Architect, designer, graphic designer and curator of the MoMA, Emilio Ambasz (Resistencia, Argentina, 1943) chose the path of green architecture "when I was like barking at the moon". Could not prevent his work from Friday to set out in the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid, he left surreal scenery, although some projects have been finally constructed. Continue Reading »
A project to rehabilitate a house's energy in Denmark has achieved energy savings of 69%.
The Danish Architecture Studio Pluskontoret has developed, in collaboration with Velux, a new concept of reform where the cover plays a key role in energy renewal, thanks to light and natural ventilation coming through the roof windows. This is a renovation project that aims to reduce energy consumption while improving the comfort of users.
The house, with an area of 176 m2 on two floors, originally had a classical distribution of spaces, the bedrooms upstairs and the kitchen, dining and living areas downstairs. After the reform has become a modern two-story house that has obtained the highest energy efficiency rating, for future Danish demands for new housing from 2015. Continue Reading »
In Objectbis we have seen buildings made of different materials recycled. But who would imagine that concrete pipes could have a second life as a hotel?
For unless we can reach an hour from Mexico City, the Tubohotel of Tepoztlan is an affordable hotel that uses recycled concrete pipes for your rooms, a strategy launched by designers T3arc to build a hotel quickly and inexpensively without sacrificing the spectacular views of the area.
190m2 house in an "L" divided into two floors, living room, kitchen, shower room on ground floor and first floor with study, bathroom and master bedroom suite with "walking closet". The area for visitors at ground floor (with a small lounge and two-bedroom suite for guests) is located on the second part of the "L", one labeled in the center of circulation that allows a certain independence between areas main guest areas and improve privacy and achieving better control of energy consumption between different parts of the house.
Is the name Hickshaw Diedricksen Derek gave his micro-project of U.S. homes. Its construction, based on recycled materials, had a budget of $ 200 USD.
"I've always been obsessed with the small architecture," says Derek Diedricksen. These micro-shelters / rooms extreme are the result of an intention to build the smallest budget and in a sustainable manner "is intended as a safe place to sleep, a micro mobile shelter. For parties, is a single bed. An alternative to a tent that will not tear as easily and offers a little more security. " Continue Reading »
Hub Madrid is a former garage converted into a common office. This amazing place is located just twenty meters Caixaforum and about 5 minutes walk from Atocha station. It offers an inspiring space to meet, work, innovate, learn and connect located between the two main train stations in Madrid.
The old garage is intact from the 1940's. The architect + qs architects, responsible for its transformation. Decideron leave it largely as originally. The paint on the walls are worn, scraped and scratched. Illuminated by a large skylight that allows us to see over the years. Continue Reading »
Students of Architecture UNSW's Faculty of Built Environm have given to Sydney, Australia, a new concept of sustainable development in construction, by developing a pavilion made from 2000 tubes of recycled cardboard, in the heart of the city.
The pavilion was built completely recyclable into a house of assembly station at Circular Quay for the contest CH4, which is part of Sydney Architecture Festival. Continue Reading »
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