Month: January 2020

The Sooke house, made for a woman and her dog sits on a rocky knoll where the forest meets the sea. A small clearing nestled among the trees upon the knoll provides slices of ocean and mountains through the trunks of the large Pacific Northwest rainforest. These fractured and partial perceptions of the forest and its surroundings gave us the inspiration to design a house that framed discreet experiences; as a way to make present the maxim that you cannot see the forest through the trees.

Henning Larsen has created a proposal for Copenhagen’s first all timber neighborhood. Made for Fælledby, the plan includes 40 percent undeveloped nature, aiming to illustrates how new developments can embrace environmentalist principles. The project would transform a former dumping ground site into a model for sustainable living, accommodate 7,000 residents in an entirely timber construction.

the hotel named ‘MYMORY’, a mix of ‘my’ and ‘memory’, keeps the residence’s old essence and tastefully combines modern design.
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Forty percent of the human population lives within 100 kilometers of a coastline, with one in ten living under ten meters above sea level. As climate change induces more volatile flooding events and long-term sea level rises, it is estimated that coastal flooding could cause as much as $1 trillion of damage per year by 2050. We cannot escape the reality that cities, and their populations, are more vulnerable to flooding than ever.

Swahili Dreams is a luxurious, eco-friendly building fusing contemporary architecture, lifestyle, and Swahili tradition. Taking the scheme of condominiums, the project sits in the heart of the town of Lamu and consists of nine living units, each with one or two bedrooms. It adopts the old flavor of the Island, while being innovative in its all-modern facilities, and environmental design.

Prototypical low embodied carbon house made from timber hemp and lime. 

the residence is complete with an interior swimming pool.
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