Seamless Green Roof Conceals Community Arts Centre
Discretely nestled beneath the backdrop of the French Alps lies an eco-friendly, youth orientated community arts centre. Built into the earth and concealed by a seamless green roof design, the building sinks into the landscape and serves to preserve the breathtaking views of the Saint Egrève mountain-scape. Bordering both l’Aiguille de Quaix and col de...
Create a Unique Statement in your Garden
Spending some relaxing time in a beautiful garden is food for the soul in every essence! A blooming space that celebrates nature, calms the soul and inspires creativity is most often found in public gardens which are filled with interesting design choices. But what if you can create the same choices when planning a garden...
Seven Tips for Creating Great Community Spaces
Shared public outdoor spaces bring people together and help establish a sense of community. In fact, they are increasingly becoming one of the most sought after elements in modern communities. However, it takes adequate planning to design one that is truly useful, comfortable, attractive, and safe. Below are some ways you can develop great outdoor...
Making the Most of Limited Outdoor Spaces
With apartment blocks dominating the city skyline and homeowners preferring larger dwellings, the size of Australian backyards continues to be compromised. Between 2002 and 2012, the average block size in Australian capital cities shrunk by about 20 per cent. In the same period, the size of the house increased by nine per cent resulting in...
Floating Green Path
Rather than the addition of a traditional balcony, a suspended green pathway has been suggested by a Polish architecture company for the third floor of an office building. Three floors above the regular courtyard, this whimsical green pathway will have the illusion of floating in the air, inviting the building’s inhabitants to momentarily leave their...
Life Inside a Dutch Windmill
Designs have been released for a Dutch silent and motionless wind turbine that doubles as a spherical apartment building for the port side city of Rotterdam. Surrounded by wetlands and built on an underground foundation will give the building an illustrious floating effect. Harvesting energy from the wind and providing 72 new residential apartments within...
Australia Forum
The nation’s capital could see a new and expanded convention centre in as little as five years’ time. The winners of the original competition to design the building, Italian firm Studio Fuksas, will collaborate with our home grown firm Guida Moseley Brown Architects to further develop the initial design. The project has been named ‘Australia...
2015′s Most Sustainable City
The planet’s most sustainable city in 2015 has been announced, and followed closely by London and Copenhagen respectively; Germany’s Frankfurt comes out on top. For the fifth largest city in Germany, it’s quite inspiring to see that such a large city can still accomplish such feats. On the home front, Sydney was placed 11th overall,...
Cycling through London’s City Centre
London’s Mayor Boris Johnson has just awarded an enthusiastic thumbs-up to the amended plans for the addition of a cycle path to run from east to west through central London. Officially London’s longest ever cycle path, it will stretch along the Victoria Embankment roadway reaching from Tower Hill to Paddington. Controversial for a number of...
Spiritual Gardens
For many generations gardens were considered a place of rest, medicine, reflection and a way to be closer to nature and the Deities. In this modern world the need is no less than it was in older times. People still seek solace in wild nature or the managed natural world of parks and gardens. Clients wanting...
Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital Comes to Fruition
The newly completed Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital on Brisbane’s south bank adopts a salutogenic approach to healing. The term coined late last century by Aaron Antonovsky refers to the utilisation of factors that support well-being and health, rather than those that cause disease. Aspects such as clear way finding, allusions to the surrounding environment, stunning...
5 Ways to Prevent Accidents in Public Parks
Parks play a huge role in giving the public a sense of wellbeing and a higher standard of living. They provide people with enjoyable surroundings so they spend more time outside, offer a place to engage in physical and outdoor activities, and serve as a pleasant and fun venue for get-togethers with families and friends....
