Posted June 11, 2008 
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The climate is changing and not in the good way as the global warming will affect large areas on Earth. One of the repercussions is that the ocean level will increase very much because the ice caps of Antarctic and Greenland, and the glaciers in the mainland will melt. Also, you should know that under warm temperatures the water expands therefore the oceans will rise a lot.
Posted May 21, 2008 Comments(2) 
A housing complex designed by JDS Architects + CEBRA in collaboration with Louis Paillard and SeArch will be constructed in Aarhus, Denmark. The 25,000 square meters complex will be deployed by Tækker Group and Brabrand Boligforening and will be completed in the Q2 of 2010.
Posted April 30, 2008 Comments(1) 
We always encouraged green buildings and projects therefore we are pleased to announce that RIBA awarded a green design as the visitor center at the new Brockholes Wetland and Woodland Nature Reserve in Preston, Northern England. The project consists of zero-carbon floating buildings and it’s called “A Floating World”.
Posted March 28, 2008 Comments(12) 
With more and more people talking about globalization, Lalit Bhati, an architect and urban planner, took the first step in creating a world where equality and harmony rules among people, disregarding the part of the Earth they are from, the language they speak or the color of their skin.
For this, he designed a city that will host 50,000 people in which the only rule for those who want to live there will be their desire for a harmonious lifestyle. Auroville would be the model for cities of the future, which should combine the possibilities of the modern age with the delight of great landscapes, nature having an important role in the day-to-day course of life.
Houses and buildings are spiraling around the center filled with green spaces, symbolizing the praises mother nature should receive for allowing us to enjoy its creations. The industrial areas are at the city’s periphery, leaving clean air for the center of the town, where the residential buildings will be located; pollution won’t affect anyone, so this would be one of the best places on Earth to raise your children - away from a big town’s squalor, growing in a natural environment, but still taking advantage of the modern technology.
It is located in south India and its construction is only half done, but it already has habitants. They come from almost 35 nations and are of all age groups, from different social classes, different cultures and represent all aspects of humanity. There is still plenty of room for many other residents, so, if you want to see a preview of the after-life, check it!
Posted March 23, 2008 Comments(0) 
Dongtan is the name of the future city, and will be located near Shanghai, China. It was designed primarily considering the health of it’s future habitants, and no one living there will be more than three minutes away from a park. It will also contain wildlife corridors, bringing the nature into the city.
ARUP, in collaboration with Shanghai Industrial Investment Corporation are managing the project and they estimate it to be ready until the Expo 2010 held in Shanghai.
The new city will be able to accommodate 50,000 people and by 2040 it is expected to have a capacity of over 500,000, which would be one-third the size of Manhattan.
Posted March 21, 2008 Comments(5) 
Last period of time, United Arab Emirates has become one of the most suitable places on Earth for building an eco-city, based exclusively on solar energy. Competing the zero waste, car-free, carbon neutral Masdar city designed by Norman Foster and partners, Rem Koolhaas conceived another ecological masterpiece: The Gateway City.
Situated on the emirate of Ras al Khaimah and expanded on 1.2 million square meter area, The Gateway City planes to offer you anything you need inside the boundaries of the city, although it might be easily connected to all of Ras al Khaimah’s most important trade routes. The estimated time for completion has been set at 2012.
