Sauder School of Business at University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada

Designed by Acton Ostry Architects, Sauder School of Business at University of British Columbia, is located in Vancouver, Canada. The $80m renewal and expansion of the Sauder School of Business includes the insertion of a five level addition and sky-lit atrium on the west side of the existing classroom block. The atrium links the addition [...]

Tags: Building Canadian Green Building Award, Business schools in Canada, energy efficiency building, Sauder School of Business, Sustainable Architecture, University of British Columbia

Savill Building, Windsor Great Park in United Kingdom

Savill Building, Windsor Great Park that located in United Kingdom, was designed by Glenn Howells Architects. The main feature of the building is its larch gridshell roof, which is clad with green oak. Both the larch and the oak are from The Crown Estate’s own sustainable sources from within the Windsor Estate. It was designed [...]

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Engineering Facility, National University of Ireland in Galway, Ireland

The Engineering Facility, National University of Ireland designed by RMJM is located in Galway, Ireland. In an unusual twist, sections of the building’s foundations and structural engineering have been unveiled so that tutors may use them as reference points during lessons. Similarly a range of green treatments are on show for educational gain, such as [...]

Tags: Architecture, Concrete, Construction, energy materials, Engineering, Engineering Facility, Galway, Heat exchanger, Hollow-core slab, large-scale rainwater harvesting systems, National University of Ireland, NUI’s Engineering Facility, Republic of Ireland, RMJM, Roof, Roof construction, Structural engineering, Structural system, Tensile architecture, voided slab systems

Town Hall Bronckhorst in Bronckhorst, Netherlands

Designed by atelier PRO, Town Hall Bronckhorst is located in Bronckhorst, Netherlands. Two office wings project slightly outwards and have been placed next to each other on a wedge-shaped site between the Elderinkweg and a brook near the Rondweg that runs past the village of Hengelo. The wings are of different heights, and the highest [...]

Tags: Bronckhorst, energy consumption, Geography of the Netherlands, Hengelo, low-energy-consumption, Netherlands, Provinces of the Netherlands, spire of Hengelo, Town Hall Bronckhorst

Seongbuk Gate Hills in Seoul, South Korea

Designed by Haeahn Architecture + Joel Sanders Architect, Seongbuk Gate Hills is located in Seoul, South Korea. The project’s design updates the ancient principle of the ‘borrowed view’, which merges the private gardens in the foreground with natural features in the distance. The staggered arrangement of L-shaped dwellings ensures that each unit enjoys unobstructed open [...]

Tags: Biology, Environment, Geography, Green roof, Land management, Sedum, Seongbuk Gate Hills, Seoul, South Korea