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Energy efficiency on steroids

Silverado Custom Homes takes on state-of-the-art project in Toronto's Lawrence Park By Greg McMillan With a touch of secrecy and intrigue, Silverado Custom Homes is undertaking an ambitious project that should....

A fine line along the cutting edge

Centra Homes incorporates green features that blend newest techniques with consumer demands Centra Homes may be a relatively “young” company, but its president has already learned a very valuable lesson –....

Making waves

Waterfront Toronto gaining international attention for green building, sustainable strategies By Greg McMillan While it’s likely a given that the main buzz about green building and sustainable strategies has only been picking....

A little bit of this, a little bit of that

Multi-use building in Jakarta combines need for green space with higher density development The developer of a site in Jakarta, Indonesia was confronted with a quandary. Wijaya Karya, of Benhil Property, wanted....

STUDIO CACHOUA TORRES CAMILLETTI

Should all skyscrapers have the same language? Should they always be cladded in glass? Studio CACHOUA TORRES CAMILLETTI started out by trying to envision what a skyscraper should be in the future....

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,....

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....

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....

Hands across the water

From the Netherlands to Canada, Parallel 52° reaches out to the sustainable building sector By Greg McMIllan Parallel 52° takes the art of networking to a whole new level. Concentrating on collaboration....

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