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

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

Noosa Pengari Steiner School Performance Hall in Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia

That located in Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, Noosa Pengari Steiner School Performance Hall, was designed by Webb Duffy Architects, Employing energy-efficient design responsive to the micro-climate of the site, natural ventilation supplemented, sustainably-sourced timbers, low-embodied energy materials and non-toxic finishes, with universal accessibility, water-saving features, edible gardens and minimal impact on the natural bushland, this [...]

Tags: Architecture, Australia, Building, Building engineering, Construction, energy efficiency, energy efficient design, energy materials, Engineering, Environment, Green building, landscape architecture, Natural ventilation, Noosa Pengari Steiner School Performance Hall, Performance Hall, Queensland, Sustainability, sustainable building, sustainable design

All-Weather House in Mullingar

Located in Mullingar, All-Weather House was designed by ROEWUarchitecture, based in London, have recently completed a single-family home for a retired couple in Mullingar, Ireland. The climate conditions, ho wind rains and sunlight affect the building, influenced the design philosophy. Instead of treating the building as just a shelter against the elements, the weather conditions [...]

Tags: Atmospheric sciences, Climate forcing, Cloud, Construction, Engineering, Environment, Heat transfer, Insulators, London, low energy, low-embodied energy material, low-energy solution, Mechanical engineering, Mullingar, Passive solar building design, Republic of Ireland, ROEWUarchitecture, sustainable building, Thermal insulation, Weather

Paddington Reservoir Gardens in Sydney, Australia

Paddington Reservoir Gardens, designed by Tonkin Zulaikha Greer with JMD Design and City of Sydney, located in Sydney,  Australia  the adaptive reuse of an old water reservoir in Sydney, is a celebration of civic ‘ruins’. In conserving precious building materials – both their embodied energy and the urban memory imbued within them – architects Tonkin [...]

Tags: Australia, City, embodied energy, Geography of Australia, Geography of Oceania, precious building materials, steel, Sydney, underground site