Sustainable
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Fundamental Architects offers a rather unusual take on the high-rise with its Tower of the Sun concept. The eye-catching design is defined by a large circular hole at its center and would feature significant sustainable technology, drawing energy from the river it bridges.
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Russia's Strawmodul recently completed a prefabricated tiny house that's part-built from straw. The modular dwelling has enough space for two people as standard, but can be expanded too, and can also optionally run off-the-grid with solar power.
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Following the devastating fire that damaged the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, Vincent Callebaut Architectures has unveiled its vision for the iconic building's restoration. The firm imagines it being topped by a new glass roof and a spire, and for it to receive a significant sustainable upgrade.
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Vincent Callebaut Architectures recently won a competition to renovate a historic thermal baths in Aix-les-Bains, France. The proposal calls for significant sustainable design and technology, including lots of greenery, solar panels, rainwater collection, and more.
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The American Institute of Architects Committee on the Environment (COTE) has revealed the winners of this year's COTE Top Ten Awards. The annual awards showcase the best new examples of sustainable architecture by American firms.
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After a decade of research, scientists at KU Leuven in Belgium have developed a device that can uses sunlight to produce a record-breaking 250 liters (66 gal) of hydrogen a day.
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London-based Studio Bark has done a superb job with this contemporary take on a traditional barn-style house. Named Black Barn, the recently-completed home runs fully off-the-grid and is designed to resemble the local agricultural buildings in rural Suffolk, England.
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With its tropical climate, Singapore is well-suited to greenery-covered architecture and Serie Architects and Multiply Architects' lush Oasis Terraces is a worthwhile addition to the city-state. It provides locals with a versatile mixed-use space containing a community center and health clinics.
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The Danish government and Greater Copenhagen mayors, working with Urban Power architecture and planning, have unveiled an ambitious plan to create nine new islands off the coast of Copenhagen. The project will provide new space for leisure and industry use, as well as a lot of energy production.
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Vincent Callebaut Architectures brings the outdoors into the workplace with its proposal for a new headquarters for French company Soprema. Named Semaphore, it will boast sustainable technology and have a massive amount of greenery, with around 10,000 plants, shrubs and trees.
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2018 has been an interesting year for residential architecture, with advances in tech and sustainable building practices resulting in many great homes. We've narrowed them down to 10 favorites, including a starchitect-designed luxury house, a 3D-printed mud hut, and a sustainable hobbit hole.
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2018 has been a strong year for architecture worldwide and our coverage has been correspondingly varied. From a starchitect-designed hotel with holes in it, to a James Bond-themed museum high up in the mountains, here's our pick of the best buildings of the year.
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