Tower City, another concept from the 2010 eVolo Skyscraper Competition, re-envisions the city of Marseilles as a stacked skyscraper that sits on stilts above the water. Rather than letting cities spread out as population increases, a the design calls for a new city to be created out on the water, c[...]
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March 10th, 2010 - 1:04 am § in Architecture
Underwater Skyscraper is a Self-Sufficient City at Sea
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March 9th, 2010 - 4:00 pm § in Architecture
The Hague’s International Criminal Court Aims for BREEAM Excellent
The International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, will soon have a permanent new home close to the North Sea. Danish firm Schmidt Hammer and Lassen won the rights to design the new building, which will be built to be environmentally sustainable as well as sensitive to the bordering natura[...]
March 9th, 2010 - 5:05 am § in Architecture
Water Purifying Skyscraper Cleans up Jakarta’s Rivers
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March 9th, 2010 - 5:04 am § in Architecture
Bubble Shaped Skyscraper is a Fresh Water Factory
Design Crew for Architecture have created an incredible water purifying skyscraper that looks like dozens of soapy bubbles stacked one on top of another. According to the design brief, “There is only about 1% left of liquid freshwater and the UNO and the World Water Council estimates there mi[...]
March 8th, 2010 - 4:00 pm § in Architecture
Gorgeous Green Roofed High School Rises in France
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March 6th, 2010 - 11:00 am § in Architecture
Maldives To Fight Rising Sea Levels With Floating Islands
The tiny island nation of the Maldives is under serious threat from rising sea levels caused by climate change. No part of the 1200 islands which make up the Maldives is more than six feet above sea level, so as sea-levels rise (as they will if rampant climate change is not stopped), the entire [.[...]
March 6th, 2010 - 10:00 am § in Architecture
The OOoo Chair Uses Zero Materials
We love seeing new furniture ideas that implement used, discarded, eco-friendly and recycled materials, but it’s not often that we find a chair that uses zero materials in construction. The OOoo Chair is an innovative concept that presses us to consider all of the energy and material waste[...]
March 6th, 2010 - 3:45 am § in Architecture
OFIS Unveils Earthquake-Proof Solar Powered Volcano Towers
At a time when earthquakes dominate the headlines, we think it’s more important than ever to highlight architecture that keeps potential quakes in mind. So it goes with OFIS Architecture’s All-Seasons Tent Tower, a concept project that features two solar powered, cylindrical towers fill[...]