10th Green Architecture Seminar

The 10th Green Architecture Seminar, one of the Green Architecture Club’s professional regular activities, was held on 2 July 2016 in Ho Chi Minh City. One of the highlights was the book launch and signing of the Vietnamese edition of Greening Asia by Dr Nirmal Kishnani. Moreover, there was also an overview of the Green […]

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WCS, SIWW and CESS integrate dialogues, innovations and talent

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World Cities SummitAbout 110 mayors and city leaders representing 103 cities from 63 countries and regions from around the world gathered at the World Cities Summit (WCS) 2016 to discuss changes, challenges and innovations emerging in their cities. These cities included Seoul, Antwerp, Hamburg and Rotterdam. Their interactions at the WCS highlighted the global need […]

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WorldGBC launches groundbreaking project to ensure all buildings are net zero by 2050

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The World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) launched a new groundbreaking project on 28 June 2016, which aims to ensure that all buildings are net zero by 2050, to help deliver on the ambition of the Paris Agreement and to tackle climate change. The project, Advancing Net Zero, will see WorldGBC and Green Building Councils (GBCs) […]

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X2 River Kwai

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X2 River Kwai is a resort located on the Khwae Noi River in the province of Kanchanaburi, which played an important role in the past centuries during the Thai-Burmese conflict. The resort’s design was an attempt to be part of the local context by applying local design and building techniques in a progressive way. Thus, the […]

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Nanoco-Panasonic Lighting Showroom

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Located in a developing area in the city of Hanoi, the lighting showroom is, well, a showpiece that exemplifies the use of simple local materials like terracotta blocks done right. With limited openings, the perforated blocks have created a statement façade by way of vertical stacks, achieving a simple yet abstract volume. At night, the showroom ‘lights up’ like a lantern […]

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Breathing House

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It seems the house is flooded with daylight at every turn. This is done not just through the generous large glass openings that serve as windows and doors, but also the clever way in which the bricks were laid to create voids or ‘holes’ that allow cross ventilation and an abundance of light—hence the name Breathing House. Bricks […]

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