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Sustainable Architecture: How Green Building Practices are Reshaping the Industry

DesignRulz

Presented below are some ways in which green building practices are transforming the architecture world: Integrated design approach: Sustainable establishment practices foster an integrated design approach, enabling architects, engineers, and other architectural project stakeholders to collaborate from the construction planning.

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BEEAH Group’s new headquarters by Zaha Hadid Architects

aasarchitecture

ZHA delivered the BEEAH Headquarters in collaboration with sustainability engineers and consultants Atelier Ten and Buro Happold, project managers Matthews Southwest, construction contractor Al Futtaim Construction, and MEP engineers Al Futtaim Engineering.

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Zaha Hadid Architects completes dune-like Beeah Headquarters in Sharjah

Deezen

A smart building management system has been incorporated to automatically adjust lighting and temperature depending on occupancy and the time of day. It won the competition to create the Beeah Headquarters in 2013, which it designed in collaboration with engineers and consultants Atelier Ten and Buro Happold.

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ZHA to build new Harbourside Cultural District in Sanya

e-architect

A smart building management system will automatically adjust shading, lighting and ventilation for optimum comfort and efficiencies. The district’s orientation, composition and landscaping are designed to optimise natural indirect sunlight as well as natural ventilation from cooling on-shore winds.

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BEEAH Headquarters by Zaha Hadid Architects

aasarchitecture

ZHA delivered the BEEAH Headquarters in collaboration with sustainability engineers and consultants Atelier Ten and Buro Happold, project managers Matthews Southwest, construction contractor Al Futtaim Construction, and MEP engineers Al Futtaim Engineering.

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The next phase of sustainability in luxury hotels

BD+C

It is important to note that new building is not always a negative. But to limit the waste of green spaces and spaces not yet developed there is an obvious necessity to reuse and improve existing and unused heritage buildings. A major part of that effort starts with building placement and shell design.

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Cutting-Edge Innovations in Wood-Frame Construction

Santa Cruz Architect

These engineered wood products are incredibly strong and allow for the construction of taller wooden buildings, challenging the dominance of steel and concrete in high-rise construction. Components of wooden structures are manufactured in controlled factory environments and then transported to the construction site for assembly.