Wales Institute for Sustainable Education in Machynlleth, Wales, United Kingdom

Wales Institute for Sustainable Education that located in Machynlleth, Wales, United Kingdom, was designed by Pat Borer and David Lea. The WISE building is constructed of materials with low embodied energy: glulam timber frame, hemcrete walls, rammed earth, lime renders, slate, cork, home-grown timber flooring and finishes of natural paints and stains. It is well [...]

Tags: Architectural theory, Architecture, CAT, Centre for Alternative Technology, David Lea, Education, Glued laminated timber, heat recovery systems, Human Interest, low embodied energy, Low-energy building, Machynlleth, Pat Borer, Rammed earth, Sustainable Architecture, sustainable building, sustainable design, Sustainable development, United Kingdom, Wales, Wales Institute, Wales Institute for Sustainable Education, WISE building

WI Product System in Wembley, United Kingdom

Designed by Wembley Innovation Limited, WI Product System is located in Wembley, United Kingdom. The means of achieving good conditions are understood, but the construction of extensive internal blockwork walls with large openings for air conditioning ducting and other services is complex. The use of WI beams and columns by Pyramid Builders to subdivide the [...]

Tags: Building, Concrete, Construction, Formwork, Post and lintel, Pyramid Builders, Reinforced concrete, Structural engineering, United Kingdom, Wembley Innovation Limited

Hutye Civic Center a new civic centre in Pukou,Nanjing, China

Located in Pukou,Nanjing, China, Hutye Civic Center a new civic centre was designed by Ck Designworks. As part of a 20 sq km masterplan, this community, entertainment and municipal building is one of six primary focus buildings intended to engender a sense of place to six sub sectors of the overall master plan. CK Designworks [...]

Tags: Architecture, China, Civic center, Hutye Civic Center, Nanjing, Retail, Shan District

‘PAROS’ Sentosa Cove in Singapore, Singapore

The ‘PAROS’ Sentosa Cove designed by Design Collective Architects is located in Singapore, Singapore.  In a context where each house tries to out-do the previous with newer technology, materials and exotic finishes, the philosophy of PAROS was to undo all of the above. PAROS was to provide the break in the monotony of what was [...]

Tags: Asia, Geography, Military history of Singapore, Paros, Political geography, Roof garden, Sentosa, Singapore, Southern Islands

The Cathedral of Christ the Light in Oakland, United States

Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, The Cathedral of Christ the Light is located in Oakland, United States. The region’s 500,000 Catholics now have a central cathedral, something they have been without since the loss of the historic St. Francis de Sales Cathedral to the Loma Prieta earthquake. The Cathedral is part of a [...]

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