published September 2, 2010 and has No Comments
images from Bustler The HP Skyline 2020 competition "outlined fresh visual imaginations for the skyline discarding preconceived notions" and "allowed students and professionals to partner and elucidate their visions and designs that would change the skyline thereby transforming the city itself." ... Read the full story on TreeHugger
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HP Competition Winner Has Rooftop Farms, Plugin Units
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published September 1, 2010 and has No Comments
Designing a space to serve multiple functions can be a challenge. British Columbia design studio Public had to learn about a whole new range of uses for Xthum, at Kwantlen Polytechnic University , where the Kwantlen, Semiahmoo, Tsawwassen and Katzie Nations needed a space for celebrating, feasting, storytelling, counselling, advising, studying, and relaxing. How do you fit that all ...
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published August 31, 2010 and has No Comments
We're big fans of Sarah Wigglesworth, the English architect who mixes green design with high style. Dezeen shows the James Leal Centre in Redbridge, London. Its defining feature is the monitor roof, which has solar thermal collectors on the south pitch, and monitor windows on the steeper north pitches. ... Read the full story on TreeHugger
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published August 30, 2010 and has No Comments
Magnetic Island house exterior Photo: Robin Gauld for Sanctuary magazine issue 12 When it came time for our architecture writer, Lloyd, to select the Best Shelter Magazine for TreeHugger's 2010 Best of Green Awards in Design and Architecture he quickly made his choice: Sanctuary Magazine, from Australia's Alternative Technology Association (ATA). Indeed he gushed, "so mu... Read the full ...
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published August 28, 2010 and has No Comments
An artist's rendition of a revamped "nullah." Image via Delhi Nullahs . Urban planner and architect Manit Rastogi has an idea that makes the High Line look like child's play: turning the 350 kilometers of storm water drains -- now mostly filled with untreated
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Sewers as Sidewalks: Delhi Ups the Urban Reuse Ante
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published August 24, 2010 and has No Comments
Image by author A few weeks ago I was walking around the WOMAD festival munching on Riverford Organic brownies and sipping from a Frank Water refillable bottle when I stumbled across the Roots Architecture camp and was immediately struck by the beauty of this sleek angular structure. Designed by Norwegian architecture practice TYIN Tegnestue this was one of four ...
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published August 23, 2010 and has No Comments
Georgian London, with green squares everywhere April recently wrote Bike-Happy, Ped-Friendly Cities Less Obese , but how do they get that way? George Monbiot writes that "We are, to a surprising extent, what the built environment makes us," quoting a series of studies which show trees make us more social, quiet areas are friendlier and vegetation reduces crime. He ...
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published August 20, 2010 and has No Comments
Long Studio. All images by Saunders Architecture We have been watching the career of Todd Saunders with interest; two years ago we called the Canadian expat living in Norway the Best of Green Young Architect . He has just completed this stunning artist's studio on Fogo Islan... Read the full story on TreeHugger
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published August 18, 2010 and has No Comments
One of the problems of modern prefab is to find a balance between the efficiency of standard plans and the flexibility of customization. Michelle Kaufmann gives us an exclusive preview of a new concept, where you mix and match different, but standard, boxes. To use a clothing analogy, most modern prefab designs were never really "off the rack" but ...
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published August 16, 2010 and has No Comments
Images via owners' website Most Passivhaus or Passive House designs we have shown on TreeHugger have tended to be modern, but Sarah Evans and Stuart Rue tell Green Building Advisor that "We wanted our house to fit in with the surrounding neighbourhood." At Jetson Green, a commenter make... Read the full story on TreeHugger
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