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 [...]

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Alberta Health Services’ Peter Lougheed Centre in Calgary, Canada

Located in Calgary, Canada, Alberta Health Services’ Peter Lougheed Centre was designed by HOK. The design assists with attracting / retaining staff and the reduction of patient recovery times by creating an environment that expresses a ‘home away from home’. Strong horizontal lines, expansive glazing and patterns – inspired by fields and crop arrangements – [...]

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Deptford Green School in London, United Kingdom

Designed by Watkins Gray International, Deptford Green School Located in New Cross, South East London, the £27m new build project, which is part of Lewisham‘s BSF programme, will create a 11,600 sq m school able to accommodate 1300 pupils, including accommodation for 25 children with dyslexia. The design features include larger than standard classrooms offering [...]

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Green Lighthouse in Copenhagen, Denmark

Green Lighthouse, located in Copenhagen, Denmark, designed by  Christensen & Co Architects, Denmark’s first CO2 neutral public building, demonstrates that sustainable design is not a question of stuffing the building with brazen, expensive high-tech gadgets, but that it starts with good old fashioned common sense. In fact 70% of the reduction of the energy consumption [...]

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Harvard University’s Allston Science Complex in Boston, United States

Harvard University’s Allston Science Complex that located in Boston, United States, was designed by Behnisch Architekten, Harvard’s vision is to create a highly sustainable campus in Allston that will strengthen interdisciplinary teaching and research at Harvard and also bolster Boston’s reputation as one of the leading life sciences capitals of the world. The new complex [...]

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