Omotesando Street in Tokyo, Japan, an avenue gathering the world’s fashion big wicks housed in buildings that are designed by the world’s most prominent architects, hosted a competition to design a Fashion Museum. The Competition Competition…
‘Wearing the woven gown’ Fashion Museum to feature at Omotesando Street Read More »
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A startling figure provided by WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation reveals that around 884 million people of the world do not have access to safe drinking water. Only 46 percent of the…
Future perfect – fog harvesting to end freshwater crisis! Read More »
It has become a trend to design buildings which are eco-friendly and energy efficient. These type of buildings are actually necessary as they make our planet greener, cleaner and healthier. Two French architects, Jean-Marie Massaud and Daniel Pouzet.
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The winners of the Parco Solar South Competition to design Vertical Villages for ‘European Snowbirds’ is a team that includes OFF architecture, PR Architect (Philippe Rizzotti) and Samuel Nageottech. The plan sheds light on creating abode for…
European Snowbirds to get suspended, solar residences in Calabre Read More »
Statistically, lighting accounts for around 20 to 50 percent of total energy consumed in homes and offices. And from the cost perspective, a single 100W light bulb used just 6 hours a day can cost over $25 per year to use (.12/kWh). But on the…
Save energy by literally ‘peeling’ the outer skin of the Secret Lamp Read More »
You can just feel the bold curves ripping out as Roehr Motorcycles’s new 2011 Roehr eSuperSport is all set to entice you with its brazen charm. Based on the sleek, curvaceous frame of the exalted Hyosung GT650R, the ‘green’ inside is what really…
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CK Designworks, an Australian architecture company, has designed a 35-storey building for Melbourne’s CBD. This building will be named Crystal Gardens and will be used for both commercial as well as residential purposes. The building is designed to.
CK Designworks’ Crystal Gardens project takes vertical farming to the next level Read More »
China, the world’s biggest greenhouse gas emitter, has decided to make more investments for sustainable power generation. With industrialization going at its peak and economy growing at a pace, electricity generation needs to be addressed. China…
China doubles target for solar power capacity to 50 GW by 2020 Read More »
Solar power, the most talked and researched about technology as an alternate source of energy, has long being regarded as the best option to solve the energy crisis faced due to fast dwindling fossil fuels. But so long, solar energy is way behind in..
The Good, the bad and the ugly about printable solar panels Read More »
Hangzhou urban planning bureau has announced Dutch firm MVRDV the winner of the international design competition for the China Comic and Animation Museum (CCAM) in Hangzhou, China. The construction of the museum is supposed to start in 2012. MVRDV’s..
MVRDV prize-winning design for China Comic and Animation Museum is green to the core Read More »
