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- House in the Dunes modernizes an original Gwathmey design Wed, 18 Aug 21, 2:30amCharles Gwathmey was an influential architect for many decades in the 1900s, so when one of his works showed up in need of renovation in Amagansett, New York, architecture and design studio Worrell Yeung enthusiastically...
- Powerbarn is a bioenergy plant offering power to 84,000 families Wed, 4 Mar 20, 6:30amIn the rural commune of Russi in northeast Italy, Italian architecture firm Giovanni Vaccarini Architetti has converted an industrial zone once used for sugar production into the new grounds for the Powerbarn, a bioenergy...
- NYCs new eco-park and urban beach is designed to help clean the waterfront Sat, 4 May 19, 3:30amNew York City has just welcomed yet another gem to its growing number of waterfront parks — Pier 35, the long-awaited East River Waterfront project designed by Manhattan-based firm SHoP Architects in partnership with Ken...
- Stormwaters sweep beneath this coastal beach house raised above dunes Mon, 5 Mar 18, 9:00pmRather than elevate this coastal beach home on stilts, New York-based Raad Studio sought a more natural method to protect the building from floodwaters...
- Solar-powered Villa H is a modern glass-fronted home in the Dutch dunes Fri, 29 Sep 17, 7:30pmNatural materials converge in the beautiful, tailor-made Villa H (Villa Hupkes) tucked into Rotterdam’s dune landscape. Architecture firm BERG + KLEIN designed this modern home for a client who wanted a warm and minimalist...
- BIG hides an invisible museum beneath Denmarks sand dunes Fri, 14 Jul 17, 6:00pmDon’t be fooled by these gentle sand dunes—hidden in the landscape is an “invisible museum.” Bjarke Ingels Group designed TIRPITZ, a recently opened museum embedded into Denmark’s protected Blåvand shorelines,...
- Unique asymmetrical home in the Netherlands takes a novel approach to sustainability Sat, 4 Mar 17, 1:55amDutch firm Global Architects completed a dream modern villa that breaks from the traditional gabled architecture of the Netherlands. Shaped like a giant boulder, House as a Rock rises from the dunes like a craggy monolithic...
- Green-roofed underground garage is shaped like dunes to fight flooding Tue, 5 Jul 16, 11:00pmSet between a dyke and a major city boulevard, the Underground Parking Garage has an elongated 500-meter-long form that runs parallel to the beach and houses 663 parking spots...
- Anakin Skywalker’s Home Threatened By Migrating Sand Dunes in Tunisia Mon, 22 Jul 13, 11:37pmMigrating sand dunes in the Tunisian desert are threatening to bury the set of Mos Espa City—one of the most famous filming locations captured in the Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, and childhood home of the franchise’s...
- Herzog and de Meuron Unveil Plans for Brilliant Naturally Ventilated Mãe Luiza Gymnasium Mon, 6 Feb 12, 5:00pmRead the rest of Herzog and de Meuron Unveil Plans for Brilliant Naturally Ventilated Mãe Luiza Gymnasium Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: applied science, Brazil, Climate Change, CO2, community,...