Green building

Through a generous gift to the University, a turn of the century brick house was acquired at Missouri State University’s West Plains campus. Although the house is not historic per se, it represents the commitment of two families to education while anchoring the southeast corner of the new campus quadrangle identified through our master planning efforts with the University. With a stable residential neighborhood across the street, our design approach for the addition to the house is to respect the neighborhood scale along the street while developing a more campus scale on the quadrangle side of the building. The solution defines a new south edge of the quadrangle with two entry points identified with white columns and broad overhangs th... Mehr

Apple Aventura embodies Miami’s spirit of openness and generosity, bringing people together under an undulating vaulted roof that is reminiscent of the city’s nautical and architectural roots. The materiality and flowing spaces are inspired by the region’s Art Deco buildings, with the new two-level store creating a dynamic destination that nurtures creativity and innovation.Foster + Partners’ integrated design team of architects and engineers worked in close collaboration with the design team at Apple led by chief design officer, Sir Jonathan Ive to build Apple’s latest store, which responds to the light, culture and climate of Florida.Sir Jonathan Ive said: “This store is very ‘Miami’ to me – its special trees, the light and the new roof.... Mehr

TOWER TOWERS / ALTERNATING THE PAVEMENTSThis project arises from the desire to retake the idea of the Towers in La Boca, by the architects Justo Solsona, Josefa Santos, Gian Peani and Ernesto Katzenstein (with the structure of Eng. Gallo), from the year 1956. Winning project of a national competition for construction of 300 houses in La Boca, never realized. The main idea of these buildings, of metabolist design, was the stacking of boxes alternating floor to floor, which presented a housing typology with terraces in the corners, allowing a panoramic view of the port and the city. The idea for these towers is to reinterpret, in the contemporary key, that project of 4 units per floor, 4 corners. Therefore, to do it, we had, in the first... Mehr

Ein Stadion von gmp mit MeerblickFür die Fertigstellung des Wuyuanhe Stadions auf Chinas beliebter Urlaubsinsel Hainan war der 15-monatige Bauplan eng bemessen – eine sportliche Aufgabe, der sich die Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner (gmp) nach dem Wettbewerbsgewinn gerne stellten und den für mehr als 41.000 Besucher konzipierten Bau 2018 pünktlich übergaben. Die Nähe zum Südchinesischen Meer charakterisiert die besondere Atmosphäre des Ortes und ermöglicht den Zuschauern ein einmaliges Panorama.Im Jahr 2018 wurde das Wuyuanhe Stadion eröffnet – die erste große Stätte für Sportveranstaltungen auf der chinesischen Tropeninsel Hainan. Das Stadion liegt in der Provinzhauptstadt Haikou und entstand nach den Entwürfen des Architekturbüros... Mehr

Sweden’s first zero-carbon building is currently being developed through a pilot project for the Sweden Green Building Council. The new retail-store building is a collaboration between Lidl and LINK arkitektur. Sweden Green Building Council has developed a certification for climate-neutral buildings. The certification imposes highly stringent demands and was created to enable Sweden to achieve its climate goals. As Lidl Sverige is establishing on Gotland, the store building will serve as a pilot project for the new certification standard. The journey towards zero-carbon certification The goal of the certification is to achieve net zero emissions in the course of the building’s life cycle. This necessitates a holistic long-term app... Mehr

A new residential neighbourhood has sprung up in Lidköping, next to lake Vänern. This is where Sjölunda School serves as a key function of the local community, as a school but also as a meeting place for club activities. The school building was designed to reinforce the school’s identity as a sustainable operation and to allow for teachers to utilize the surrounding nature. The building relates to the surrounding forest through well-planned window placement and material choices, with explicit visual connections to the surrounding nature – wood, tiles and green roofs. Sustainable management and durability have permeated the project, which is certified in accordance with the Sweden Green Building Council’s silver rating. Flexible te... Mehr

DGNB Diamond Certification for Middelfart City HallExplores New Standards in SustainabilityAs the first building in Denmark to receive the new DGNB Diamond certification – A standard focusing exclusively on architectural beauty and functionality – The Middelfart City Hall shows how community-focused architecture and sustainability go hand in hand Based on a review from a panel of three architectural critics, the Danish Green Building Councilawarded the new DGNB Diamond certification to our Middelfart City Hall in September 2018, making it the first building in Denmark to receive such recognition and adding to the building’s DGNB Platinum certification for sustainability. The introduction of the DGNB Diamond certification standard... Mehr

