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“Make It Right” Housing Project by Shigeru Ban

30 architects has joined Brad Pitt’s project called “Make It Right” Housing aims to develop sustainable and affordable housing in New Orleans. One of them is Japanese architect Shigeru Ban whose design displayed above and below. Make It Right’s goal…

The Future of San Francisco (in The Next 100 Years)

A Hydro-Net city concept was proposed by Iwamoto Scott Architecture for City of the Future competition held by The History Channel. And his concept chosen as the winner and he awarded the $10,000 prize, not bad. Expert’s Corner: Commentary by…

Vernacular Zambian Architecture: Victoria Falls Safari Lodge

According to the Zambian Architecture, the Victoria Falls Safari Lodge successfully implementing sustainable concept and vernacular architecture into a modern building. About Victoria Falls Safari Lodge Set high on a natural plateau, the westward facing Victoria Falls Safari Lodge borders…

T-Bone House in German

150sqm T-Bone House was designed by COAST architects. Located near Waiblingen, German, the house adopts green approach by utilizing geothermal heating and rainwater collection. Set in an established orchard outside Waiblingen, the T-Bone house’s sloping site gives it sweeping views…

Ice Hotel, Art or Architecture?

I just wonder how this hotel can protect a human, as you know i live in tropic country that never see snows. An ice sculpture is strange for me, but this a hotel that made from ice, wow… The dropping…

Comfortable Zero House by Scott Specht

Designed by Scott Specht, the Zero House able to generate its own electrical power by utilizing solar panels. And it also deploys a rainwater collection plane to collects its own water so doesn’t need electric pumps that consumes much energy.…

The Aldo Leopold Foundation Headquarters

Claimed as the first-ever LEED-platinum carbon neutral building, The Aldo Leopold Foundation Headquarters now crowned as the greenest building ever built. Located in Fairfield, Wisconsin, the building was designed by Kubala-Washatko Architects and Boldt Construction. “This building does things that…