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Interactive Museum of History

The building site, which until not long ago housed industrial structures is located in a position relatively displaced from the historic centre of Lugo. However, it will soon become a point of arrival for...

Texel Maritime Museum

Since the start of the design process, sustainability has been one of the inspirations for the design of Kaap Skil. Kaap Skil not only has ground source thermal storage - with a heat exchanger...

Administrative building

Faced with the imminent renovation of its historic 17th century “Chateau” and the need to centralise several scattered administrative departments, the municipality of Prilly launched an architectural competition in late 2007. The jury was...

Hotel Surazo

The hotel is located next to the sea, on a land on which in the 1900s the old port facilities were located and later a Franciscan Monastery. A 4x4 wooden square structure was built around...

St. Mary‘s Seashore Church

St. Mary’s Seashore Church is situated directly on Germany’s North Sea coast, separated only by a dyke from the Unesco World Natural Heritage Site of the Wattenmeer mudflats. A bird’s eye view reveals the simplicity of...

Bosco Verticale

photo by Boeri Studio The Vertical Forest project aims to build high-density tower blocks with trees within the city. The first example of a Vertical Forest is currently under construction in the Garibaldi Repubblica area...

E+Green Home

Our civilization, having been progressed on industrialization and information, confronts to absolute demand for coexistence with nature. All the traces of civilization from architectural activities could mean ruins from the nature‘s point of view....

Passive House

The town of Bessancourt lies about 28 km north-west of Paris. An old and intact town centre with narrow alleys, courtyards and small houses surrounds the church, which dates from the 12th-13th century. Due...

Penthouse bioclimatica a forma di cappello

Hat-shaped bioclimatic penthouse Strategy In the spring of 2009 an old friend called me and told me: “do you remember when I asked you to redecorate my room at my mother’s house? I believe it was...

Aerogeneratore

The new wind generator belongs to the “mini wind turbine” category; it is compact but nevertheless produces about 55 KW. The design features a light and transparent structure with some parts in steel and...

the mission of the “Leaf“

Katia Carlucci: Loccioni is a company which has specialized for about 45 years in various activities that vary considerably, as research, innovation, measuring and testing, energy and connecting. Is there a red thread that...

LONDON 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Sustainable Games

The imminent arrival of the Olympics 2012, whose opening ceremony is scheduled for the forthcoming 27 July, will represent the first phase of the ambitious upgrading works planned by the municipal administration of London for...