Oil rig hotel I’ve been aching to write about hotels for a while now because after all, a good hotel should serve as your “home away from home.” For those of you who have fantasized about spending the night on an oil rig — there must be someone out there — this post’s for you. Renderings of an oceanic destination resort that makes use of one of the thousands of oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico have been making the rounds in the green blogosphere for the last couple days. The design concept, Oil Rig Resort, Spa, and Aquatic Adventure, by Houston-based Morris Architects won the grand prize ($10,000 smackers) at the second annual Radical Innovations in Hospitality design competition. I think the vision is quite stunning even though I gather you’d need a series pair of sea legs to survive a visit. I also can't help but think of one of cinema's all-time great stinkers, Waterworld, going the Vegas (or Dubai) route. Not only does the resort make use of an abandoned oil rig (talk about creative reuse!)
Sustainable Design - Buildipedia.com™ Upgrade your home’s insulation and air-seal gaps and cracks sooner rather than later. This is one home improvement that will pay for itself relatively quickly and then continue to generate savings for as long as you live in your home. Even if a full upgrade is not in your budget this year, you can tackle several low- or no-cost improvements right now. Here are 10 tips to keep your home comfortable this winter. 1. Use the passive solar heat that’s available to you. If you have a sunroom or enclosed porch with a southern exposure, it can collect a great deal of heat. 2. In winter, a surprising amount of cold air can leak into your house around window and door openings, due largely to the fact that the framed (or rough) opening of a window or door is bigger than actual size of the window or door. 3. Baseboard and crown moldings that run along exterior walls are also sources of cold air infiltration. 4. 5. 6. Leaky, un-insulated ducts can reduce warm air flow where you need it. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Colorful Binishell Dome Homes Made from Inflatable Concrete Cost Just $3,500 Architect Nicoló Bini uses a technique similar to covering a balloon with papier-mâché to build his concrete Binishell domed homes. He starts with a two-dimensional shape on the ground, adds wooden form around an air bladder and reinforcing steel rebar, and then places a load of concrete that sets and slowly rises from the ground. Hit the jump to learn more about these unusual structures. This strange building technique combines an ancient building material with a modern-day aesthetic. It was pioneered by Nicoló’s father Dante, who built the first Binishell in 1964 (which is still standing today.) Related: Foldable Solar-Powered Geodesic DOM(E) Home Can be Erected Anywhere There are over 1,600 Binishells built across the globe, ranging from those 120 feet in diameter to tiny bungalows built in developing countries. + Binishells Via Wired
Futuristic Vertical City Holds Plug-In Hexagonal Housing Units Share on Tumblr Email Malaysian architect Tay Yee Wei recently unveiled a towering vertical city populated with hexagonal housing units that offer a solution to urban population growth problems in Asian cities. The tower itself serves as a scaffolding — as the population of urban areas fluctuates, modular units can be “plugged in” to the structure to accommodate an expanding population. Wei’s Plug-in Dwelling Development was inspired by Le Corbusier’s theory — “a house is a machine for living.” The Plug-in Dwelling project assumes that the development will have a longer lifespan than the city that surrounds it. Via eVolo
Institute of Sustainable Building Geo-Dome geodesic dome building “Favela Cloud”: Nuevas Posiblidades Espaciales y Sociales en Rio de Janeiro Imágenes vía eVolo Favela Cloud es una propuesta conceptual para el futuro desarrollo de la favela de Santa Marta. Se trata de una visión para una nueva forma de construcción de estructuras habitables en la zona. El diseño propone una alternativa para desarrollar el entorno construido, basándose en las cualidades sociales y de organización de la propia favela. Basado en la lógica de la auto-organización, la propuesta presenta un sistema aditivo que puede crecer y adaptarse a las condiciones de sitio, flotando por encima de los edificios y la vegetación para utilizar los caminos existentes y las aberturas del sitio.Inspirado por el ladrillo cobogó, ampliamente utilizado en el contexto brasileño, la nube está diseñada para actuar como una sombra urbana, sombreando los espacios abiertos dentro de la nube, así como los públicos por debajo de la plaza. Vía Plataforma Arquitectura.
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