Aside appealing design, Saffire Freycinet resort has various sustainable features. The beautiful Hazards mountain range is framed in the main building’s roof line, and the suites present like waves breaking on the shores below. The original Saffire site was a caravan park and backpacker’s accommodation, and it affected a great deal of degradation and erosion… »
Advanced Technologies Centre (ATC) is open for research and teaching at Swinburne University of Technology’s Hawthorn campus. Aside the building’s transparency and interesting design, the ATC has achieved a 5 Star Green Star – Education Design v1 rating from the Green Building Council of Australia, which evaluates buildings on their environmental design and performance. Located… »
In this article we’re going to write about a beautiful modern house which has (some of the planned) sustainable features. The Shavano Park House is a modern structure that is suitable for displaying art-glass collection. We emphasized that only some of the planned sustainable features were incorporated, since the designers from McKinney York Architects, had… »
The growing community of Battery Park City now has its own library. The Library was constructed with a focus on environmental sustainability and will be the first GREEN Library in Manhattan. The branch is expected to receive LEED Gold certification from the U. S. Green Building Council. Many of the sustainable features the library has… »
Coco Eco Bed and Breakfast Nature Retreat, located at Cable Beach, 20km north of the main township of Broome, is a great example of a sustainable building that demonstrates you can holiday both sustainable and comfortable. They offer comfortable and luxurious accommodation amidst an exotic setting. Set in a site that is a remnant of… »
In this article we’re going to write about first public carbon neutral building in Denmark. Designed by Christensen & Co, the sundial-shaped structure was recently completed. The student services center will be showcased during the UN Climate Conference (COP15) this December, where it will serve as proof that carbon neutral buildings are possible with good… »