The Dwight Research and Education Center Building at Pepperwood was completed in June 2010, and designed to be certified LEED Gold by the U.S. Green Building Council.  To further the conservation education mission of the 3000 acre Pepperwood Preserve, the Center is intended to express, promote, and inspire green building.   An inspiring building is more than bricks and mortar, and a green building that inspires is more than a list of green materials and technologies. How do we express the green in building, especially on a large, pristine nature preserve?   The buildings of traditional cultures of the world offer some good examples, because they were forced to evolve from successive trial and error to become comfortable, secure, delightful,... Mehr

The comprehensive reforms being undertaken at the Gorbea 1 office building represent a sweeping change to both building, structure and image. The comprehensive reforms being undertaken at the Gorbea 1 office building, located on Rosario Pino Street in Madrid, represent a sweeping change to both building, structure and image, the latter involving both the façades and the interiors, designed to adapt the edifice to the modern workplace demands, as well as significantly upgrade the building's energy efficiency, public access and comfort. The building was built in 1970, comprising 15 floors organized around a rectangular core that has been completely rearranged locating all elevators and staircases, prioritizing flexibility and natural light. O... Mehr

The design for the new Dino Compagni School Complex is aimed at the realization of a quality project both in terms of sign uniformity and material level. The aim was to create an intervention fully integrated with the context both at architectural and technical-functional level, seeking the quality and aesthetic value of the different elements studied. The project is aimed at creating a building that, through the use of materials, solutions and building methods, contributes to the protection of health, with the minimum use of non-renewable materials and the use of environmentally friendly materials. The architectural composition was considered at an integrated level, so all the various elements, both on an aesthetic and plant level, they ha... Mehr

The new Primary School of Via Brocchi: a green building concept with low-impact technologies and developed entirely in BIM. An energy saving structure featuring spaces that promote relationships and children's learning. The project is based on a series of common spaces that promote aggregation and relationships while flexible classroom modules provide the teachers with a variety of educational solutions.   An important design focus was the introduction of a major landscaping element linking the school to its context: the bending rooftop park with areas dedicated to recreational and leisure activities like educational gardens, a winter garden and a musical park will support school interdisciplinary activities. The complex will accommo... Mehr

As the headquarters of Cyrus Tang Foundation (CTF) in mainland China, the project is a complex which integrates multiple functional spaces, including the foundation's offices, a museum for displaying various gifts that the foundation has received, and spaces for holding exchange activities with its college members, including exhibitions, conferences, and training, etc.    Situated at the central area of East Tai Lake Ecological Park in Wujiang District, Suzhou, China, it enjoys favorable site conditions and beautiful landscape. The design focuses on the integration with the surrounding environment, inherits CTF's mission of serving disadvantaged communities with love and passing on the spirit of giving, and produces a "dissolved... Mehr

As Design Architects and Interior Designers, CO Architects worked closely with Executive Architect SERA Architects to create the design for the Collaborative Life Sciences Building (CLSB), which embodies and helps achieve the goals of an interdisciplinary, multi-institutional campus.  The building’s 12-story complex features 500,000 square feet of space for classrooms, lecture halls, and laboratories for research and teaching, including medical simulation laboratories for high-tech, team-based learning.  The facility is conceived as an innovative model of interdisciplinary health sciences education and research, engaging students, faculty, and pedestrians through a concept of “health science on display.”  Th... Mehr

Located in East Austin, Anderson Village offers affordable and sustainable multi-family housing in a rapidly changing neighborhood. With 24 total apartment units, this 12,500 square foot complex is carefully organized on a compact urban lot to create intimately proportioned public courtyards and preserve a significant grove of native live oak trees. Well-detailed, durable materials combined with efficient unit planning focused on maximizing outdoor spaces result in a project that met budgets while satisfying the Owner’s desire for a simple and refined aesthetic uncommon in affordable housing. Anderson Village exemplifies the City of Austin S.M.A.R.T. Housing Program goals of equity, accessibility, safety, and transit-oriented sustainable de... Mehr