Posted May 30, 2008 
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Cybertecture is the architecture of the 21st century and the company that will take it even further is James Law Cybertecture International. The company was assigned by Vijay Associate (Wadhwa Developers) to design a building like no other for Mumbai, India and they came up with the Cybertecture Egg.
Posted May 10, 2008 Comments(2) 
New York City attracts many tourists yearly, most of them want to see those impressive skyscrapers. Well, now the city came up with the “Waterfalls” project which consists of creating waterfalls on the East River all the way to the New York Harbor. The sponsors will be the Public Art Fund and the City of New York which will allocate $9 to $10 million for the project.
Posted April 16, 2008 Comments(0) 
The first LEED Gold certified art museum has been completed and this was possible thanks to a $60 million funding. The construction is the Grand Rapids Art Museum which was expanded and now it features about 125,000 square foot. This is about three times larger than the original structure.
Posted April 8, 2008 Comments(2) 
A new super structure is going to be built in Chicago and along with it’s futuristic design and big size, it will be very efficient and environmental-friendly. The Clean Technology Tower will capture wind using turbines positioned at it’s corners. The wind accelerates around the tower, so the turbines will have an increased efficiency.
On the roof it will be placed a double cavity to direct the wind, that reaches a maximum speed to an array of wind turbines to generate power. Also the ventilation is made by the negative pressure created by the turbine, to take advantage of everything and decrease as much as possible the non-renewable-power consumption. Also the roof is covered with solar cells and captures the solar rays.
The huge building includes a 300,000 square foot hotel, 1.8 million square feet of office space, a street-level retail and a spa. It was designed by the company that also designed the Masdar Headquarters, Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill.
via MetaEfficient
Posted March 31, 2008 Comments(0) 
London is the home of a structure with an astonishing design which is called Palestra. This building was developed by Alsop Architects and $120 million were necessary to finish the construction. At the beginning, the Palestra was destined to be the home of multiple companies but in the end only two settled there - the London Development Agency and the London Climate Change Agency.
The construction was finished in 2006 but six weeks after the unveiling, one of its component crashed and the wind turbines that were powering the building stopped working properly. The wind turbines are scheduled for replacement in the coming weeks and the designers are looking to implement fuel cell technology in order to power the entire building with renewable energy. I don’t know about you but I fell in love with this glass structure and you might do the same if you check out the gallery below.
Via EcoFuss
Posted March 18, 2008 Comments(0) 
A green resort is going to be built at Lake Taupo, New Zealand. The construction will begin as of the middle of next year and it will cost about $75 million. The resort will be called Hingarae, it will be built on an area of about 40 hectares and it will be pollution-free.
The Hingarae will be accessible by boat or walking track and the transportation within will be provided by electric cars and the energy will come from the sun. The resort will feature 28 freehold modules which are going to cost about $3.2 million and each will feature two or three bedrooms.
If the technology is very futuristic then the design doesn’t remain behind. The project belongs to X.Pace a Sydney and Singapore design company which envisioned some pretty touches and also very luxurious for the Hingarae resort.
Posted March 17, 2008 Comments(0) 
The architects from Foster&Parners had presented last week at MIPIM, Cannes, a project called Al Raha Beach and the Abu Dhabi World Trade Center being the main building. The Abu Dhabi World Trade Center was designed perfectly for this climate and topography - it provides shade and cooling - what more do you need for the extreme weather?
Posted March 16, 2008 Comments(0) 
Dubai never stops to amaze the entire world as they are planning another architectural masterpiece. We are talking about a city built on an island off the coast. The artificial island is going to be a perfect square and it represents the latest idea to fight against the massive urbanization that stroke Dubai.
