Environment friendly
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Project • By Tanya Karim NR Khan & Associates • Cultural Centres
Bangla Academy Complex
Bangla Academy Complex (National competition, 1st prize winner, IAB)
In today's day and age, when there seems to be an inclination to use technology and complex design strategies to achieve a "green" solution in building design. One must not forget that one of the most sensible ways to create an "environment friendly" architecture is to use the "environment" itself. The site, the surrounding and the climate should become primary forces and a successful "green" architecture can be achieved through "passive" means.
The Bangla Academy project approaches sustainability in many levels and does not just claim to be "environment friendly". In the first measure of sustainability the project addresses is that of "site". The project... More
Product • By EcoSmart Fire • Mix 850 Concrete Fire Pit Bowl
Mix 850 Concrete Fire Pit Bowl
Blending the simplicity of an outdoor fire pit with classic luxury, the Mix 850 is designed to bring people together. Fashioned from weather-resistant concrete, the portable Mix 850 (big sister to the Mix 600), is the perfect addition to myriad outdoor environments. A simple, elegant shape combined with entrancing flame delivers generous amounts of warmth and ambience and beautifully illuminates outdoor spaces and rooms.
More information available at: https://ecosmartfire.com/product/mix-850/
Benefits
Aesthetics and Endurance: Constructed from hardwearing, weather-resistant, lightweight concrete composite.
Dual Options: MIX Fire Bowls are available in two sizes – the smaller Mix 600 (with AB3 Burner... More
Project • By Strindberg Arkitekter AB • Power Plants
Boiler building II
A simple box rises up from the ground, angled to face the sun.
This second Boiler is a development of ideas that came up working with the first one in 2008.
Continued use of mesh fence, this time as the outer layers of the facade. Getting closer you feel the textile character underlined by the buttons keeping the distance from the basic facade.
All technologies have been compressed and moved indoors.
The roof of solar cells is responsible for all the energy necessary to run the plant, except for pellets and ever "padding" with oil.
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