The Salvador Dali Museum in Florida by HOK

The Salvador Dali Museum in Florida by HOK sustainable design

The Salvador Dali Museum is a spectacular and fantastical museum that located in United States, precisely on a scenic waterfront site in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida was designed by architectural firm HOK with resistant building structure and sustainable architectural design features. The Salvador Dalí Museum is inspired by Dali’s surrealist art and by the practical need with features a geodesic inspired glass atrium and walls so thick they to withstand extreme from the hurricanes that threaten Florida’s west coast weather conditions as well as reduce its ecological footprint, because the features a geodesic inspired glass atrium and walls so thick they can withstand a Category 5 hurricane. Read more »

October 30th, 2011 In Sustainable Design

Recycled Plane House in California by David Hertz Architects

Recycled Plane House in California by David Hertz Architects sustainable design

The large-scale recycling architecture of contemporary home design project that located in California, on a 55-acre property into the remote hills of Malibu overlooking mountains, a valley, the Pacific Ocean and its Channel Islands, was designed by Architects David Hertz who based Santa Monica for realize the desire a dream house from a woman who co-owns a Mercedes car dealership, Francie Rehwald which want to have a home design with curvilinear/feminine shapes and also eco-friendly. Called Wing house, because the building structure of this sustainable house design was built using plane’s wings of a retired Boeing 747-200. Read more »

October 16th, 2011 In Sustainable Design

House Design in Arruda dos Vinhos by Plano B

House Design in Arruda dos Vinhos by Plano B home design

The home design in Arruda dos Vinhos is a elegant small cabin that can be an simple housing solution. Designed by Plano B as an practice in the juxtaposition of materials to causing a new form, the house project uses pre-existing materials found in a ruined structure which neighbors the site as the basic elements for the new system which constructive. Read more »

June 22nd, 2011 In Home Design, Sustainable Design

Mill Valley Hillside, United States by McGlashan Architecture

Mill Valley Hillside, United States by McGlashan Architecture green buildings

This green building that located on the large site in the steep grassy hillside at Marin County, Mill Valley, in California, USA, is a contemporary single residence was designed by Scott McGlashan architects of McGlashan Architecture for the three generations of family, two separate dwellings. This home design that called the Mill Valley Hillside, is shared on each of three levels. Read more »

May 29th, 2011 In Green Buildings, Home Design

Representation and Offices Building, The Norwegian Embassy by Kristin Jarmund Architects

Representation and Offices Building, The Norwegian Embassy by Kristin Jarmund Architects architecture design

The New Norwegian Embassy that constructed from local materials, with local labourers, and the intention is to integrate the building with the surrounding city texture, such as wood and stone is located in Patan, on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal was designed by the Norwegian architectural firm Kristin Jarmund Architects on commission from the Norwegian Directorate of Public Construction and Property. The building is integrated into the slope of the site, allowing plateaus of outdoor space to extend into the building. A south facing intimate patio is directly linked to the vestibule inside. Read more »

April 6th, 2011 In Architecture Design

Random post from Architecture and Design News – Nikiomahe.com

The Old building

June 23rd, 2008 - Posted in Unique Design

The Old building, originally uploaded by VIjay Pandey. This majestic building must be a few centuries old . Taken from a moving bus , the best of gothic architecture. This building must have seen 2 world wars and several generations pass by, yet it looks rock solid.