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,....
As promised
Projections for building’s energy performance from Ledcor Renew retrofit right on the mark
By Greg McMillan
Ledcor Renew probably went out on a limb when providing both construction and energy performance guarantees....
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....
A major plus
MADY goes far beyond the green norm as one of Canada’s premier real estate and construction companies
Perhaps the first thing that comes to mind when people talk about green....
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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....
A MAD, MAD world
Green, futuristic Chaoyang Park Plaza breaks ground in Bejing
From the architectural firm behind Absolute Towers in Mississauga – MAD – comes the news that Chaoyang Park Plaza, a realization of....
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....
A century based on trust
By Greg McMillan
When you’ve been in the construction business for 100 years, expect to deal with a few changes along the way.
So it’s no wonder M. Sullivan & Son Limited,....
