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In an ambitious move, a Californian utility plans to create a massive, distributed “powerplant” by installing a total of 2 square miles of solar cells on the roofs of businesses. Southern California Edison plans to install 250 megawatts’ worth of solar power, generating enough electricity to power 162,000 homes. Green Wombat reports: It’s a potentially [...]

The location is on the edge of the planned 650 apartments which was finished year ago. Also this apartment block is social type and was sold to Slovenian Housing Fund. The given urban plot of the building was 4 floors high, 58 meters long and 15 in width. Since the orientation of the building is [...]

Por Ileana López Avilés / Especial para Construcción Concepto artístico del San Juan Waterfront, un ejemplo de cómo se pueden integrar varios elementos en el desarrollo de un plan de rehabilitación. “El propósito de este plan es darle integración, y sentido de pertenencia, a las personas que ya habitan en Ciudad Mayor, pero que aún [...]

Cenotafio para Isaac Newton por Boulle. “myarchN surge de la motivación de compartir y discutir sobre la arquitectura, profesión y/o tema que se convierte en pasión para muchos de nosotros”. myarchN myarchN (www.myarchn.com) es una comunidad internacional en Internet que se ha formado alrededor del tema de la arquitectura. Hace 10 meses el arquitecto Rafael [...]

by Cate Trotter Ever dreamed of owning a completely self-sufficient home that produces its own energy, water, and is completely customizable? New York architect Scott Specht has the answer to all of our zero-energy prefab dreams with the new ZeroHouse™. This completely self-sustaining prefabricated house generates its own power, collects its own water, processes its [...]