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

Tung Chung Swimming Pool in Hong Kong

Located in Hong Kong, Tung Chung Swimming Pool was designed by Ronald Lu & Partners. Reflecting its coastal locality and function of an aquatic sports venue, the design takes the concept of a sea shell resting on the shore and shaped in an organic and aerodynamic profile using a double-layer PTFE tensioned membrane over a [...]

Tags: aquatic sports venue, Biological membrane, Building engineering, Construction, Cool roof, Earthquake engineering, Engineering, Heat transfer, light-weight long-span steel truss system, Polytetrafluoroethylene, Ronald Lu, Roofs, Structural system, Tensile architecture, Thermal comfort, Tung Chung Swimming Pool

Discovery Green in Houston, Texas, United States

The Discovery Green designed by Hargreaves Associates and PageSoutherlandPag is located in Houston, Texas, United States.  The twelve-acre park has transformed the perception and experience of downtown while seeding the revitalization of the surrounding urban district. Located in an area of downtown Houston once dominated by large public facilities (Toyota Center, Minute Maid Park and [...]

Tags: ALISON HARGREAVES ASSOCIATES, Discovery Green, Geography of Houston Texas, Geography of Texas, Harris County Texas, Houston, Hurricane Rita, Minute Maid Danone, PageSoutherlandPag, Texas, TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION, United States

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

Shaft House funnels sunshine into the heart of the home in Toronto, Canada

Designed by Urbanline studio [ALI MALEK-ZADEH] & atelier rzlbd [REZA ALIABADI], Shaft House funnels sunshine into the heart of the home is located in Toronto, Canada. Shaft House attains the objective of creating an economically efficient, sustainable and responsive housing design through function and innovation. The structure of the house revolves around a central shaft, [...]

Tags: Canada, Culture, Film, Folklore, Mass media, Reza, REZA ALIABADI, Shaft, steel, Toronto, Underground mine ventilation, Urbanline studio, vernacular architecture