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Architecture edition – February 2008 Learn more about Rhino in Architecture at these events: Mar 25-29 – RhinoScript & Explicit History workshops London, UK Apr 7-9 – The Mathematics of Aesthetics, RhinoScript Master Class Berlin, Germany Apr 7-9 – 3D-Modelling Symposium. Sophisticated Tools in Architecture, Design and Engineering – Call for papers Berlin, Germany Apr [...]

In-house Gray Water Systems: Simple solutions for water management Nearly half the water used in the home is flushed down the toilet. There are many solutions for under sink gray water units that help save and recycle usable water. A strong contender among the competition is the AQUS gray water system which efficiently captures the [...]

Arja Rantala and Sami Haikonen are the two young designers behind the Finnish design collective Osuma. The pair find inspiration in the forms of their surrounding countryside, as can be seen in Soil, a ceramic tile based on the topography of Helsinki’s Töölö Bay. Left uncut, the tiles create a continuous landscape, but when used [...]

by Lester R. Brown “In late summer 2007, reports of ice melting were coming at a frenetic pace. Experts were ‘stunned’ when an area of Arctic sea ice almost twice the size of Britain disappeared in a single week,” writes Lester R. Brown in his new book, Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization (W.W. [...]

by Lloyd Alter, Toronto on 02.19.08 Can a 2,000 foot high tower be green? Lord Foster is trying hard with the new Russia Tower. The architect says that “The building continues the practice’s investigation into the nature of the tower, taking structural, functional, environmental and urban logic to a new dimension.”The triangular plan is efficient [...]