L’ecole Building School thrown chic shadows across interior space in Puebla, Mexico

Designed by Novhus, L’ecole Building School thrown chic shadows across interior space is located in Puebla, Mexico. The most important points referred to this stage of the project were: Usage or a combination of reduced material; Regional materials; Low-cost materials; Techniques and basic construction procedures, without complexities; Mixed structure (rigid frame-based beams and columns and load-bearing... 

Tags: Building biology, Building School, Duct, Environment, Fluid dynamics, Heating ventilating and air conditioning, L’ecole Building School, Mexico, Puebla, Ventilation

Sûreté du Québec Mlll District Regional Headquarters in Mascouche, Canada

The Sûreté du Québec Mlll District Regional Headquarters designed by Services intégrés Lemay et associés is located in Mascouche, Canada. The distribution in a cross shape, slightly off-centred, allowed the public entrance to be moved away from the secured entrances. The architects  proposed a compact volumetry, reducing the building’s footprint and envelope, maximising interior / exterior... 

Tags: Architecture, Building engineering, Building envelope, Canada, Construction, Engineering, Environment, Environmental design, Heating ventilating and air conditioning, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, Low-energy building, Mascouche, Québec Mlll District Regional Headquarters, sustainable building, Ventilation

Talon Court new home designed to raise the bar for green living in WIlmington, United States

Talon Court new home designed to raise the bar for green living that located in WIlmington, United States, was designed by Jay DeChesere, Architect, PC. As the office and home of the architect, a working laboratory is maintained for ongoing research on performance of various systems and materials and a marketing source for vendors and designers. The home has been on the ASEC’s National Solar Tour... 

Tags: Architect, Architect PC, Bioenergy, Daylighting, Environment, Environmentalism, Fireplaces, Fuels, Heating ventilating and air conditioning, Jay DeChesere, Native Plant Society, Recycling, Sustainability, Talon Court, United States, Waste management, Wood fuel

Amagansett a New Family House in New York, United States

The Amagansett House designed by Francois de Menil Architect PC is located in New York, United States.  With its roots in Eastern Long Island’s modernist design explorations during the 1950s and 1960s, the Amagansett House exemplifies functional simplicity and energy conservation in its resolution of client program and site conditions. The poetry of the house is in its restrained, simple form and... 

Tags: acre site, Amagansett, Atlantic ocean, Building insulation, East Hampton (town) New York, Energy conservation, energy efficient goals, Engineering, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Francois de Menil, Geography of New York, Heating ventilating and air conditioning, Long Island Rail Road stations, Louver, Mechanical engineering, New York City, The Whaleboat House, United States, Ventilation

Waipolu Gallery and Studio in Hawaii, United States

Located in Hawaii, United States, Waipolu Gallery and Studio was designed by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson. Orientation on the site and precisely positioned overhangs mitigate the tropical sun. Along the other edge of the steeply sloped site, a bar of concrete, glass and stainless steel defines the linear studio space. Three horizontal trays separate guest quarters, home office and art display and storage.... 

Tags: Architecture, Construction, Hawaii, Heating ventilating and air conditioning, Passive solar building design, sloped site, Stainless steel, sustainable building, United States, Waipolu Gallery

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