically savvy plan to better connect the Swiss city of Lugano with the beautiful Lugano Lake...
- BIG presents a sustainable living laboratory town in Japan for Toyota at CES Fri, 10 Jan 20, 2:30amAs part of CES 2020, Bjarke Ingels Group has unveiled exciting designs for its first project in Japan — the Toyota Woven City, a sustainable “living laboratory” at the foothills of Mt...
- Lush Sky Green towers are the first of their kind in Taichung Thu, 9 Jan 20, 3:30amTaichung, Taiwan has taken yet another step toward becoming a greener, more livable city with the recent completion of Sky Green, a sustainably minded, mixed-use development...
- BIG plans unveiled for pedestrian paradise in Downtown Brooklyn Sat, 4 Jan 20, 2:30amAfter nearly a year of research, Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) and WXY Studio have unveiled their visions for improving Downtown Brooklyn — a 370-acre urban district with updated streetscapes, plazas, and public spaces...
- Green-roofed sports center adds sculptural appeal to the Augustow riverfront Sat, 21 Dec 19, 3:30amPolish architecture firms PSBA and INOONI have recently completed a strikingly angular water sports center in the heart of Augustow, Poland that shows how architecture can double as a public sculpture...
- Carbon-neutral, prefab development targets sustainable urbanism for Rotterdams Rijnhaven area Fri, 20 Dec 19, 3:30amIn a bid to revitalize the area of Rijnhaven, a Rotterdam port dating back to 1895, Blueroom and Urban Crossovers have designed a proposal for a new, mixed-use development that could serve as a leading example of sustainable...
- MVRDV to transform Seouls concrete-dominated waterfront into a vibrant, green oasis Thu, 19 Dec 19, 5:30amSeoul has announced yet another inspiring eco-oriented urban project — a waterfront revitalization scheme designed by Dutch firm MVRDV. Dubbed “The Weaves,” the new public space will transform the Tancheon Valley and...
- Fuksas designs a zero-impact public square in the heart of Sofia Sat, 14 Dec 19, 5:30amItalian design firm Studio Fuksas has recently revealed designs for the new Sveta Nedelya Square, a “zero-impact” public space in the heart of Sofia, Bulgaria...
- Experimental, net-positive energy development in India is a prototype for future sustainable housing Fri, 13 Dec 19, 6:30amCommunities around the globe are struggling to find feasible options for affordable and sustainable housing to meet the needs of growing urban populations...
- MVRDV's garden oasis in Utrecht includes a green-roofed convention center Tue, 10 Dec 19, 4:30amMVRDV has unveiled designs to transform the underutilized area on the west side of Utrecht’s central station into “a garden in the city” with a new, green-roofed Jaarbeurs convention center...
- Shmas Bangkok Green Link wants to add over 30 miles of greenways to Bangkok Sat, 7 Dec 19, 6:30amAt the 2019 Thai Urban Designers Association exhibition, landscape architecture studio Shma unveiled the Bangkok Green Link, an urban revitalization proposal for boosting the livability of the Thai capital with over 30 miles...
- Luca Curci Architects proposes a self-sustainable Vertical City of the future Fri, 6 Dec 19, 2:30amItalian architecture firm Luca Curci Architects has unveiled the Vertical City, a futuristic proposal for urban development comprising a series of modular, zero-energy skyscrapers anchored into the ocean floor...