Tag Archives: Green Architecture

Green Buildings | Elleray Preparatory School, Lake District, UK

Posted on December 5, 2009 by dianhasan

By Dian Hasan | December 4, 2009 One welcoming area of the new movement of Green Architecture is the adaptation of Eco-Responsible architecture into educational buildings. As the perfect place to start imparting positive values on young minds regarding green … Continue reading →

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Green Buildings | The Langley Academy (by Foster + Partners), Slough, UK

Posted on December 4, 2009 by dianhasan

By Dian Hasan | December 4, 2009 One welcoming area of the new movement of Green Architecture is the adaptation of Eco-Responsible architecture into educational buildings. As the perfect place to start imparting positive values on young minds regarding green … Continue reading →

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Green Buildings | ACROS Fukuoka, Japan

Posted on October 19, 2009 by dianhasan

By Dian Hasan | October 17, 2009 This green building located in Fukuoka, Japan, has an amazing green roof that reaches up t0 60 meters above the ground, with about 35,000 plants representing 76 species. The ACROS Fukuoka building has two … Continue reading →

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The Versatile Shipping Container ~ Kalkin’s Push Button House Concept

Posted on October 16, 2009 by dianhasan

To read Adam Kalkin’s story in full, click here, and his other work.

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Instant Shipping Container House ~ Kalkin’s Push Button House Concept

Posted on October 16, 2009 by dianhasan

By Dian Hasan | October 16, 2009 Another look at Adam Kalkin‘s work with the simple shipping container. Kalkin started working with this “important medium of global trade” long before it became popular. Here’s a look at his “Push Button … Continue reading →

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Transforming Shipping Container into an Object of Beauty

Posted on October 16, 2009 by dianhasan

By Dian Hasan | October 16, 2009 Today’s field of architecture has evolved significantly from what it was in the past. The green movement to better appreciate nature, and work with it as opposed against it, has given an impetus … Continue reading →

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Green Buildings | the art of using local building materials

Posted on October 4, 2009 by dianhasan

One of the fine traits of today’s growing “green movement” is that it has given the impetus to “green buildings”, which are of course inseparable from “green architecture”. And the beauty is that it forces us (well… the development & … Continue reading →

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Walking over tropical canopy in Singapore. Not Costa Rica?

Posted on September 1, 2009 by dianhasan

What do you do when you’ve delivered consistent economic growth the past few decades and have attained first world status? You focus on your eco-responsibility and increase awareness of safeguarding the little nature you have left around you. Such is … Continue reading →

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Green Buildings | The Zócalo Nomadic Museum, Mexico City

Posted on August 25, 2009 by dianhasan

The Zócalo Nomadic Museum, was a temporary building to house an exhibition in Mexico City, Mexico. The building structure was constructed entirely of bamboo, arguably among the world’s fastest growing renewable resource. Bamboo application as building material is widespread, being … Continue reading →

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