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Urban Agency has unveiled plans for a residential high-rise in Vancouver, Canada, which boasts ambitious sustainable design elements. Defined by a stepped form that’s inspired by the region’s topography, the greenery covered building will be primarily … Continue reading Tree-covered high-rise shoots for stringent Passivhaus efficiency
Whether creating an art depot that looks like a mixing bowl, or a shopping mall shaped like a mountain, MVRDV always puts a unique spin on its projects. For Rotterdam’s Harbour Experience Centre, the firm has designed an eye-catching building consistin… Continue reading MVRDV stacks offset boxes for sustainable harbor visitor center
The Milan office of RMJM, designer of Europe’s tallest skyscraper, has won an architecture competition to create a new headquarters for Turkish manufacturing firm Sanko. Featuring an eye-catching overall form inspired by Turkey’s caves, the greenery co… Continue reading RMJM turns office workers into cave dwellers with Istanbul high-rise
High-profile architecture firm Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has revealed its design for a new travel center in Västerås, Sweden. The project will host much of the city’s major transport infrastructure services under an eye-catching undulating roof that wi… Continue reading Energy efficient travel center to be housed under a BIG roof
A new Ikea store planned for Copenhagen will feature a public rooftop park and pathways along with the usual selection of flatpack furniture. Designed by Dorte Mandrup, it will also boast significant energy efficient design, including a solar panel arr… Continue reading Energy efficient Ikea store conceived as green lounge for Copenhagen
Recent projects from Foster + Partners have seen the high-profile British firm enlivening its architecture with significant amounts of greenery, as in the Magdi Yacoub Global Heart Centre and One Beverly Hills, for example. This trend continues with Th… Continue reading Foster + Partners to plant a lush forest oasis on the edge of Bangkok
Commissioned to design a sustainable floating hotel, Margot Krasojević Architects produces a proposal that’s unconstrained by practicalities. The designer envisions making use of the massive amounts of plastic in the ocean as a building material.Contin… Continue reading Sprawling concept floats eco resort on piles of ocean garbage
UNStudio has revealed plans for an energy efficient extension to an existing conference center in the Netherlands. Named the Elysion Congress Centre, the ambitious redesign will add solar power, greenery, and additional floorspace, and will be defined … Continue reading UNStudio adds drama to conference center with cantilevered auditorium
Italian 3D-printing company WASP and partner Mario Cucinella Architects have successfully completed the TECLA 3D-printed house. Located outside of Bologna, Italy, in a small town called Massa Lombarda, TECLA is the first eco-sustainable housing model t… Continue reading First TECLA 3D-printed eco-home reaches completion
Nobody enjoys being stuck in an airport due to a delayed flight, though travelers to the Terminal 4 Bao’an International Airport will at least be able to do their waiting in an indoor garden the size of 40 tennis courts. Designed by Rogers Stirk Harbou… Continue reading Undulating airport terminal offers weary travelers an indoor garden