Sustainability

Sustainability

Brooks + Scarpa

Yin-Yang House Location of Project:                 Venice, CA Total Square Footage:             4200 sq. ft. Total Cost:  $1.7 mil The Yin-Yang House is a net-zero energy single-family home in a quiet Venice, CA....

A benchmark in North America

Innovative sustainable home near St. Louis certified as industry’s first Active House An innovative sustainable building project near St. Louis, Missouri, has been certified as the first Active House in North....

Wood Solutions – Innovations and Opportunities for the 21st Century

By Adam Robertson, M.A.Sc., EIT When Gustave Eiffel, proposed building a skeletal steel structure for the Paris World Fair, he was ridiculed by professional engineers and most of high society in....

Ahead of the curve

Sloot Construction’s custom home in Guelph receives first certification in Canada in new Energy Star for New Homes standard John Sloot realizes his company is a step ahead when it....

Attention to [green] detail

  SevernWoods Construction works with eco-minded couple for award-winning renovation of  1950s home By Greg McMillan Completing a successful green renovation of an older home is easier than most people think. Look no further....

STUDIO NICOLETTI ASSOCIATI – The fleet of Putrajaya

Putrajaya residential waterfront development Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2008 – 2013 Under construction; International competition, first prize; Cityscape Dubai international award 2008; Cityscape Asia Singapore international award 2009. Project Studio Nicoletti Associati and Hijjas Kasturi Associates SDN. Client Putrajaya Holdings Ltd.,....

ATENASTUDIO – Landscape and Waterscape

At the heart of Atenastudio’s mixed use building complex in China Atenastudio, in collaboration with Archmaster studio, has developed a master plan for a new district in Wuxi, China. The plan would....

The Remington Centre: Canada’s Largest Geothermal Retail Destination

Recent years have seen many major shopping centres in the GTA undergo significant revitalization initiatives, but few developers have decided to completely rebuild. Building from the ground up affords the....

ONYX SOLAR

Building Integrated Photovoltaic   “Solar architecture is not about fashion, it’s about survival”  Sir Norman Foster Buildings are responsible for 40% of global energy consumption and the solutions proposed by this company are heading....

LAVA – Snowflake Tower

ARCHITECT LAVA - Laboratory for Visionary Architecture Chris Bosse, Tobias Wallisser, Alexander Rieck www.l-a-v-a.net Sydney – Stuttgart – Abu Dhabi – Shanghai NAME OF PROJECT Snowflake Tower LOCATION Abu Dhabi, UAE Europe, Asia, Middle East DATE 2007 CLIENT PNYG|Marasi STATUS Feasibility study/concept design SIZE GFA 106.550 m2;....

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