Posts Tagged ‘Eco Architecture’

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    Steampunk Cities by Dave Trautrimas
    Irons, oil cans, pencil sharpeners, razors – a plethora of everyday objects have been crafted into buildings to form this virtual steampunk city. Toronto-based artist David Trautrimas created his Habitat Machines series from thousands of images. Sixteen thousand of them, to be precise, which he works on in Photoshop to create his weird and wonderful structures. “I...
    by at January 25th, 2010 at 04:01 pm
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    The Hotel of Salt | 9 Pics
    Visitors may want to take luxury with a grain of salt at this remote accommodation. .gplus #___plusone_0, .gplus #___plusone_1,.gplus #___plusone_2, .gplus #___plusone_3, .gplus #___plusone_4, .gplus #___plusone_5, .gplus #___plusone_6, .gplus #___plusone_7, .gplus #___plusone_8, .gplus #___plusone_9, .gplus #___plusone_10 {-ms-filter:"progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Alpha(Opacity=0)";filter:...
    by at January 18th, 2009 at 11:01 am
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    The Glass Temple Built From One Million Recycled Bottles | 6 Pics
    The Wat Pa Maha Chedio Kaew temple has found a way to bottle-up Nirvana, literally. The temple, which sits in Thailand’s Sisaket province, roughly 370 miles northeast of Bangkok is made of more than a million recycled glass bottles. True to its nickname, “Wat Lan Kuad” or “Temple of Million Bottles” features glass bottles throughout the premises of the temple,...
    by at October 28th, 2008 at 10:10 pm
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    Norwegian Architects Snøhetta build Beautiful
    [ad] Here are some new images of a hotel, conference and exhibition complex by Norwegian architects Snøhetta, in the emirate of Ras Al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates. .gplus #___plusone_0, .gplus #___plusone_1,.gplus #___plusone_2, .gplus #___plusone_3, .gplus #___plusone_4, .gplus #___plusone_5, .gplus #___plusone_6, .gplus #___plusone_7, .gplus #___plusone_8,...
    by at August 13th, 2008 at 09:08 pm
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    The Amazing House that Always Faces the Sun
    Its surprising that there’s so little (english) information available about this house as it seems to be such a piece of engineering brilliance and a building which, when designed, was way ahead of its time. it was built and lived in by an italian ship engineer by the name of angelo invernizzi (along with assistance from architect ettore fagiuoli) between the years...
    by at August 8th, 2008 at 06:08 pm
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    Louis Vuitton flagship store by UNStudio
    [ad] These images show a proposed flagship store for fashion house Louis Vuitton in Japan. .gplus #___plusone_0, .gplus #___plusone_1,.gplus #___plusone_2, .gplus #___plusone_3, .gplus #___plusone_4, .gplus #___plusone_5, .gplus #___plusone_6, .gplus #___plusone_7, .gplus #___plusone_8, .gplus #___plusone_9, .gplus #___plusone_10 {-ms-filter:"progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Alpha(Opacity=0)";filter:...
    by at August 2nd, 2008 at 12:08 am
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    LILYPAD: Floating City for Climate Change Refugees
    There are very few urban design solutions that address housing the inevitable tide of displaced people that could arise as oceans swell under global warming. Certainly none are as spectacular as this one. The Lilypad, by Vincent Callebaut, is a concept for a completely self-sufficient floating city intended to provide shelter for future climate change refugees. The intent...
    by at July 5th, 2008 at 12:07 am
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    Rotating Tower in Dubai to Produce Energy
    It is estimated that the tower will create 1,200,000 kilowatt-hours of energy every year from solar panels and wind turbines generating 10 times more energy than required to power it. .gplus #___plusone_0, .gplus #___plusone_1,.gplus #___plusone_2, .gplus #___plusone_3, .gplus #___plusone_4, .gplus #___plusone_5, .gplus #___plusone_6, .gplus #___plusone_7, .gplus...
    by at June 16th, 2008 at 11:06 am
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    Waterless Washing Machines
    LONDON (Reuters) – A washing machine using as little as a cup of water for each washing cycle could go on sale to environmentally conscious Britons next year. Xeros Ltd, which has been spun out of the University of Leeds to commercialize the technology, said on Monday the new machines would use less than 2 percent of the water and energy of a conventional washing...
    by at June 10th, 2008 at 10:06 pm
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    We Will Migrate into the Sky
    For a recent design competition called What if New York City…, architects and city planners were asked: What if New York City were hit by a Category 3 hurricane? What if the most densely residential city in the country loses hundreds of thousands of homes in a few hours? What if millions are left with nowhere to live, to work, or to go to school? What if subways...
    by at June 10th, 2008 at 05:06 pm
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