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Friday, 12 March 2010 18:20 |
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Written by Desh
An Edwardian house in Melbourne, Australia, underwent restoration that imparted it a certain tinge of transparency and openness. Dubbed as the Elm and Willow House, now, the lodge flaunts an “inside is outside is inside” environment. Architects EAT demolished the rear of the property and constructed another to replace it. Moreover, making the most of the passive solar orientation, the U-shaped plan encloses the north-facing courtyard.
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Friday, 12 March 2010 18:17 |
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Written by Aditi Justa
The Borough of Newham, one of London’s poorest boroughs, will soon see an eco-friendly development. In an effort to develop the area with a new residential eco-tower, Studio RHE has been hired. The recent plan drawing submitted to the Borough of Newham sees the structure as a sleek 24-story tower incorporating the latest thinking in environmental design to bring down the building’s carbon footprint dramatically. Dubbed the “SilverTree,” the building is wrapped with colored panels on two sides. Not only do these panels provide solar shading, but also the electrical power from embedded photovoltaic panels and solar water heating.
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Thursday, 11 March 2010 17:06 |
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Written by Aditi Justa
A giant lion sculpture wins a million hearts at the World Master Balloon Championships in Florence. Dee White and Jodie Norris have been crowned the best balloonists in the world for their Ring of Fire sculpture. The six-meter-tall and five-meter-wide sculpture uses as many as 10,000 balloons. All the balloons that are supported by an aluminum frame were custom made to keep them inflated longer and treated with a substance to retain their glossy shine. In order to make sure that each one of them got an even shape, a computer-controlled air canister was used.
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Thursday, 11 March 2010 17:03 |
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Written by Aditi Justa
You must have seen a number of unusual structures in the past, but this time I have for you something that is unbelievable. Bryan Berg, a name that made it into the Guinness World Record has broken his own record by building the largest house of free-standing playing cards. The American architect has successfully created a replica of the Venetian Macau from 218,792 cards. The breath-taking creation residing inside the Venetian itself took 44 days and 4,051 decks of cards to complete.
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Wednesday, 10 March 2010 18:21 |
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Written by Bridgette Meinhold
The 10 MW Tower is an eco skyscraper and renewable energy generating machine that harvests wind and solar power. A 5 MW wind turbine sits at the top of the building harnessing the wind, while the power of the sun is collected via a 3 MW concentrating solar system plus a 2 MW solar updraft system. Designed by UAE-based Studied Impact, this 50 story skyscraper will put out 10 times as much energy as it needs, pumping renewable power back into the Dubai electric grid.
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