Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Architecture Award,FACADE / SKIN,Featured,GREEN AREA,LIGHTING EFFECTIVE,MASS & SHAPE,Office Building,OUTDOOR SPACE,Reseach / laboratories Center,Steel,STRUCTURAL,SUSTAINABILITYMay 2, 2013
The “il Cielo” iGuzzini lighting headquarters in Spain is the last of a series of constructions that have adopted sustainable energy and natural and artificial light management as the cornerstones of their design. The building, located in the Parque de Actividades Empresariales Can Sant Joan in Sant Cugat del Vallès, is the result of optimised energy efficiency, not just in terms of consumption but also in the way that energy is generated…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Architecture Award,ATMOSPHERE,BUILDING SYSTEMS,Famous / Popular / Great / World : Building,Featured,GREEN AREA,Green Project,Green Roof,LEED,MASS & SHAPE,Metal Sheet,OUTDOOR SPACE,Prefabricated elements,Reseach / laboratories Center,Roof Garden,Steel,STRUCTURAL,SUSTAINABILITYFebruary 12, 2013
Rafael Viñoly Architects’ Institute for Regeneration Medicine Building at UCSF Completed, Located on a steeply sloping hill at the foot of Mount Sutro, the Regeneration Medicine Building presented the design team a unique challenge: executing a horizontal structure on an uneven site. RVA responded by creating a beautifully sinuous, serpentine building that fits that makes use of every foot of available space…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Architecture Award,ATMOSPHERE,Concrete,DAYLIGHTING,Famous / Popular / Great / World : Building,Featured,FUNCTIONAL,glass facade,GREEN AREA,Harmony With The Context,HISTORY & STORY OF THE BUILDING,INTERIORs SPACE,LIGHTING EFFECTIVE,MASS & SHAPE,Museum,OUTDOOR SPACE,Reseach / laboratories Center,SUSTAINABILITY,Translucent,TravelAugust 1, 2012
The Cité du Surf et de l’Ocean Museum intends to raise awareness of oceanic issues and explore educational and scientific Aspects of the surf and sea and Their role upon our leisure, science, and ecology. The project, designed in collaboration with Solange Fabião, is comprised of a museum building, exhibition areas, and a plaza, Within A larger master plan. The building form dérives from the spatial concept “Under the Sky” / “under the sea”…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Architecture Award,College,COLOR,Composites,DAYLIGHTING,FACADE / SKIN,Famous / Popular / Great / World : Building,Featured,FUNCTIONAL,Harmony With The Context,LIGHTING EFFECTIVE,MATERIALS USED,NATURAL VENTILATION,Reseach / laboratories Center,SUSTAINABILITY,University,VOIDJune 27, 2012
The Biology facility will house a diverse range of research and teaching activities including evolution, ecology and sustainable environments; genetics and genomics; global change; infection and immunity and plant science…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in DAYLIGHTING,Editor's Picks,FACADE / SKIN,Famous / Popular / Great / World : Building,Featured,Green Project,INTERIORs SPACE,MASS & SHAPE,NATURAL VENTILATION,Prefabricated elements,Reseach / laboratories Center,SOLUTION,SUSTAINABILITYJune 14, 2012
The aim of the project is to achieve zero-energy building, by significantly reducing energy consumption through design, as well as utilizing clean energy – wind, solar and geothermal in replace of conventional sources such as fossil fuels…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Agricultural Building,Architecture Award,Concrete,DAYLIGHTING,Editor's Picks,Educational Center,FUNCTIONAL,MASS & SHAPE,NATURAL VENTILATION,Office Building,Reseach / laboratories Center,VOIDFebruary 14, 2012
The building is located on the outskirts of Loja town in marked agricultural character. This project relates to a beautiful plot of cultivated land served by an irrigation ditch and a leafy mass. This building is thought to be very suitable for a new program based on consciousness…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in FACADE / SKIN,Featured,FUNCTIONAL,Green Roof,Harmony With The Context,MASS & SHAPE,MATERIALS USED,Public Facilities,Reseach / laboratories Center,SteelDecember 19, 2011
The function of this architecture is security and controlling all the floodgates located at port of Fukura, enlighten dangerous of the Tsunami for tourists, and use as a place of refuge in case of the Tsunami warning…
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