EDITT Tower, Singapore

Designed by TR Hamzah & Yeang, the EDITT Tower will be the next ecological icon in Singapore. EDITT means “Ecological Design In The Tropics”, so I think you can predict what kind of skyscraper it will be. Utilizing 855 square…
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Designed by TR Hamzah & Yeang, the EDITT Tower will be the next ecological icon in Singapore. EDITT means “Ecological Design In The Tropics”, so I think you can predict what kind of skyscraper it will be. Utilizing 855 square…

James Stockwell’s Leura House was awarded the 2008 Wilkinson Award from Australian Institute of Architects New South Wales. Mr. James adopting Japanese design method ‘discontinuous unity’ that’s popularized by Takamasa Yoshikaza, it means there are more opened-space rather than closed-space…

Located in the most visited cities in the world, the San Francisco’s Civic Center will be transferred into a sustainable resource district within the next three years. The project has a goal to educate the rest of the world how…

Designed by Renzo Piano, the California Academy of Sciences has been opened for public since 27 September 2008. Mr. Piano designed this building with green and sustainability in mind by adopting solar panel, recycled building materials, and natural light and…

Going green is good for everyone, and nowadays a great architecture must be green. Talking about green architecture, the key point is energy resource, that’s why solar-solution system becomes popular. Beside all the benefit of going green, the solar solution…

Located in the Swiss Alps, the Monte Rosa-Hut was designed with sustainability in mind. Its surface filled with photovoltaic panels and a spiral-shaped glass band to collect energy from the sun. In splendid isolation, on the edge of a glacier…

Located within a wonderful water-filled quarry in the Songjiang, China, this hotel covers 400-bed room plus underwater public areas and guestrooms. The design adopting sustainable concept by utilizing green roofing and geothermal energy extraction. “An aquatic theme runs through the…

Mentioned as a good example of sustainable architecture, the Tulous Chinese architecture are constructed with rocks, bamboo, reeds, and wood. All material are local-made and natural. Tulou are traditional communal residences in the Fujian province of Southern China, often of…