
The 2008 Emirates Glass LEAF Award winner LSI Architects has win this competition for the The Cley Marshes Visitor Center that they had designed located in Norfolk, England. This building’s exterior is inspired by the immediate landscape and topography. A ground hugging, sedum moss roof defines a gentle curve over a strip of frame less glazing, which will allow un-interrupted views over to the nature reserve. The material that is used to construct...

Stunning modern house design called The Silo House was designed by a team of students from Cornell University in New York as their entry into the 2009 Solar Decathlon, an international competition where various college and university teams compete to design, build and operate the most attractive, effective and energy-efficient solar-powered house. This beautiful house is Fantastic student project. Nice job done by the students as the architects. The...

As Shanghai Expo 2010 carries a theme in association with sustainable urban development, Norwegian Pavilion takes on the challenge by placing emphasis and awareness on various aspects of sustainability under its basic concept “Norway Powered by Nature”. By promoting architecture that facilitates social sustainability, healthy public recreational areas and environmentally friendly urban structures and infrastructures, the pavilion also contributes...

Like many cities in China, Hangzhou is undergoing rapid urban change. While the city center had historically developed around the West Lake area, opportunities for industry and commerce have shifted the city’s expansion towards the Qian Tang riverfront. New construction has tripled the city’s size in the past 10 years leaving behind a modern architectural fabric that is powerful in scale, yet still in need of public place making. NBBJ, in collaboration...

Mapledene Road is situated in a conservation area in Hackney. The property had been stripped of virtually all its period features and had become run down and used as a “crack den” leaving it ripe for modernisation. Refurbishment was conceived of as a landscape of interventions and new components. The cellular ground floor was opened up and extended to the rear to allow the spaces to flow into each other and to the garden whilst the existing...

Cipriano Custom Swimming Pools & Landscaping’s Gold winning projects include an vanishing edge pool (also known as a infinity or negative edge swimming pool) with a roman end located on 10 secluded mountaintop acres in Kinnelon, NJ. A large spa and a sun shelf at the shallow end were added to allows users a chance for active and passive recreation. The pool include waterline tile consisting of a two-color hand-crafted iridescent glass tile...

A new, contemporary Pueblo-style home, as enchanting as its southwestern location near Santa Fe, New Mexico, awaits the winner of the HGTV Dream Home Giveaway 2010. The home is part of a $2 million grand-prize package that includes a 2010 GMC Terrain and $500,000 that will be awarded to one lucky viewer in March. Until then, online users can see a photo gallery and a 360-degree virtual tour of the 14th annual HGTV Dream Home at HGTV.com/dreamhome. In...

Xodtec Group USA, Inc. announced the release of LED directional landscape light (Model Number: G0101, G0102), suitable for garden projection lighting, lawn, landscape, and paver lighting. G0101 and G0102 both provide colors of light including red, green, and blue; color temperatures 3000K (warm white) and 6000K (cold white); beam angles 25o and 40o, waterproof rating IP66; life span 20,000 hours, and both have maximum power consumption 12 watts. “Directional...

Professional landscapers continuously look for equipment to help bring more efficiency and productivity to their grounds care operations. Choosing a mower is one the most important business decisions these landscapers can make. John Deere is making the choice a little easier with its latest line of commercial mowers, the ZTrak™ PRO 900 Series and its “Work it for a Week” program. The ZTrak PRO 900s, which will be unveiled at GIE + EXPO,...

The new Cat® 907H, the latest addition to the Cat Compact Wheel Loader range, fits between the popular 906H and 908H models to give buyers even more choices. The new 70-net horsepower (52-kW) model features a skid steer loader style coupler, auxiliary hydraulic system, Cat C3.4 diesel engine, two-speed hydrostatic drive, standard differential locks in both axles, parallel-lift Z-bar loader linkage and high-visibility operator’s station. Optional...