Branson School Student Commons by Turnbull Griffin Haesloop in USA

Turnbull Griffin Haesloop has completed building projects Branson School in Ross, CA, USA. Branson School is an independent high school that occupies seventeen hectares of hilly areas in a residential community north of San Francisco. The new 7550 sf Student Commons building is located in a narrow valley in the middle of campus, along the [...]

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New Low-energy office building of Energinet.dk By Henning Larsen in Ballerup, Denmark

This building will be located in the business district located in Pederstrupvej in Ballerup. The development process is expected to be completed in 2011. Simple architectural design has resulted in a building that is flexible and easy to understand consists of three elements: the ground floor meeting room, atrium uniting and workstations on the floor [...]

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Wall house By FAR frohn&rojas in Lampa, Santiago, Chile

Wall house innovation in home design, sustainable through the skin soft. Based on four layers, between which the results of the housing, each layer offers a very specific structural, material, function, atmosphere, or the quality of climate and contribute to hierarchical smart-budget projects is limited: while the innermost zone contains the most demanding home functionality [...]

Tags: Architecture, Building materials, Chile architecture, Concrete, Construction, energy, Environment, Formwork, Masonry, Plywood, solar energy

Slunakov Center for Ecological Activities By Projektil Architekti in Olomouc, Czech Republic

Slunakov – Olomouc city of Ecological Activity Center was designed as part of a project entitled “Slunakov, facilities, ecological activities – biocenter education”, which is located northwest of Olomouc, in the valley of the River Morava. This facility will be used to educate the public about the environment and processes and to support community environmental [...]

Tags: Czech Republic architecture, Ecological Activity Center, Education, energy-efficient buildings, Environment, Environmental education, Low-energy building, Olomouc, Olomouc District, Projektil Architekti, River Morava, solar energy, Sustainability, Sustainable building

Eco Boulevard in Vallecas By Ecosistema Urbano in Pau de Vallecas, Vial C-91, Madrid, Spain

Air Tree is an independent lightweight structure in terms of energy and can be dismantled. It consumes only what can be produced by photovoltaic solar energy collection systems. Selling this energy to generate electricity network superavit on the annual balance sheet and this is reinvested in maintaining the structure itself. This is just a model [...]

Tags: Alternative energy, Ecosistema Urbano, electricity network superavit, energy, Energy conversion, Environment, Greenhouse, model for resource management, photovoltaic solar energy collection systems, Photovoltaics, solar energy, Spain architecture, technology architecture

Green Bird Island in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia by Graft

The Green Island in Kuala Lumpur is an exlusive resort that exist in Sentul Park, Malaysia which become the development executive to the Sentul West community. The design of this resort includes a highly reflective tensile silicon coated fabric skin which guides the residents views out to the park as well as 50% of solar [...]

Tags: development executive, Environment, Green Island, Hospitality/Recreation, Klang Valley, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Sentul, Sentul Park, solar energy