This article first appeared in the RAIA Architectural Bulletin for September and October, 2009
Effective green building means wringing multiple benefits from building elements and products. Green roofs – with their ability to affect stormwater run-off, in-house energy use and even city pollution levels, and their range of relevance from single dwelling houses to suburbs and [...]
Green From The Top Down
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Aqua Dynamics
Jul 1
This article first appeared in the Monument Magazine – Monument 85 Blue: The Water Issue
Recently completed by Peter Elliott Architecture + Urban Design, the water recycling plant at Melbourne Zoo solves PTW and Arup’s new inflatable WaterCube pool structure in Beijing is inspired by frothy water and informed by the structure of bubbles. Of similar [...]
Submarine Ventures
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This article first appeared in the Monument Magazine – Monument 85 Blue: The Water Issue
From artificial reefs spawning new life, to sunken follies for the sake of submerging people to the seabed.
While buildings struggle to stay on top of rising water, there is plentiful evidence to suggest that letting them sink can be beneficial. Land- [...]