Cathedral Hill Hospital in San Francisco, United States

The Cathedral Hill Hospital  designed by SmithGroup is located in San Francisco, United States.  A tower and podiums constitute building massing. Hierarchy between the structures create a building silhouette which relates to both the immediate neighbourhood context and the broader urban core. The building skin is primarily metal and glass, supporting a vision of a sophisticated, modern healthcare... 

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Sparkling Hill Health and Wellness Resort in Vernon, Canada

Sparkling Hill Health and Wellness Resort, was designed by Cannon Design, that located in Vernon, Canada. Specialising in whole-body wellness, Sparkling Hill Resort and Wellness Hotel is an exceptional European-inspired resort located on a 188-acre mountaintop site overlooking Okanagan Lake in Vernon, BC (approximately 4-1/2 hours northeast of Vancouver) – a region recognised for its majestic... 

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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 is the direct consequence... 

Tags: Alternative energy, Atmospheric sciences, Copenhagen, Denmark, energy, energy consumption, Energy economics, energy use, Environment, Green Lighthouse, heat recovery systems, Heating ventilating and air conditioning, high-tech gadgets, integrated state-of-the-art technology, Low-energy building, Photovoltaic module, solar energy, Solar gain, VELUX

Advocate Lutheran General Hospital and Advocate Lutheran General Children’s Hospital in Park Ridge, United States

Advocate Lutheran General Hospital and Advocate Lutheran General Children’s Hospital that located in Park Ridge, United States, was designed by Cannon Design has completed a new US$201 million, eight-storey patient care tower for Advocate Lutheran General Hospital. The 192-bed facility, designed to the highest standards of patient and staff safety and environmental sustainability, is the first... 

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English International School in Prague, Czech Republic

Designed by Lewis and Hickey (Praha), English International School is located in Prague, Czech Republic. A complex of school buildings creating a new school campus located on a green site on the outskirts of Prague. The buildings rises to 3 storeys and includes a lower and upper school. A primary determining design factor was context. The buildings are arranged to make the best advantage of the site... 

Tags: Czech Republic, Education, energy use, English International School, green site, North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, Prague, teacher