Happy Earth Day…
Here are some updates from the Earth Day that caught my eye.
AIA Committee on the Environment (COTE) announced the Top 10 Green Projects. No projects from Los Angeles, CA. Nueva School Hillside Learning Complex (Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects) San Francisco, CA is awarded.
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Happy Earth Day
Apr
Earth Hour
Mar
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.
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T-Bone House
Nov
Zlatko Antolovic and Alexander Wendlik’s practice COAST completed the T-Bone house last summer. At a modest 150 square metres, this family home near the German town of Waiblingen mixes environmentally friendly technology like Geothermal heating
The Concrete House
Sep
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 sustainably”. With renewable energy systems, a green roof, rainwater harvesting and waste minimization, the design tries to prove that concrete is an environmentally [...]
Dynamic Architecture
Apr
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.
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Earth Day Pledge to Switch
Apr
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.
Let’s be green
Apr
Finally people realized the real danger to the planet earth and now everyone is talking about “green” and “environment” and “energy-efficiency”. Architects around the world are competing to design the most environmental friendly and energy-efficient homes. We should all do our parts.
Tomorrow’s Garden City
Feb
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 Living”.
Green Roof Tiles by Toyota Roof Garden
Dec
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.
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