With the aim to make our homes as green as possible, we tend to chose those homes with designs that allows natural sunlight to come-in to minimize the use of energy for lighting purposes during daytime, which is achievable with large windows. However, collecting sunlight and transforming it into a useful electricity is another form [...]

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Green architecture continues to get innovative and the Strata as the first skyscraper to have a built-in wind turbine is just one of the proofs that architects are dedicated enough in helping save the environment. The Strata is a latest addition to the London’s skyline and strikes many eyes with its three built-in wind turbine [...]

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Architects and their structure designs are now getting friendly with the environment, which is much favorable compared to those who built elegant and eye-catching structures that do not do well to the environment in return. The Canada Pavilion is a structure built by SNC-lavalin Inc., a Canadian engineering and construction company. Being the biggest that [...]

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Climate change has causes the sea level to rise that encourage architects and designers to create various floating residences. Today, another designer has created a wonderful architecture design that will help us sustain a living in this constantly changing world. Malaysian design Adre Bin Sarkum has designed the Water-scraper, an underwater architecture that has the [...]

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The built of skyscrapers are growing from all corners of the world today. An entry the eVolo Skyscraper Competition 2010 is the Gesterbine that features wind power. During daytime where a demand for electricity is high, the Gesterbine looks like a typical power plant. It does supplies energy to average households using wind energy. At [...]

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