Structures
« Previous EntriesThe General Electric’s Green Beijing Olympics, 2008
Monday, August 11th, 2008The General Electric Olympic games, wait, I mean Beijing Olympic games got off to a big bang last Friday with probably the best opening ceremony, ever. With the start of the Olympics, companies from every sector are touting their sponsorship and involvement in this years’ Olympic games. While many companies have big investments [...]
Veil Solar Shade To Teach Kids About Renewable Energy
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008A good way to teach the kids about global warming and the importance of replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy is to design something they like and understand. An interactive solar power installation was designed by Buro North for Australian primary school yards with many purposes like to generate electricity, teach kids about renewable energy [...]
Eco-Houses Coming To Cyprus
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008I have always encouraged green architecture and green structures therefore I am pleased to see any sustainable buildings to be born. The Italian-based architects, Iosa Ghini Associati, have designed an eco-house “with the aim of creating a new residential area alongside Pedieos River, near Nicosia, Cyprus”.
A Floating World Coming To Northern England
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008I think everybody remembers the Masdar City, the first project of a zero-waste city, that Foster&Partners designed it for Abu Dhabi. Since Masdar was announced, we saw other projects like Auroville, in India and Dongtan, in China. Now, England gets is share of zero-carbon city as RIBA announced the winner for the visitor center at [...]
Green Vertical Farms In The New York City
Saturday, April 19th, 2008The New York magazine has had an interesting initiative with the purpose to improve the cleanliness of the New York City. They assigned four architects to came up with green structures that will be placed on the Canal Street and the most interesting idea came from Work AC.
Dan Wood, Work AC co-principal, thought that a [...]
