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- Flatiron House is adding green to the Manhattan skyline Thu, 4 May 23, 5:30amYou're in New York City, standing among tall buildings reaching for the sky. You see steel and concrete, brick and asphalt. Pavement, metal and people everywhere. But one building is stretching up above you positively covered...
- Sluishuis is a striking 442-apartment building on the water Wed, 7 Sep 22, 4:30amAmsterdam housing has a new look, and it’s unmistakable from any angle. The ultra-contemporary Sluishuis is a 442-apartment building that is perched over the IJmeer, a lake in the Netherlands that lies between the De Nes...
- Amsterdam apartments are tic-tac-toed in wildlife habitat Thu, 7 Apr 22, 3:30amVMX Architects received the go-ahead to build a sustainable new building titled Tic-Tac-Toe in Amsterdam. Tic-Tac-Toe will be located in the business district Zuidas, which is expected to evolve into a mixed-use neighborhood....
- Check out this inside-out apartment building in Buenos Aires Wed, 27 Oct 21, 4:30amNew York design firm ODA Architecture are dedicated to revitalizing the inner city. In Buenos Aires, they will convert a run-down parking garage into a sizeable public park, green roof and top-class office building called...
- BIGs dramatic hillside apartments officially open in Stockholm Sat, 10 Nov 18, 9:00amBjarke Ingels Group has announced the official opening of the long-awaited 79&Park, a residential development with a striking, stepped design. Located in Stockholm’s Gärdet district, the sculptural complex consists...
- Pinecone-shaped apartment building unveiled for former military camp in Norway Mon, 18 Dec 17, 8:30pmReiulf Ramstad Arkitekter just unveiled a striking apartment complex for the town of Ski, Norway. The 4,000-square-meter residences will take on a sculptural, pinecone-like shape with high-end apartment units in the green...
- COBE transforms former grain silo into swanky apartments in Copenhagen Wed, 28 Jun 17, 8:01pmAt first glance, it’s hard to imagine that there’s anything old about this swanky new high-rise in Copenhagen. But behind its modern steel facade is the skeleton of a 17-story former grain silo. COBE transformed the largest...
- COBE transforms former grain silo into a swanky apartment in Copenhagen Wed, 28 Jun 17, 8:01pmAt first glance, it’s hard to imagine that there’s anything old about this swanky new high-rise in Copenhagen. But behind its modern steel facade is the skeleton of a 17-story former grain silo, the largest industrial...
- Göktürk 118 apartment building blends into Istanbul’s neighborhoods with a sustainable glass mosaic facade Wed, 29 Apr 15, 8:00pmThe two volumes have different heights-12.5 m and 15.50 m, but meet at the corner to create a unified whole. Two separately perceived prisms act as an extension of the street fronts that dominate the area but introduce a...
- Luciano Pia’s incredible urban treehouse protects against air and noise pollution in Turin Thu, 12 Mar 15, 12:12amWhen Luciano Pia undertook to design a five-storey, 63 unit residential apartment building in Turin, he sought to break from the homogenous urban development that was consuming the area...
- LEED Platinum Pine+Minor Apartments Mix Work & Living in Downtown Seattle Wed, 4 Dec 13, 7:30amThe new Pine+Minor apartment complex sits at the corner of Pine and Minor near the edge of the Capitol Hill neighborhood. Located on the Pine-Pike corridor, the building is conveniently located for access to a variety of...
- Basket Apartments: OFIS Unveils Healthy & Sustainable Student Housing Project in Paris Wed, 10 Oct 12, 8:28amRead the rest of Basket Apartments: OFIS Unveils Healthy & Sustainable Student Housing Project in Paris Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", apartment building, basket...
- Dynamic Basket Apartments is a Healthy & Sustainable Student Housing Project in Paris Wed, 10 Oct 12, 4:40amRead the rest of Dynamic Basket Apartments is a Healthy & Sustainable Student Housing Project in Paris Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", apartment building, basket...
- Eco Modern Flats Renovation is the First Multifamily LEED Platinum Project in Arkansas Sat, 7 Jul 12, 3:27amRead the rest of Eco Modern Flats Renovation is the First Multifamily LEED Platinum Project in Arkansas Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", apartment building, apartment...
- H27D is a Zero-Waste Urban Infill Apartment Building in Constance, Germany Sat, 7 Jul 12, 12:12amRead the rest of H27D is a Zero-Waste Urban Infill Apartment Building in Constance, Germany Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", apartment building, constance, eco apartment,...