Energy efficient buildings

Located in a wooded valley on the outskirts of Philadelphia, Sycamore Glen is a single-family home nestled among mature trees, overlooking Wister Creek. Bordered closely by neighboring houses to the west, the narrow site informed a linear organization and a careful balance of privacy, light, and views. Pix The house is structured around a series of parallel masonry walls that divide space, define rhythm, and extend beyond the envelope to articulate thresholds and terraces. A recessed entry, marked by a cantilevered overhang, leads to a quiet, compressed threshold before opening into a living and dining area that extends outward to a terrace surrounded by evergreen ferns. Pix A stepped glass façade on the eastern side conn... More

The building design has a large glass front, that blurs the lines between inside and out, and all academic and faculty facilities are planned around a central atrium.The primary staircase abuts the atrium space, and, apart from being a functional design, ends up being an all weather “social space”.The building is naturally ventilated, for keeping it cool during the warm season. However, the high performance glazing and UPVC fenestration system allows the building to be used in cold weather also, without being air-conditioned.Steel PEB is the primary structural framing, and deck slabs are provided for all floors. The external envelope is made from insulated double wall brick work, procured locally. More

The site is a hide away, embraced by the Aravali Range with its greenery punctuated by quarried Rock, Kota village and the ITC golf course.The client being a golf enthusiast and having farming as a hobby, desired to use the place as a weekend getaway from his city life. Client’s brief was to create a farmhouse which would merge with its surroundings. Finishes were to have minimum required maintenance as the place would be used only once in a week. The vocabulary of the place was identified to resonate with the client’s personality - a symphony of contemporary and rustic. The site is of 3 acres, zoning of the which has been done in three parts, Main House, Servant Quarters and the Fields. 1.5 acres allocated to the fields and... More

The ULMA ventilated facade was adapted to the original design, without sacrificing any advantages of the new system.ULMA Architectural Solutions has participated in restorating the facade of an emblematic building located on Gran Via in the Gros neighbourhood of San Sebastian. The facade's original design was ceramic facing combined with curved exposed concrete bay windows and the studio responsible for the project, ARCAYA Arquitectos, wanted to preserve the building's original appearance. The architect was looking for a modern solution, incorporating high quality insulation on the outside, whilst maintaining the appearance of the front of the building. It also had to be a material with easy to clean surfaces, and ULMA's Ventilate... More

Project; New head office Isah Challenge; Indoor and outdoor lighting as an integral part of the architecture Solution; Traffic rooms equipped with indirect wall lighting, emergency lighting which is integrated. The overall stay spaces provided in a smaller version suitable downlighters in the ceiling area of ​​25 cm with the addition of object illumination. Offices with inlay fixtures, custom office length wide, dynamically controlled. More