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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 9-10 - ParaCloud Professional workshop
Barcelona, Spain
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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 water [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]