Posts Tagged ‘eVolo’

Nested Skyscraper in Tokyo

by DD, August 12th, 2010, viewed 1281 time(s)
Posted in Architecture, Green

The Nested Skyscraper adapts to climatic, urban, and programmatic conditions with the use of advanced materials and robotic construction. Read More »

Water Purification Skyscraper in Jakarta

by DD, August 6th, 2010, viewed 2238 time(s)
Posted in Architecture, Green

The Ciliwung Recovery Program (CRP) is a project that aims to collect the garbage of the riverbank and purify its water through an ingenious system of mega-filters that operate in three different phases. Read More »

2011 Skyscraper Competition

by DD, August 4th, 2010, viewed 2199 time(s)
Posted in Architecture, Competitions

eVolo Magazine is pleased to invite students, architects, engineers, and designers from around the globe to take part in the 2011 Skyscraper Competition. Read More »

Chung-Nam Government Complex wins AIA NY Design Award

by DD, April 19th, 2010, viewed 1307 time(s)
Posted in Architecture

Winning the Merit Award for Un-built work at the 2010 AIA  New York Design Awards, the design of the Chung-Nam Government Complex  successfully combines traditionally divergent elements: nature and the built environment; and government and  civic spaces.  The complex, designed by H Associates, Haeahn Architecture,  and EDAW is set in the heartland of South Korea in the Chung-Nam Province, a place rich in natural resources. Read More »

The Spiral Tower by Philipp von Bock

by DD, April 18th, 2010, viewed 2460 time(s)
Posted in Architecture, Green, eVolo 2010

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 »

Water Tower by Hugon Kowalski

by DD, April 9th, 2010, viewed 1195 time(s)
Posted in Architecture, Green, H3AR, eVolo 2010

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 »

Underwater Skyscraper is a Self-Sufficient City at Sea

by DD, April 3rd, 2010, viewed 1670 time(s)
Posted in Architecture, Green, eVolo 2010

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

by DD, March 27th, 2010, viewed 802 time(s)
Posted in Architecture, eVolo 2010

‘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 by Jiang Yuan and Xu Yang

by DD, March 26th, 2010, viewed 2108 time(s)
Posted in Architecture, eVolo 2010

‘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 »

Capture the Rain by H3AR

by DD, March 25th, 2010, viewed 902 time(s)
Posted in Architecture, Green, H3AR, eVolo 2010

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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