Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas Texas, USA

Won the 2008 American Institute of Architects New Jersey Chapter Award, the Irving Convention Center that located at Las Colinas, Texas was designed by RMJM Edinburgh-based international architects to be as efficient and flexible as possible, reducing the footprint and making it appealing to a wide range of organisations. In an effort to avoid the [...]

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Visitor Centre and Open Air Theatre for the Iron Gates National Park on the Danube in Berzasca, Romania

Designed by Andreescu & Gaivoronski, Visitor Centre and Open Air Theatre for the Iron Gates National Park on the Danube is located in Berzasca, Romania. The Visitor Centre and Open Air Theatre for the Iron Gates National Park on the Danube designed by Andreescu & Gaivoronski is located in Berzasca, Romania.  The Theatre has 250 [...]

Tags: Andreescu, artist, Banat, Berzasca, Bodies of water, Danube, energy consumption, Entertainment/Culture, Geography, Iron Gate, Romania, Stefan Calarasanu

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

Chen House New home in Durham, United States

Designed by Gomes + Staub, Chen House New home is located in Durham, United States. Designed for a sloped lot with a limited construction budget, the house adopts the efficient vernacular building forms of the North Carolina landscape as well as the cost-effective exterior materials of conventional North American home construction, including fiber-cement lap siding, [...]

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Elenko Residence is New Home in Osoyoos, Canada

Located in Osoyoos, Canada, Elenko Residence is New Home was designed by CEI Architecture Planning Interiors.The building site is small and compact, facing eastward across the lake. Provincial legislation requires a 30-metre setback from the high water mark of the lake. The owner, a city planner, was able to convince the Ministry of Environment and [...]

Tags: Canada, city planner, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, energy consumption, functional solutions, Garden, Geography, Geography of British Columbia, Local government in the United States, Ministry of Environment, Okanagan, Okanagan Country, Osoyoos, Variance, Zoning