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The Salvador Dali Museum in Florida by HOK

October 30th, 2011

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 »

Recycled Plane House in California by David Hertz Architects

October 16th, 2011

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 »

The Solar Decathlon Virginia Tech Lumenhaus, United States

April 4th, 2011

The Solar Decathlon Virginia Tech Lumenhaus, United States architecture award

Has won 2010 Solar Decathlon Europe, Lumenhaus was designed by Virginia Tech School of Architecture + Design that located in Blacksburg, Virginia, United States is a beautiful net zero solar powered house with a focus on architectural design (attractive), energy efficiency (comfort), marketability (affordable) and sustainability (green building design which Eco friendly) that designed to restore the ideals of solar energy with integrates the latest technologies and architectural techniques such as “Eclipsys” shades and insulation panels that are autonomously deployed to respond accordingly to weather conditions. Read more »

Prefabricated and Sustainable Home Design, Kohler LivingHome by Kieran Timberlake

January 10th, 2011

Prefabricated and Sustainable Home Design, Kohler LivingHome by Kieran Timberlake green buildings

“Prefabrication is the practice of assembling elements of a structure in a factory or other manufacturing site, transportation and complete assemblies or sub-assemblies on the building site where the structure must be placed. Prefabricated building is a type of building that consists of several components made in factories or units and then are assembled on site to complete the unit. Sustainability is the potential for long-term maintenance of well being, which has environmental, economic, and social dimensions. And sustainable architecture Read more »

Infiniski Manifesto House Design, Chile by James & Mau Architecture

December 29th, 2010

Infiniski Manifesto House Design, Chile by James & Mau Architecture green buildings

This unique house design is a green house for Infiniski that located in Curacaví, Chile. Infiniski Manifesto House was designed by James & Mau Architecture. Infiniski is a construction company specializing in designing and building environmentally friendly houses and buildings based on the use of recycled, reused and non polluting building materials and the integration of alternative and renewable energy. Read more »