Home Design produces a marvelous temperament and monumentalizes historic country living of the old South

Sited to optimize views and breezes, this home is located in a rural wooded area overlooking Leadenwah Creek on Wadmalaw Island and lies amidst the live oaks and flora of a coastal barrier island. Through the use of traditional materials, forms and orientation, this elegant one-story home rests in peaceful union with its setting and enhances the character of the landscape as medium. The home produces a marvelous temperament and monumentalizes historic country living of the old South.

Classrooms of the future by Gollifer Langston Architects

The proposal is to create a prototype highly ICT resourced demountable “clip-on” classroom for use throughout Camden. The classroom will be able to be easily fitted out with advanced ICT, and to be installed rapidly, safely and cheaply within a range of primary and special schools in the borough, and potentially accessible to all others . It will be able to adapt and change to suit future scenarios and robust in technology and form.

U.S. green counties have increased almost 400%

Since 2003 the number of counties with green building programs has risen from eight to thirty-nine for an increase of 387.5%. In an effort to examine the eco-friendly initiatives of U.S. counties, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) commissioned a study – Local Leaders in Sustainability: Green Counties – of the 200 most populous counties in 2008 representing 168,864,538 Americans, or a little more than half of the country. Working in conjunction with the National Association of Counties,... 

Ibstock Umbra Range Harnesses Power of Light and Shade

Ibstock has launched its new Umbra range of textured brickwork which creates innovative and subtly changing looks for brick faced buildings. The new range is available in four designs – Wave, Sphere, Pyramid and Sawtooth – which give a textured appearance that changes with natural light throughout the day. The range is available with either a red sanded finish or with a smooth red, buff or blue finish. Architects and designers can use a unique combination of different Umbra shapes and... 

Harbour Architecture in Copenhagen

Harbour Architecture in Copenhagen Nykredit Building. Built in 2001.Architects: Schmidt Hammer Lassen – www.shl.dk Originally uploaded by [Zakkaliciousness]

Mood at Stone+tec was better than for a long time

Stone+tec 2007, the 15. International Trade Fair Natural Stone and Stoneprocessing Technology in the Exhibition Centre Nuremberg from 6-9 June 2007, registered encouraging growth over the previous event two years ago. The 2007 edition of the exhibition has proved its great stability with 961 exhibitors and over 41,000 visitors. “That the natural stone industry is recovering again has been apparent since last year, ” says Roland Kast, Exhibition Director of Stone+tec at NürnbergMesse. “The...