All Entries in the "Design & Architecture" Category
Frank Gehry to Design Facebook’s Novel Green Menlo Park Campus
The famous Menlo Park Campus of Facebook is getting ready for expansion in a big way. The company has roped in the Iconic architect Frank Gehry for this mega project. Gehry is most popular for his work on the titanium-clad blobitecture icons. The new campus at Menlo Park will be known as the West Campus [...]
Water Consumption Innovation by ES Pipe Waterwheel
We all know that it is difficult to live in the third world countries. However the water supply improved in the last few years and there are a lot of people using wells to cover their needs for fresh water. Nonetheless there are still a lot of people who need oil lamps to fight the [...]
Solar Floating Resort and a Green Vacation Concept to Die For
The truth is that using solar energy in hotels and resorts isn’t considered to be a new idea, but still it looks like there are some people that are able to come up with new concepts. Michele Puzzolante created the idea of a floating luxury hotel that uses dye sensitized, low cost solar cells. This [...]
Solar Powered Sports Arenas – The Future Smiles of Sport Competitions
There are a lot of different things that all nations share, and one of them is sports. There are huge sports arenas all over the world, but we also should consider that these need a lot of energy to function or to be able to host different sports events. Knowing this, there are some sports [...]
The World Trade Center Replaced by the Certified Greenest City Complex
We all heard about the tragedy that happened at the World Trade Center, but that is the past and now the world will see there something new and something more than eye-catching. The new skyscraper is going to be LEED certified. This is a special kind of certification given to those buildings that have been [...]
Energy Efficient from Live Vegetation to Saving Resources
Two distinct projects, in different parts of the world by different architects and yet they stand out due to their futuristic and green approach. One of them was built keeping in mind the carbon footprint, the idea was to create maximum built space on minimum land area and the other aimed at energy conservation at [...]
Floating Islands Golf Course Trend and the Green Future Awaiting Them
The majority of people would have never thought that golf courses will look any different from the look they have nowadays. Well… in this case they never heard about the upcoming projects that seem to revolutionize the traditional concept of golf, and add a whole new aspect to it. One of the most spectacular golf [...]
Can the Green Zoo Concept Make Zoos Politically Correct?
The main point of the green zoo keeping concept is to make sure that these do not make any harm to the surrounding area and also that they are comfortable for both the inhabitants and the visitors. In some cases the “greenness” of the zoos would come from the fact that they need less physical [...]
Eco-friendly Architecture – Can It Help Create Cleaner City Air?
Is it possible to live in a city and to breathe clean air in the same time? According to some engineers, the two concepts might be placed besides each other. The technology that we have at our hands makes everything possible including the repairing of the harm that has already been done. For example, theoretically, [...]
A Glimpse into the Future to See the Green Cities
Go green, people. More and more people are talking about the importance of a “green” lifestyle, and although in the last period this concept has gained a lot of popularity, it isn’t a totally new idea. Ebenezer Howard already made some suggestions regarding this matter in 1898. Still the huge amount of pollution made this [...]
