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

Sunshine Hospital Radiation Therapy Centre at St Albans in St Albans, Australia

Located in St Albans, Australia, Sunshine Hospital Radiation Therapy Centre at St Albans was designed by Silver Thomas Hanley. Silver Thomas Hanley envision the centre to be a ‘beacon’ of the hospital campus – metaphorically this is expressed as a rainbow curved wall at the main entry for its symbolic connotation with hope; and physically the prominent wall serves as a signifier to... 

Tags: Australia, Cancer, radiation, St Albans, Sunshine Hospital Radiation Therapy Centre, Thomas Hanley

Loblolly house in Maryland, United States

Designed by Kieran Timberlake Architects, Loblolly house is located in Maryland, United States. This project proposes a new, more efficient method of building through the use of building information modeling (BIM) and integrated component assemblies. The thousands of parts that make up a house were collapsed into a small number of offsite fabricated cartridges and blocks and simply attached to an industrial... 

Tags: Building engineering, Building Information Modeling, Building insulation, Construction, Door, electric and mechanical systems, Energy conservation, Engineering, Environment, Heat transfer, Insulators, Kieran Timberlake Architects, Maryland, Mechanical engineering, radiation, Thermal insulation, United States

Norwegian Radium Hospital – Research Department in Oslo, Norway

The Norwegian Radium Hospital – Research Department designed by Henning Larsen Architects is located in Oslo, Norway. is situated in a hilly and densely built-up area in Ullern, Oslo. The extension project includes a separate research institution, an extension of the radiation therapy function and a unified development plan for the entire hospital. The building represents the cornerstone of a... 

Tags: 2nd millennium, cell therapy, Geography, Henning Larsen Architects, Norway, Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo, radiation, Radiation therapy, Ullern

Dalian Shide Football Stadium in Dalian, China

Dalian Shide Football Stadium, located in Dalian, China, designed by UNstudio has won the limited competition for a 40,000 spectator football stadium for the most successful club in the Chinese Super League: Dalian Shide FC. The stadium will be built in the club’s hometown of the city of Dalian, on the southern tip of Liaodong peninsula in Northeast China. The decision saw NBBJ’s innovative... 

Tags: Atmospheric sciences, Building biology, Building engineering, China, Chinese Super League, Construction, Dalian, Dalian Shide Football Stadium, Dalian Shide Siwu FC, energy consumption, Environment, football, Heating ventilating and air conditioning, HVAC, Liaodong peninsula, Low-energy building, Meteorology, radiation, Solar gain, Sports, sustainable building, VIP lounge