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Architecture Contest At Solar Decathlon Won By Prague Team

October 11, 201313 years Amber Archangel 0 Comments

Originally published on 1Sun4All. Czech Technical University took first place in the highly competitive Architecture Contest and Vienna University of Technology received top honors in the Communications Contest on the morning of October 11, at the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2013, reports Solar Decathlon. The following is from the Solar Decathlon blog: European Teams Top Architecture and Communications Contests … [continued]

China To Build Walkable, Environmentally Sensitive “Great City”

November 5, 201214 years chelsea 3 Comments

Forget about following the yellow brick road — more like yellow brick bike or walking path. China is now scheduled to begin construction on Chengdu Tianfu District Great City, a model city of “high-density urban living and sustainable development,” says Adrian Smith, director of the design process. Great City … [continued]

Japanese Ecovillage House Brings Nature Right Inside

October 31, 201214 years charis 2 Comments

This year, architects from ALTS Design Office were brought in to take the ecovillage process a step further. Rather than maintain the traditional strict separation between inner and outer, the Kofunaki House brings nature (or the outer) right inside. […]

Interview with Designer of World’s 1st Net Zero–Energy Skyscraper & World’s 1st Large-Scale Positive-Energy Building…

October 27, 201214 years Z. S. 0 Comments

I recently had the fortunate chance to interview Gordon Gill, “one of the world’s preeminent exponents of performance-based design” and a trendsetter in the realm of net–zero energy and net-positive–energy design. Gordon will be a featured speaker at the upcoming Total Energy USA conference (you can still register for that … [continued]

Largest Transparent Photovoltaic Roof in the US

October 19, 201214 years Joshua S Hill 2 Comments

The oncology division of the US head office of pharmaceutical company Novartis will soon be looking up to the country’s largest transparent photovoltaic roof. Sunways AG announced the news of its largest individual order for building integrated photovoltaics to date. The office building was designed by architectural firm Rafael Viñoly … [continued]

Solar Decathlon Winners

October 4, 201115 years Z. S. 3 Comments

Solar Decathlon 2011, a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) solar architecture contest, has wrapped up. While there is an overall winner, there are also winning teams for different topics (e.g. affordability, engineering, communications, home entertainment, and more). All of the winners are below, along with notes on why most of them won.

3D Printers Gain Momentum in Worlds of Design & Invention

July 14, 201115 years Glenn Meyers 2 Comments

Who needs 3D movies when a 3D printer is nearby and you find yourself inspired by the inventive spirit?

Designing $300 Houses for the World’s Poor

June 25, 201115 years Glenn Meyers 0 Comments

Build a house for $300? That is exactly what the 300House Project just proved in a worldwide competition to design housing for the poor.

Grass Grows Greener on this Singapore Roof

June 10, 201115 years Glenn Meyers 1 Comment

A visit to the School of Art, Design & Media at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore shows one of those reasons: not because solar shingles or wind turbines sit atop, but rather because the landscape has been transformed into an integral part of the roof.

Greener Design by Imitating Nature

October 6, 200917 years Derek Markham 2 Comments

Article by Amy Hengst appearing courtesy of Matter Network. Termite mounds may look like ugly piles of dirt, but they provide important clues for architects designing energy-efficient buildings. Termite mounds are built six to 30 feet high off the ground in hot ecosystems and are riddled with tunnels at their … [continued]