The company may be doing what they can
with green architecture, but you must remember the purpose of that building.
Today's enthusiasm
for green architecture has its origins in the energy crisis of the 1970s, when architects began to question the wisdom of building enclosed glass - and - steel boxes that required massive heating and cooling systems.
Long
before green architecture meant anything other than putting in plants, Arthur Erickson was integrating water and nature into his architecture.
«It combines a high - end hotel, commercial facilities, office space, and serviced apartments into one development, which incorporates the world's leading design and
green architecture practices.
Ubud Green Resort Villas in the centre of Ubud, Bali exhibits
classical green architecture and welcome guests can find species of Indonesian flowering plants growing up the walls, and over the roof.Ubud Green Resort Villas is a refined and prestigious villa located in the wonderful Ubud area of Bali's central mountain foothills.
Green architecture works with the landscape: The geography of Besançon made the city an important military position as early as the arrival of Caesar in 58 BC.
Green architecture uses local materials: How much more local can you get than building a fortress with the stone you excavate to dig the surrounding moats and ditches?
Representing some of the best high -
profile green architecture you're likely to see in one place, this year's selection includes solar - powered schools, super-efficient universities, and a Singaporean hospital that uses 69 percent less energy than its typical US counterpart.
COURTESY WILLIAM McDONOUGH + PARTNERS 333 Brannan Street Architect: William McDonough & Partners Client: Dropbox Location: San Francisco Completion: Summer 2015
Leading green architecture firm William McDonough & Partners has designed an ultra-sustainable office building for cloud storage company Dropbox.
For more beautiful pictures, click below the fold for a photo of the solar and wind powered Le Project Triangle in Paris, or click over to The Guardian to view the
whole green architecture slideshow.
So says Martin Liefhebber, who was
doing green architecture before there was a name for it; 12 years ago he designed Toronto's Healthy House that remains cutting edge; we have also covered his Wilson House.
As a result,
much green architecture reflects a quality that Ford's Edsel possessed: It looks like the future, but it doesn't look good.
In recent projects, Behnisch has managed to deviate from the orthogonal unit that
drives green architecture, allowing for curved, organic features and other ornamental elements.
In a week when we heard the sad news that «the queen of prefab design and marketing» Michelle Kaufman is closing her business's doors due to difficulties posed by the economic downturn, TH Blog Love scours the blogosphere for
positive green architecture stories and thankfully we weren't disappointed!
When Pritzker asked Gehry about energy -
saving green architecture and global warming, the architect did not exactly warm to the topic.
The building itself is expected to serve as a «living laboratory» for teaching and research
on green architecture, both within the University and outside.
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Designed by William McDonough + Partners, the Sustainability Base draws on the latest
in green architecture and (literally) space - age technology.
Built in 1996 based on a design by renowned architect Henry N. Cobb of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, AAAS headquarters is believed to be one of the country's finest examples
of green architecture.
Putting aside the conflation of «bad» with «ugly,» I have to agree with Lloyd that there often is a causal link between a building's look and its sustainable credentials, if for no other reason than
green architecture demands a certain set of materials, economy and form.
The principals of the firm, Form Environment Research Studio (fer) worked for Gehry and Libeskind, not a great training ground
for green architecture.
More and more congregations are build - ing churches that express the principles of sustainability and conservation — a movement best known as «
green architecture.»
Green architecture has gone to the dogs.
What is
green architecture?
Housed in two - story buildings constructed to the highest standards of
green architecture, each accommodation has a private entrance, cozy gas fireplace, panoramic floor - to - ceiling windows, radiant heat floor, bamboo furnishings, and some have an individual patio or deck.
With state - of - the - art eco-friendly technology,
green architecture and carbon - neutral establishment, the hotel is designed to offer utmost safety and security against any natural disasters.
vigilius mountain resort has received several awards for
its green architecture and was Italy's first hotel to be classified «Climate House, category A».
The Library continues to expand its holdings on non-Western architecture, as well as urban studies, sustainable and
green architecture and landscape architecture.
Green architecture can change functions: In the last three centuries, the Citadel has been used as a fortress and to hold prisoners of war, from the days of Louis XIV and Napoleon to World War II.
But on a trip last weekend to Besançon, in eastern France, I visited a building that isn't LEED certified or equipped with any fancy technology, but that nonetheless showcases important principles of
green architecture.
German architects Behnisch Architekten iare a leading proponent of
Green architecture, defined by Robert Campbell of the Boston Globe as «architecture that doesn't fight nature but instead seeks to partner with it.
Our instructors are leaders in academia,
green architecture, and building craft.
The term «
green architecture» only came into use in the 1990s, but the movement's roots can be traced back a long way.
That is a key goal of the «
green architecture» movement, which is changing the way buildings are designed, built and run.
Green architecture will, he suggests, help to reshape the construction industry over the next five years, with ever more innovative, energy - efficient and environmentally friendly buildings.