Water collection architecture

The benefits of rainwater harvesting systems go beyond just use in the home, helping to reduce storm water runoff, erosion, and contamination of water surfaces with pesticides.

Global climate changed, in particular global warming; Ozone depletion; Loss of habitat, and endangerment of species. Environmental Design and Sustainability became main factor to be addressed in most of the development. In terms of a larger scope, environment design has implications for the industrial design of products: automobile, energy re-used, solar panel and etc. Architecturally, Innovation became key challenge to address the environmental design on top of industrial product…

istanbul-based firm manco architects has designed a mosque whose primary component of a dome was replaced in favor of an alternative iconic form - a slanted cube.

To harvest water from the air, NexLoop seeks to pilot its AquaWeb prototypes with urban farms and greenhouses.

UPDATE: See the Watershed home in all its glory at the 2011 Solar Decathlon. This home placed 1st in the Solar Decathlon, also winning the Architecture category along the way. The original review of the model follows below. - For the upcoming 2011 Solar Decathlon, the team from the University of Maryland, College Park, is striving

The sustainable Starlight Hotel is a glamping of sustainable cabins to see the stars. Their cabins are very efficient in cold or temperate climates.

Rain water catchment system

COLLECTING MOTION | Architecture Project

In this project, I present Models 26 and 27, two different design variants of butterfly roof structures specifically looking at how design alone is able to passively reduce much of a building's energy requirements. If you have been following this blog series, you've definitely noti

In California, and around the world, climate change is making extreme rain more likely. Here's how some cities are adapting.