Kaohsiung Port and Cruise Terminal in Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Designed by HMC Architects, Kaohsiung Port and Cruise Terminal is located in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The design solution is purposeful – its form emerges from various environmental and programmatic factors. The undulating skin is carefully calibrated to the path of the sun and wind in order to minimise the solar radiation, and the building envelope achieves efficient energy performance through the... 

Tags: adaptive and sustainable design solution, Cruise Terminal, energy performance, Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung Port, Los Angeles International Airport, radiation, Taiwan, transportation hub

Apartment Blocks in Rozemaai, Antwerp, Belgium

Located in Rozemaai, Antwerp, Belgium , Apartment Blocks was designed by Atelier Kempe Thill. The site, located next to the nature park ‘de Oude Landen’, calls for an intensification of the relationship with the environment on the one hand, on the other hand to deal with the noise from the highway and the harbour. By creating a new glazed gallery and by closing the open-air areas by using a full... 

Tags: Antwerp, Atelier Kempe Thill, Belgium, City, energy performance, Environment, Osar

Centre for Construction Excellence – Algonquin Collegen in Ottawa, Canada

Centre for Construction Excellence – Algonquin Collegen that located in Ottawa, Canada, was designed by  Diamond and Schmitt Architects, The new Algonquin Centre for Construction Excellence (ACCE) at Algonquin College’s Ottawa campus is a showpiece for innovative learning within the field of skilled trades. The new building, scheduled to open in the fall of 2011, helps to address the current... 

Tags: Algonquin Centre for Construction Excellence, Algonquin College, Algonquin College’s Ottawa campus, Canada, Centre for Construction Excellence, Education, energy consumption, energy performance, Living Laboratory, Ontario, Ottawa

The City of Calgary Water Centre in Calgary, Canada

The City of Calgary Water Cent that located in Calgary, Canada, was designed by The City of Calgary. Completed in fall 2007, the Water Centre is a new sustainable office building for approximately 800 City of Calgary staff. Re-mediated from an existing 85-acre brownfield site to meet Canadian reclamation guidelines, this building revitalised an important region in Calgary, and sets a new standard for... 

Tags: Alberta, brownfield site, Building, Building engineering, Calgary, Canada, Construction, Efficient energy use, energy, Energy conservation, energy efficiency, energy performance, energy savings, Environment, Green building, less energy, sustainable building, Water Centre

University of Ulster Belfast Campus, in Belfast, United Kingdom

Designed by Todd Architects, located in Belfast, United Kingdom, The University of Ulster’s Belfast campus principally accommodates students from within its very popular and highly respected Faculty of Art and Design. The campus had seen limited investment until 2004 when, to cater for an anticipated doubling of its student population, the University embarked upon a restructuring, refurbishment and... 

Tags: 2nd millennium, Association of American Universities, Association of Commonwealth Universities, Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities, Belfast, Education, energy performance, Faculty of Art and Design, Geography of Europe, Irish Sea, North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, The University, Todd Architects, Ulster’s Belfast campus, United Kingdom, University of Ulster, zero carbon energy strategy