Living in the city definitely has a lower environmental footprint, but families often miss out on having a backyard and a garden. The Spiral Tower, designed by Philipp von Bock, is a family friendly eco tower designed for Berlin. Apartments are stacked in opposite directions in a criss-cross pattern, leaving open spaces for garden terraces. This creative design allows each apartment to have its own private garden terrace, allowing families to have both the suburbs and the city. Read More »
Polish architect Hugon Kowalski from H3AR architect and design has sent to us a recently proposed building that allows access to underground waters through the application of water pumps in Darfur, Sudan. Read More »
Ocean levels are rising around the globe, so rather than tethering our buildings to the sinking shoreline why not suit them for a life at sea? That’s the approach behind the Water-Scraper, a futuristic self-sufficient floating city. A special mention in this year’s eVolo Skyscraper Competition, the design expands the concept of a floating island into a full-fledged underwater skyscraper that harvests renewable energy and grows its own food. Read More »
‘Tower | City | Tower’, a skyscraper project that seeks to restore the natural dimension of the city of Marseille while taking into account the constraints of its urban landscapes. Marseille is the second largest city of France where issues of urban sprawl has become increasingly evident. Read More »
‘Vertical Confluence’ is a contemporary skyscraper designed by parisian based architects Jiang Yuan and Xu Yang. Sitting at the brink of a la seine and La Marne river in Paris, this proposed design seeks to integrate the historical urban fabric of these two areas. The tower exercises several principles in order to achieve this goal. Public spaces are created as the confluence skyscraper helps to adjoin the project park on the Bank of Ivry and the green spaces of Charenton-le-point. Read More »
The duo of Ryszard Rychlicki and Agnieszka Nowak, of H3AR, was awarded a special mention for their proposal in the 2010 eVolo skyscraper competition. Read More »
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