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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 »

House Design in Arruda dos Vinhos by Plano B

June 22nd, 2011

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 »

Blaak 31 Office Building, Netherlands by KCAP Architects & Planners

March 30th, 2011

Blaak 31 Office Building, Netherlands by KCAP Architects & Planners architecture design

Commissioned by Dutch real estate developer Provast, Blaak 31 that has designed by KCAP Architects & Planners is a 23,000 square meter office building situated on development of Provast, a prominent corner next to Blaak metro and train station alongside Rotterdam’s future Market Hall, in Rotterdam, Netherlands. KCAP’s design responds providing a transparent and lively street frontage housing public functions like a café and a library. 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 »