This “Bridge House” in South Australia is very cool. I give credit to the owners who wanted to move from the city to “fulfill their dream”, but was the architect thinking about storage or did the client not have anything too store. Did they just chuck their stuff in a dumpster before leaving their city life? [...]
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In an interesting move to become more environmentally friendly, the German town of Vauban has removed one of the largest facets of modern life — the automobile. The entire town is extremely environmentally conscious; homes are powered by solar panels or co-generation engines. It has also become a popular tourist attraction as a few busloads [...]
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Two iconic skyscrapers, the Sears Tower in Chicago and the Empire State Building in New York, will be receiving major overhauls to reduce their energy consumptions. The Sears Tower is aiming at a near 80% reduction in energy use, while The Empire State Building will reduce its consumption by 30%. Hopefully these upgrades on city [...]
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