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Category: Architecture, Hotel Tags: Balcony, David Baker, ESD design, Green architecture, Lattice screen, LEED, Refurbishment / Extension, Swimming pool, USA architecture
In Healdsburg, California, h2hotel, is a new eco-conscious hotel designed by David Baker + Partners, the hotel has recently opened its doors to guests. A glimpse of the undulating green roof of this sustainable inn signals your arrival in historic downtown Healdsburg. The sister property to an acclaimed luxury hotel down the street, h2hotel offers [...]
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Category: Architecture, Culture, Interior Tags: dwp, LEED, Reflective pool, Stair, Thailand
International architecture and interior design firm dwp designed the Crystal Design Center Phase 1 in Bangkok, Thailand. The Crystal Design Center is a modern design facility that would be the bench-mark for Thailand’s creative industry. dwp achieved true design excellence by transforming the space through organic shapes enhanced by the use of indirect multicolor lightings. [...]
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Category: Architecture, House, Selected Tags: Coates Design, ESD design, Landscape architecture, LEED, Stair, Timber, USA, USA architecture
American architectural practice Coates Design has completed the Ellis Residence in Bainbridge Island, Washington. Ed, house owner, describes the first morning in their home, When I saw the sunrise with the skyline of Seattle as a backdrop the whole process was all worth it. Perched high upon Yeomalt Bluff, the Ellis Residence enjoys a commanding [...]
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Category: Architecture, Residential, Selected Tags: Brooks + Scarpa, Color architecture, Courtyard architecture, ESD design, Green architecture, Lattice screen, LEED, Perforated, Random pattern, USA, USA architecture
The several awards winning project Step Up on Fifth by Brooks + Scarpa Architects was designed to accommodate 46 studio apartments, ground level retail space and subterranean parking. The building is loaded with energy-saving and environmentally materials/devices with 71% recycling rate achievement. The front facade is designed with a series of water jet cut aluminum [...]
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Category: Architecture, Residential Tags: Courtyard architecture, Glass, LEED, Random pattern, USA, USA architecture
In Portland, Oregon, the Cyan/PDX Building by THA Architecture and GBD Architects has recently opened its doors to offer urban residents a new mode of high density, sustainable living in the heart of downtown. As a LEED Gold-certified high rise, Cyan meets a growing demand for an environmentally conscious, affordable urban lifestyle. Through strategic detailing [...]
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Category: Architecture, Education, Selected Tags: Cladding, Features, Laboratory, LEED, Library, Morphosis, School, Skin, USA architecture
Los Angeles practice architect Morphosis (led by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Thom Mayne) has designed the Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics at the California Institute of Technology, located in Pasadena, California. The Cahill Center conceptually acts as an astronomical instrument, pierced by a vertical volume, tilted its lense to maximize the penetration of natural daylight [...]
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