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The ultimate in luxury

Man-made floating Orsos Island combines the mobility of a yacht with the comfort of a mainland home By GREG McMILLAN It’s not a stretch to admit that, at one time or another,....

The Transformer

Louie Santaguida makes it his business to take building development to another level Luigi (Louie) Santaguida was looking at alternative building techniques and technologies long before his contemporaries.
So it comes as....

Phoenix Towers

chetwoods® architects The world’s tallest and super environmentally friendly structure to be built China At 1km high, Phoenix Towers for HuaYan Group in Wuhan, The City of a Thousand Lakes, will be....

A cultural anchor

Exhibition centre and people’s park in China is shaped like a lotus flower Located in the heart of Wujin, the burgeoning district of the city of Changzhou, in the southern....

Glimpse into a post-oil era

But Solar City Tower not expected to see the light of day for 2016 Rio Olympics By GREG McMILLAN You couldn’t say that Rafael Schmidt and his team from Zurich-based architecture and....

Made in Russia

Energy-efficient dome could provide disaster relief and be built on land or water With climate change trends constantly drawing more and more attention around the world, it’s no coincidence that architects....

NET ZERO STADIUM – Castro Mello Arquitetos

  Brazil’s showcase eco-arena expected to be a centrepiece of global attention By GREG McMILLAN Watch  Copa Verde movies: https://www.yousendit.com/download/UVJpYnU5NEgzeUlYRHRVag http://copaverde.com/copaverde/ThePlan__Home.html By the time the 2016 Olympic Games are underway in Brazil, the world will know....

Pushing the geothermal envelope

Innovative GeoSmart Energy earns solid reputation for expertise and knowledge By GREG McMILLAN There’s an adage used by sports teams that goes something like this: You’re only as good as the players....

HUMBER RIVER HOSPITAL

The future of healthcare: lean, green and digital Humber River Hospital, designed by HDR In 2008 the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care (MOHLTC) approved funding for Humber River Hospital (HRH),....

Archetype Sustainable House: Celebrating Five Years of Demonstration and Research

By Tracy Hanes and Tim Van Seters When it was constructed at the Kortright Conservation Centre in 2009, the Archetype Sustainable House (ASH) was intended to be a state-of-the-art "green" abode....

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