If you are Ed Skahan, it is more than easy being “green.”
It is what he does when he goes to work – and when he goes home.
The Fox Valley architect has applied concepts of energy-efficient construction – called “green building” in the housing industry – to his own home. It is a four-level house he [...]

Aiming for an iconic new building that will grab international attention, the Cleveland Institute of Art has hired MVRDV, a highly regarded Dutch architecture firm known for edgy, humorous and provocative buildings, to design a major expansion of its campus on upper Euclid Avenue.
The project, which could cost $40 million and take three to [...]

Traveling the United States has, among other things, gently tutored me that the residents of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., pronounce their town’s name WILKS-bree, not Wilks-BAR; that the good citizens of Vermont call their capital MontPEELyer, not MontepeLEER, and that that lovely town in southern California is called LaHOYA even though it’s spelled La Jolla. These are [...]

Dutch firm, Zwarts & Jansma Architects, has beaten 18 international firms in a race to design the permanent headquarters of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) in Dubai.
The 22-storey building, which will be constructed in Al Garhoud at the intersection of Marrakesh and Al Rabat Street, was approved by the RTA last week.
Mattar Al Tayer, [...]

OSU school of architecture students are presenting their ideas for OSU’s future residential halls as part of a course project.
Thirty-two architecture students and eight architectural engineering students are participating in a jury review of the projects.
The project for this semester’s comprehensive design studio course, Architecture 4216, is designing a residential hall for 900 [...]

Kirk & Blum’s expanded line of clamp-together duct is designed for quick installation and easy system modification, and now supported with free 3-D design software to ensure system performance and easy installation. Assembled with the lifetime-guaranteed Forever Clamp, the duct is available in galvanized or stainless steel in one-inch diameter increments from 3″ to 24″ [...]

A new roof clip, developed by injection moulders Koves Plastic Industries Ltd. of New Zealand, is made of glassreinforced DuPont™ Zytel® nylon, which was selected for its strength and durability. An integral part of the ‘Dimondek 630’ concealed fixed roofing profile from Dimond, the Zytel® clip replicates the strength of its metal predecessor whilst offering [...]

MIPIM isn’t just about big property deals and even bigger parties.
Daniel Libeskind, the internationally-renowned architect responsible for Manchester’s Imperial War Museum of the North will open the MIPIM 2007 conference programme with a keynote address devoted to the trends in world architecture.
Acknowledged as one of the most influential architects of his generation, award-winning Libeskind was [...]

BPLW+ASCG scored the highest among six companies that submitted proposals. It also scored the highest among the three companies that were interviewed.
Project Manager Tim O’Malley said he was confident the firm would do a good job. BPLW+ASCG has designed career and technical education facilities for the East Valley Institute of Technology and has worked as [...]

THE Bauhaus Interior: Idea, Reality, Utopia Exhibition will open today at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar (VCUQ) at 7.30pm.
Bauhaus-Archive (Berlin) deputy director Dr Christian Wolsdorff is to give the opening lecture at the event, first of its kind in the region.
A reception with art historians Dr Jochen Sokoly and Karin [...]

In the age of environmental awareness, greening your home is the next frontier. The question is how do you green your house and what are the benefits? The answer is, it is easier than you think. Greening your home is affordable, good for the environment, increases its value, lowers your utility bills and makes [...]

This week On Campus looks at the newly launched Experience Design Centre at the Singapore Polytechnic. Learn more about its role and the significance of what it does. I’m Mubin Sa’adat. Stay tuned right here on Radio Singapore International.
Most products today are no longer marketed purely for their functionality. They are often showcased as offering [...]