Several weeks ago in Toronto, real estate development company Landmark Building Group announced a new design for the Westside Lofts. You may already be thinking, “Not another mid-rise, mid-town loft development” – but this project has us intrigued for social as well as environmental reasons. Active 18, an impressively responsive and realistic community association, has [...]

Jeongokri is one of the most important Paleolithic sites in the world. Lithic Knot is envisaged as a museum structure that is embedded into both the geology and landscape of the site.
The design of the museum focuses on the creation of a building fabric that articulates exhibition spaces while connecting scattered outdoor programs across the [...]

Designed as a part of the 2010 Skyscraper Competition organized by Evolo Magazine, the water tower by Polish architect and design firm H3AR is a multipurpose building to pump water from an underground lake (31,000 m2) in the Darfur region of Sudan. Drawing inspiration from the African savanna, the Baobab, the skyscraper also comprises a [...]

The complex of 18 Future Green Townhouses at Redbank Plains, designed created by Brisbane designer Brett Blacklow, from Earth Spirit Homes, includes electrical switches that indicate when off-peak power is available and a master switch that turns off all standby appliances when residents leave the house.
Developed by Met Developments, the houses also include passive heating [...]