On a slope near the village of Karjat, India, an international team of architects has begun to envision a modern, 3-story building that will use bamboo as a primary supporting material. Intending to spur eco-friendly changes within the Indian construction industry, the ambitious Dutch architect Robert Verrijt and Indian architect Shefali Balwani of Architecture [...]
February 19, 2009
February 17, 2009
Sustainable Hothouse
C. F. Møller Architects, in co-operation with Søren Jensen Rådgivende Ingeniørfirma, has won the architectural competition for a new hothouse in Aarhus Botanic Garden. Sustainable design, new materials and advanced computer technology went into the creation of the hothouse’s organic form.
The snail-shaped hothouse in the Botanic Garden in Aarhus is a national icon in hothouse [...]
LaboBrain - Mathieu Lehanneur at the Laboratoire
Designing new layouts for the Laboratoire, Mathieu Lehanneur has created functional spaces on the borderline between art and science:LaboBrain is a private think-tank, LaboShop, a public sales outlet.
The LaboBrain is a tailor-made all-white studio for David Edwards, the founder of Laboratoire. It is a gym, a place for working out thought, with all the appropriate tools cerebral athletes need to hone their performances. Projected [...]






