Indigo @ Twelve|West in Portland, OR, United States

Located in Portland, OR, United States, Indigo @ Twelve|West was designed by ZGF Architects LLP. Rising 23 storeys above Portland, Oregon’s evolving West End neighborhood, Twelve|West is a mixed-use building designed to achieve two LEED Platinum Certifications and serve as a laboratory for cutting-edge, sustainable design strategies. It features seventeen floors of apartments, street level retail... 

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BaleHaus@Bath in Bath, United Kingdom

Located in United Kingdom, BaleHaus@Bath was designed by ModCell. Whilst in fairytales a straw house may be destroyed by the breath of a Big Bad Wolf, at the University of Bath a real straw house has managed to withstand test winds of up to 120mph. The BaleHaus@Bath was built by industrial partners ModCell as part of a major research project to scientifically assess the performance of straw as a sustainable... 

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Gray Middle School in Tacoma, Washington, United States

Gray Middle School that located in Tacoma, Washington, United States , was designed by Mahlum. The new Gray Middle School site and program are united within a sequence of interwoven layers – civic, school, and environment – that bring students, teachers and the community together to reinforce a shared identity and celebrate student achievement. The school, completed in December 2008, is located... 

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BTEK, Derio in Spain

Designed by ACXT, BTEK, Derio is located in Spain . BTEK is designed for student visitors. Its goal is to encourage an interest in science among young people, especially in light of the continued decline in students studying science at the university level. For this reason, it is fundamental that the architecture be a surprising experience; attractive and emotional, singular in form and unrelated to... 

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Elithis Tower by Arte Charpentier Architects, France

The Elithis Tower was designed by Arte Charpentier Architects is located in Dijon, France. Today, the Tower Elith is building the most positive energy in the world in terms of energy and environmental impact. Emissions of greenhouse gas emissions Tower Elith are six times less emissions than a classic commercial building. The building tower has the potential to become a true laboratory of experimentation... 

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