Located in Shanghai, China, the ‘Can Cube’ is an innovative sustainable mixed-use residential and office building designed by Chinese architectural practice Archi Union that integrating several ecological and renewable systems to make it a highly energy efficient and sustainable design structure. The entrance level and below-ground level are designed to function as office space, while the second and third levels are recreational and private living quarters. Read more »

Django Building, an apartment complex was designed by KCAP Architects & Planners is located in the first district of the Zuidas, in Amsterdam’s Zuidas development area, Amsterdam, Netherlands. The Django building with 9 storeys is the lowest city block between the highest building in the area, the 29-storey twin tower Amsterdam Symphony designed by the Architecten Cie, and the 20-storey Duke Tower designed by Ateliers Lion. “This contrast is what we find challenging and exciting”, says Han van den Born, architect and partner of KCAP. Read more »

From the amount of discarded containers laying around the building site of the Salam Centre in the city of Soba, Khartoum, in Sudan, the architect had the idea to use them again as a template for modern African development in its constructed housing for the centre’s international medical staff, Medical Housing Compound. The resultant housing compound, placed beside the hospital in the surroundings of the Nile river, is realized around a great courtyard full of mango trees. The total delivery cost for the 60 lodgings and cafeteria at 468 €/sq m was 1.08million€. Comparatively this is around 150€/sq m cheaper than starter housing in the United Kingdom. Read more »

The sustainable architecture design is the Bridges Master Plan in Calgary, Canada by Sturgess Architecture. Founded on the Canadian Prairie in 1885, the city of Calgary has sprawled to one million people. In 1914, the General Hospital was built overlooking Calgary’s downtown, physically severing the Bridgeland community from the city. In 1998, it was demolished. A national competition called for the development of a sustainable community on the 37 acre site. Read more »

Dockside Green, the building which receives the first Platinum certified community in the world and was approved by the AIA and becomes top 10 examples of sustainable architecture and green design that protect and maintain the environment. Designed by Perkins+Will firm which inform the improvement of Dockside Green Residential design Phase 1, this information would be a verification as a sustainable building with the development, a basic level compared with the architectural design at the time. Peter Susby as a Founding Member and Current Chair of the Green said that “Our integrated design process empowered us to work with a large team of players to develop a vision for Dockside Green that is truly sustainable design”. Read more »