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Sudan Skyscraper by Hugon Kowalski
“…The skyscraper (sic) taps into (an) underground lake and brings it to the surface for distribution. In addition to housing the water pumps and treatment facility, however, the building also has a hospital, school and a food storage center, centralizing many life-bringing and saving services into one vital tower…”
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LAVA wins first prize for masdar - world’s first sustainable city in UAE
giant umbrellas, with a design based on the principles of sunflowers, will provide
moveable shade in the day, store heat, then close and release the heat at night in
the plaza of a new eco-city in the united arab emirates.
the ‘sunflower umbrellas’ are one aspect of the winning design by the international
practic Laboratory for Visionary Architecture (LAVA) for the city centre for masdar
in the UAE - the world’s first zero carbon, zero waste city powered entirely by renewable
energy sources.
masdar is a planned city located 17 kilometres from abu dhabi. a government initiative,
the city is being constructed over seven phases and is due to be completed by 2016.
the city centre includes a plaza, five-star hotel, long stay hotel, a convention centre
and entertainment complex and retail facilities.
Posted October 28, 2010 at 1:03pm in United Arab Emirates Architecture Green Design Sustainable cityscape
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“Loading the dishwater would be a far more enjoyable experience with this wall-mounted cleaner so you wouldn’t need to bend down
And to wash up the plates will be a wall-mounted double dishwasher that saves you from bending down and provides space for dirty dishes while one machine is in motion.”
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1215883/Controversial-cooker-grows-meat-kitchen-wins-major-design-competition.html#ixzz13gc5WzmR
