#sustainable design

How long we live isn't just written in our DNA — estimates vary, but genetics accounts for roughly a quarter to half of it. The rest comes down to the environment. And since we spend most of our lives at home, the place we live in can either support our health or quietly undermine it. EYWA Tree of Life is Dubai's first residential project built entirely around the idea of longevity. It's developed by R.Evolution, a European developer with 27 years of experience and projects from Riga to Barcelona. The concept — Energy, Youthfulness, Wellbeing, Ancient Knowledge — treats the home not just as a building, but as a living ecosystem where architecture, ancient knowledge and modern technology work together. The tower sits on t... More

The Green Court Residences is an unique apartment building unit in Budapest’s condominium architecture because of its volume and façade formulation. The architects designed the building based on elegancy and generosity required by the Client, which is most noticable by the moderate color-use, yet exciting façade geometry. The façade’s character is created by the balconies’ zigzag geometry. The balcony slabs and balustrades protrude and are set back the same way in opposite directions on the different floors, creating a rhytmically changing surface. Tamás Bujnovszky Generally, it isn’t easy to formulate balconies not shading each other too much, therefore the architectural solution ca... More

Habitat on Juers is a social housing project with a difference and is part of the Queensland Government’s twenty social and affordable housing demonstration projects undertaken as a collaborative partnership between the Housing Partnerships Office, Building Asset Services and the Office of the Queensland Government Architect. Ravens At Odds Scott Burrows Located in Logan City Habitat on Juers consists of sixteen adaptable and accessible units broken down into a mix of twelve on and two bedroom units and 4 two and three bedroom townhouse-like dwellings. Scott Burrows Scott Burrows At a macro level the planning intent for the site was arrange the mass of the buildings into three north-south orientated independent c... More

”Reuse what you can, do not cover or paint anything just to look nice!” Over the past few years Bánáti + Hartvig Architecture Office has been increasing constantly, and grew out its office in Vaskapu Street. A new office building became necessary, which was designed by BH architects for themselves. This was a great challenge, because being their own client, the oportunity was given to create a building which shows the architectural approach that they consider entirely as their own. This way the site was prepared beyond the least environmental impact possible, following the guidelines of architectural cycle. Caption It was clear for the architects not to load the environment even more by constructing a ne... More