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Tracking The Impact That Sustainability Could Have On Buildings Of The Future

Sustainable Architecture | Author: Ellie Coverdale

Sustainability is one of those hot topic keywords that the focus is increasingly shining on in all sorts of diverse and varied fields. It’s a strange thing to think about but the survival and development of the human race, of earth itself, is dependent on human decisions and actions. In ...

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Site Planning

Sustainable Architecture | Author: Prof. Jit Kumar Gupta

Site planning is the art and science of positioning structures and designing internal and external elements in a given site. It is also known as the art and science of determining typology of buildings and their location in the context of a given site having regard to orientation, landscaping, infrastructure, ...

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Context of Site in Designing Buildings

Sustainable Architecture | Author: Prof. Jit Kumar Gupta

Understanding the Site is critical for defining the structure of the project. Site context is required for: Positioning Buildings Determining solid and void relationship within site Determining shape, size &volume of buildings Determining distances between buildings Planning and designing state-of-the-art Buildings Planning and designing Sustainable Buildings involves: Creating Cost-effective Buildings ...

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Understanding the Role of Buildings, Planners & Designers for Sustainable Design

Sustainable Architecture | Author: Prof. Jit Kumar Gupta

To be able to design good buildings, it is imperative to understand the role and importance of buildings in our lives. Only when we understand every aspect of it, can we design buildings that meet these goals. Buildings are an integral part of human history, growth and development. Man made ...

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Promoting Affordability through Sustainable Built Environment

Sustainable Architecture | Author: Prof. Jit Kumar Gupta

Sustainability, as an issue, as an option and as a strategy has been gaining currency in the parlance of professionals, policy makers, communities, governments and welfare agencies both locally and globally, to make this world more humane, liveable, productive, efficient and provider of quality of life. Looking historically, close linkages ...

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Building Surfaces Produce Energy!

Sustainable Architecture | Author: Riddhima Sharma

As the world’s demand and focus on renewable and non-polluting energy, together with energy efficiency, are multiplying each second, zero energy and zero emission buildings are expeditiously drawing attention. In order to become an energy efficient building, such a structure needs to harvest energy from its surroundings, where energy from ...

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Boost Your Building's Energy Efficiency

Sustainable Architecture | Author: ZingyHomes Editorial Team

Thermal insulation is the best way to reduce carbon footprint. It helps not just to conserve energy and natural resources for the next generation but also has a positive impact on the global environment. The thermal protection of both existing and new buildings can be effectively achieved by using the ...

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Four Green Buildings From Around The World

Sustainable Architecture | Author: ZingyHomes Editorial Team

Green architecture has swept the world - from a tiny movement of hands-on idealists to an increasingly mainstream business sector that erects office towers, research centers and much more. To celebrate the Earth Day, we’ve put together four world famous international architectural marvels which are green yet have innovative designs. ...

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Green Architecture - Traditional Elements

Sustainable Architecture | Author: ZingyHomes Editorial Team

Green and sustainable architecture is our only hope for ensuring that our future generations can continue to thrive in a clean and green environment. But is it possible to incorporate the concept of sustainability into the building design and its management, hence reducing the carbon footprints? To encourage the green ...

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HOW BLUE IS THE RED THAT WAS GREEN -YELLOW?!

Sustainable Architecture | Author: Jaisim Krishnarao

Guest Editor Column Green, Green, GREEN how Green is the Green Built Environment? Architects all over the Earth without exception are confronted and in a state of confusion are smuggling solutions if not answers. The Environment is crucial especially for LIFE as we know and comprehend. The Human urban world ...

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Inspiration: Living Wall Designs & Ideas

Sustainable Architecture | Author: Devi Priya Manivannan

Living walls are basically vertical gardens. Growing plants of our desire on walls present anywhere, from the insides of residences to offices to hospitals is the idea. They possess a list of favourable qualities and advantages. Living Wall Design Image Source: livewall.com They add new meaning to the term eco ...

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Organic Architecture - Interpretation with examples

Sustainable Architecture | Author: Diksha Das

"So here I stand before you preaching organic architecture... not cherishing any preconceived form fixing upon us either past, present or future, but instead exalting the simple laws of common sense..." -Frank Lloyd Wright, An Organic Architecture, 1939 Another interesting and much needed contribution by the American architect, interior designer, ...

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Deciphering Green Architecture

Sustainable Architecture | Author: Nilanjan Bhowal

The Design Consortium is a consortium of young Architects, Artists and Designers with a common motivation towards designing a modern environment in today’s changing patterns of life. The creative process includes extensive research and analysis, but most importantly it requires a continuous, interactive collaboration with the client.  We as an ...

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