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The Houl / Simon Winstanley Architects
The Houl, [a 2011 RIBA Award Recipient], is a contemporary single storey ‘long house’ which is recessive in the landscape, sustainable in its construction and achieves a ‘zero carbon’ rating by using very high levels of insulation, whole house heat recovery ventilation, air source heat pump and a wind turbine.
Situated in Zaragoza, Spain, the Convention Center of Aragon is a stunning conference hall that rises from the banks of the Ebro river in a cascading series of waves.The building is wrapped in a beautiful façade composed of 12,000 triangular ceramic tiles, and its angled roofs are punctuated with massive skylights that almost entirely eliminate the need for electric lighting during the day.
sheslostctrl:The Passive House, Bessancourt, France by Karawitz Architecture.
semperssixth:pixel building by: studio 505 architects in: carlton, australia
a carbon neutral office building with colorful recycled aluminum shading panels enclosing an otherwise standard, almost typical green building design>
(Source: theage.com.au, via semperssixth)
Designed by Vaillo + Irigaray, the building isn’t just a starting point for recycling - its distinctive facade is also made of aluminum, a recycled material.
The MS Lounge is a pavilion in Navarra, Spain that gets its distinctive look from the airy facade of green “reeds” surrounding it. Designed by architects Vaillo + Irigaray, the funky structure serves as a pop-up event space that allows guests to feel like they are dining and dancing within a bamboo forest. The verdant tubes that encase the lounge are made of recycled plastic, and to add even more green appeal, one wall of the building is partially lined with real shrubbery.
The 21 unit luxury Bluepoint Residences were designed to take in breathtaking panoramic views while maximizing solar shading and privacy. Modular louvered screens, made from a light-weight, wood-plastic composite, primarily waste sawdust, will form a dynamic skin around the residences. Each louver is specifically designed for its location on the facade for a combination of solar access as well as view formation.
