Expansion and Reform of the Nautical Sport Services Building in Portonovo, Spain

Designed by Diaz y Diaz Arquitectos, Expansion and Reform of the Nautical Sport Services Building is located in Portonovo, Spain. The project builds on an existing building, with the need to extend the useful space and improve access from the promenade and the platform that surrounds it. Another premise of this project is to design [...]

Tags: Building insulation, Diaz, Energy conservation, Insulators, Nautical Sport Services Building, Portonovo, Sanxenxo, Spain, sustainable building

Wood Farm Residential Annexe in Ipswich, United Kingdom

The Wood Farm Residential Annexe designed by rodney black design studios is located in Ipswich, United Kingdom.  The specific building type is the green oak barn, examples of which are still standing and sound after 800 years. This design evolves the type by tectonic treatment of the interconnecting spaces, the use of purlin arch brace [...]

Tags: Barn, Building insulation, Emissivity, Energy conservation, Engineering, Heat transfer, Insulated glazing, Insulators, Ipswich, Mechanical engineering, natural clay products, Thermal protection, United Kingdom, Windows, Wood

Brandhorst Museum prepares to open in Munich, Germany

Designed by Sauerbruch Hutton, Brandhorst Museum  prepares to open  is located in Munich, Germany. The exterior consists of layers with different functions. On top of the building’s substructure and insulation there is a layer of horizontally folded sheet metal with fine perforations. In front of this, 36,000 ceramic rods have been fixed vertically. These are [...]

Tags: Brandhorst, Brandhorst Museum, Ceramic engineering, Ceramic glaze, Construction, Dielectrics, Engineering, folded sheet metal, Germany, Insulator, Munich, Physics, Pottery, Sauerbruch Hutton, Thermal insulation, Visual arts

The Ice Cubes, complete retail building with frit glass cubes in Tokyo, Japan

Located in Tokyo, Japan, The Ice Cubes, complete retail building with frit glass cubes was designed by Jun Mitsui & Associates Inc. Architects. By developing the formal strategy as a series of interlocking cubes the architects were able to massage the complicated building envelop shape into a dynamic composition. This strategy not only solved the [...]

Tags: Ceramic materials, Cube, Frit, Ice cube, Japan, Jun Mitsui & Associates, Mathematics, retail building, Tokyo

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 [...]

Tags: Building engineering, Building Information Modeling, Building insulation, Construction, Door, electric and mechanical systems, Energy conservation, Engineering, Environment, Heat transfer, Insulators, Kieran Timberlake Architects, Maryland, Mechanical engineering, radiation, Thermal insulation, United States