Buildings that are “Green” enough to be mentioned.

According to the news from Xinhuanet, the Beijing Olympic Village designed with environmental-friendly concept in mind, won the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) gold award on Wednesday, 13th of August. The head of the Beijing Olympic Village, Chen Zhili, received the award from the U.S Treasury Henry Paulson who presented  on behalf of [...]

This year’s 2008 Beijing Olympics has been termed “Green Olympics“. But how green are the venues that will be hosting the Olympic games?
Lets take a look at three of such venues. Firstly, the National Stadium, known as the “Bird’s Nest” for its latticework of interwoven steel. Secondly, the National Aquatics Centre, or “Water [...]

NASA researchers this week said they are using global satellite data to create maps of ocean areas best suited for wind energy.
The maps will be useful in planning where to build offshore wind farms that can convert wind energy to electricity, according to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. Islands of floating wind farms have the [...]

Look out SIngapore! The Green Complex is coming!
Designed by world renowned architecture firm Foster + Partners, this Green Complex will be adding more than a dash of green to the Singapore skyline. As sustainability becomes an essential ingredient to the development of Singapore, the UK-based firm is leaving no stone unturned to make good use [...]

With the recent devastating Sichuan earthquake, this invention could not have come at a more appropriate time.
Yan Xiao, an expert in structural design and retrofit in the USC Viterbi School’s Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has devised a prototype bamboo quake relief house which he built in less than two weeks. The [...]

Very soon, a new architectural marvel will emerge from Dubai’s skyscraper skyline.
Named the “Rotating Tower”, this amazing architectural skyscraper is designed by Italian-Isreali architect - Mr David Fisher. What is so special about this structure is that it has the ability to generate ten times as much power as it will use. Each floor [...]

On Inhabitat’s web, we were shown the pictures of Saazs’ light-emitting glass plates. These glass plates are the world’s first light-emitting glass plates. They can be integrated into tables, shelves, cupboards and essentially just about anything you want.
I was captivated by the design of the plates. It was elegant and had an artistic feel to [...]

Remember the last post that I have made on the new eco-city which is under construction? Today i managed to see the architecture and design of the buildings via metaefficient. The design is really stunning. It is not only stunning but also very power efficient. In fact, the Masdar headquarter is said to be able [...]