Newcastle City Library in Newcastle, United Kingdom

The Newcastle City Library designed by Ryder Architecture is located in Newcastle, United Kingdom.  A building to ‘delight and inspire’ was the guiding principle. The library combines performance and beauty. It is environmentally responsible, inclusive and fun – a ‘living room for the city’. The library provides a model for C21 library facilities, including access [...]

Loblolly house in Maryland, United States

Designed by Kieran Timberlake Architects, Loblolly house is located in Maryland, United States. This project proposes a new, more efficient method of building through the use of building information modeling (BIM) and integrated component assemblies. The thousands of parts that make up a house were collapsed into a small number of offsite fabricated cartridges and [...]

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Ark in Sydney, Australia

Located in Sydney, Australi, Ark is the first high rise commercial building in Australia to be delivered as a fully integrated Building Information Model (BIM). With its dark grey glazing, window framing and sunshades, it cuts a striking picture in North Sydney’s CBD – an area so affluent with commercial, residential and heritage buildings. From [...]

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Sungkyunkwan University Samsung Library in Suwon, Korea

Located in Suwon, Korea , Sungkyunkwan University Samsung Library was designed by Samoo Architects & Engineers. To keep up with the rapidly changing world of information in the digital era, there is a need for an arena for information exchange that not only the systematise given information but also provides us with the needed information. [...]

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ICON Solar House in Minnesota, United States

Here’s a great way to reduce household energy-costs – have a home powered by the sun. The University of Minnesota is selling the a student-designed home for U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) 2009 Solar Decathlon. The 550-square-foot home took fifth place out of 20 teams inn October’s Solar Decathlon, a DOE-sponsored contest where universities from [...]

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