http://www.arkitectrue.com ArkitecTrue is dedicated to architectural thinking by Yelda Horozoglu Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:00:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 en http://www.arkitectrue.com/earth-hour/ http://www.arkitectrue.com/earth-hour/#comments Sat, 29 Mar 2008 17:32:09 +0000 admin http://www.arkitectrue.com/earth-hour/ I am sure most of you already know about the Earth Hour, and have seen Google’s site in black. Today ArkitecTrue encourages everyone to join millions of people around the world in making a statement about climate change by turning off your lights for Earth Hour, an event created by the World Wildlife Fund. Earth [...]]]> http://www.arkitectrue.com/earth-hour/feed/ http://www.arkitectrue.com/the-concrete-house/ http://www.arkitectrue.com/the-concrete-house/#comments Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:30:20 +0000 admin http://www.arkitectrue.com/?p=314 Australian Architects Peter Poulet and Michael Harvey contemplate concrete’s green side with The Concrete House, a free-flowing assembly of gravity-secured precast columns and slabs that the designers call a “commitment to living sustainablyâ€?. With renewable energy systems, a green roof, rainwater harvesting and waste minimization, the design tries to prove that concrete is an environmentally [...]]]> http://www.arkitectrue.com/the-concrete-house/feed/ http://www.arkitectrue.com/the-energy-saving-adapters/ http://www.arkitectrue.com/the-energy-saving-adapters/#comments Thu, 05 Jul 2007 18:13:10 +0000 admin http://www.arkitectrue.com/?p=260 The Energy Saving Adapters - EDF - by Gilles Belles not only look good but have some smarts behind them too. The standby mode of the electrical appliances can represent up to 10% of the electric consumption of housing (except heating). This adaptor displays useless energy consumption due to standby and automatically turns off office [...]]]> http://www.arkitectrue.com/the-energy-saving-adapters/feed/ http://www.arkitectrue.com/rotating-tower/ http://www.arkitectrue.com/rotating-tower/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2007 17:23:51 +0000 admin http://www.arkitectrue.com/?p=207 Architect Glenn Howells‘ design for Time Residences in Dubai is getting everyone’s attention. 30-storey apartment tower is powered by solar energy, the entire building turns through 360 degrees over the course of seven days. The building will contain 200 one- to four-bedroom apartments. A statement from the architect, Glenn Howells, follows: “The is an [...]]]> http://www.arkitectrue.com/rotating-tower/feed/ http://www.arkitectrue.com/197/ http://www.arkitectrue.com/197/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2007 03:18:42 +0000 admin http://www.arkitectrue.com/?p=197 In this Earth Day weekend, join “Project Switch“. Save energy by switching your inefficient incandescent light bulbs! This weekend Discovery Channel aired New York Times columnists Thomas Friedman’s documentary Green is the New Red, White, and Blue. In his extensive article in NYT, The Power of Green, Friedman proposes that alternative energy strategies and environmentalism will [...]]]> http://www.arkitectrue.com/197/feed/ http://www.arkitectrue.com/lets-be-green/ http://www.arkitectrue.com/lets-be-green/#comments Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:00:32 +0000 admin http://www.arkitectrue.com/?p=177 Finally people realized the real danger to the planet earth and now everyone is talking about “greenâ€? and “environmentâ€? and “energy-efficiencyâ€?. Architects around the world are competing to design the most environmental friendly and energy-efficient homes. We should all do our parts. As an everyone-can-do example; couple weeks ago the manager of the apartment complex [...]]]> http://www.arkitectrue.com/lets-be-green/feed/ http://www.arkitectrue.com/tomorrow%e2%80%99s-garden-city/ http://www.arkitectrue.com/tomorrow%e2%80%99s-garden-city/#comments Wed, 21 Feb 2007 05:42:11 +0000 admin http://www.arkitectrue.com/?p=65 Letchworth Garden City Heritage Foundation and North Hertfordshire Homes, in partnership with the Royal Institute of British Architects, are delighted to promote “Tomorrow’s Garden City: A Sustainable Approach to Modern Livingâ€?. Vision The ambition is to deliver high-quality, environmentally friendly, groundbreaking housing in Letchworth Garden City. Objectives To bring forward a series or selection of housing designs for implementation [...]]]> http://www.arkitectrue.com/tomorrow%e2%80%99s-garden-city/feed/ http://www.arkitectrue.com/americas-greenest-buildings/ http://www.arkitectrue.com/americas-greenest-buildings/#comments Sun, 11 Feb 2007 05:25:31 +0000 admin http://www.arkitectrue.com/?p=64 Does your office environment get you down? Then you might want to consider working with Tom Hicks. A vice president at the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), which awards ratings to buildings that achieve environmentally friendly targets, Hicks has the fortune to work in a building that has achieved “gold” status, and on a floor [...]]]> http://www.arkitectrue.com/americas-greenest-buildings/feed/ http://www.arkitectrue.com/green-roof-tiles-by-toyota-roof-garden/ http://www.arkitectrue.com/green-roof-tiles-by-toyota-roof-garden/#comments Mon, 25 Dec 2006 09:59:56 +0000 admin http://www.arkitectrue.com/?p=38 While green roofs may be universally accepted as wonderfully sustainable landscapes for a myriad reasons, the thought of installing one atop your own home may nevertheless seem daunting, expensive, and difficult to maintain. But the folks from Toyota Roof Gardens (a subsidiary of the Prius-creating car company) have solved your green roof installation qualms with [...]]]> http://www.arkitectrue.com/green-roof-tiles-by-toyota-roof-garden/feed/ http://www.arkitectrue.com/led-architecture/ http://www.arkitectrue.com/led-architecture/#comments Thu, 23 Nov 2006 05:04:05 +0000 admin http://www.arkitectrue.com/?p=17 LED ArchitectureLight-emitting diodes, or LEDs, are reinventing the look and feel of skylines, bridges, facades and other architectural surfaces around the globe. The light bulb is being unscrewed by energy-efficient LEDs that are both environmentally friendly and cost-effective. The $10.2 billion industry is growing to provide new design options for architects and planners. This Barcelona [...]]]> http://www.arkitectrue.com/led-architecture/feed/