Tag: architecture
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Digital twins are “big driver” towards net-zero cities say experts
Digital twins of buildings and cities could become an essential tool in the battle against climate change, according to technology experts. These virtual replicas – computer models that use live data to create simulations of real-world objects and systems – can reduce the energy consumption of buildings in operation, proponents claim. They do this by analysing…
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Digital twins offer “a very powerful way of developing our cities” say experts
Digital twins are starting to transform the way that cities are designed and managed, according to experts. The technology, which involves creating a digital clone of a real-world object or system, is revolutionising the fields of healthcare, manufacturing and logistics. It is now having a profound impact on architecture and urbanism too. “I see it…
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Mighty Buildings plans neighbourhood of 3D-printed homes for California
Construction technology company Mighty Buildings has announced plans to construct 15 houses using prefabricated 3D-printed panels at Rancho Mirage, California. The project is a cooperation between California-based Mighty Buildings and programmers Palari Group. Construction will begin at the end of this season with the houses set to be completed by Spring 2022. 3D-printed panels can…
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Fox Hall Passive Home in NY’s Hudson Valley by BarlisWedlick.
Fox Hall House. Against the farmland of Hudson Valley, just two hours north of New York City, stands a striking barn. Informing the passive design for the entire project, the 19th Century building was transported from a nearby property. With black siding and bright-red window frames, it feels simultaneously restrained and full of energy,…
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BIG designs Virgin Hyperloop Certification Center for West Virginia
Virgin Hyperloop is building a centre for testing and certifying its high-speed transportation system in West Virginia, designed by architecture firm BIG. The Hyperloop Certification Center (HCC) facility will include a six-mile-long tube for testing Virgin Hyperloop for mass transportation use. The aim is to achieve safety certification for the new mode of transport – intended…
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BIG designs furniture factory for Vestre in Norwegian forest
Danish architecture studio BIG has designed a factory for furniture manufacturer Vestre in a Norwegian forest, which the brand claims will be the “world’s most eco-friendly furniture factory”. Named The Plus, the factory development, which will include a visitor centre and a 300-acre park, is set to be built within a forest near the village of…
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Daily coronavirus architecture and design briefing: 7 April
Daily coronavirus briefing: today’s architecture and design coronavirus briefing includes an Iranian shrine being used to make masks, Foster + Partners‘ design for a face shield and a ventilator prototype by Tesla. Foster + Partners designs open-source laser-cut face shield Foster + Partners has created a shield that can be manufactured quickly and disassembled, sanitised and…
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Wavy metal elements front Silicon Valley technology campus by Form4 Architecture
US studio Form4 Architecture has designed a Palo Alto office complex which features rectangular structures wrapped in metal and glass, with curved elements which are meant to symbolize the”highs and lows of exploratory research and development”. The Innovation Curve Technology Park is located on the edge of the Stanford Research Park, a business campus affiliated…
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Photovoltaic concrete facade uses sunlight to generate energy
Concrete facades could soon capture solar energy to electricity buildings, employing a prototype photovoltaic cladding developed by materials company LafargeHolcim and electronics maker Heliatek. The product combines LafargeHolcim‘s concrete with a top layer of Heliatek‘s HeliaFilm — a flexible solar movie that’s only one millimetre thick. The firms analyzed the in a pilot project in…
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Cryptocurrency millionaire plans blockchain smart city in Nevada desert
Cryptocurrency millionaire Jeffrey Berns has revealed plans to develop a large parcel of Nevada‘s desert to a smart city powered by blockchain technology. Berns, who chose selling cryptocurrency last year, plans to alter the 67,000-acre (27,113-hectare) plot in the north of the US nation after paying supposedly paying $170 million (per pound;130 million) for its…