1,200 Views - Click for Gallery One of Chicago’s most recognizable landmarks, the Sears Tower, is set to receive an eco-friendly makeover. The skyscraper has already cut its energy usage in half, but plans are in the works to utilize clean sources of power to wipe out another 10% of its total energy usage. At the Cityscape conference, Adrian Smith of Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture indicated that the Sears Tower would receive wind turbines, photovoltaic cells, new lighting systems, a green roof and improved insulation. Source: building   Via: luxist

Eco Architecture

Rammed Earth Homes

Innovations in architecture and construction materials are always welcomed because of the growing interest into going “green”. The rammed earth construction for buildings is incredibly old. It can…

Cube-Shaped Eco Architecture (GALLERY)

The Modular Dice House

The Dice House architectural concept is a zero carbon home designed to be used both as a stand alone house and as part of an attached multiple dwelling scheme. The 9x9 meter cube which sits on an octagonal…

Glacier-Inspired Eco Architecture (GALLERY)

The Iceberg

Architect Julien de Smedt may have had the preservation of rapidly disappearing icebergs in mind when designing this funky, aesthetically-pleasing development. The Iceberg housing project won a competition…

Eco-Friendly Singaporean Architecture (GALLERY)

Beach Road Complex

The prestigious architecture firm Foster and Partners have won an international competition to design a highly sustainable mixed use complex for Beach Road in Singapore. Occupying an entire city block,…

Eco-Luxury Architecture (GALLERY)

$15 Million Orchid House

This is the design of a sustainable, eco-friendly house shaped in the form of a bee orchid. The house, which is called The Orchid and is located in the UK, uses geothermal heating and an underground pump…

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