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Sustainable Architecture: How Green Building Practices are Reshaping the Industry

DesignRulz

Green building approaches often promote placing construction projects in areas with minimal environmental imprint while considering the occupants’ public transportation proximity, green space accessibility, and staying away from sensitive ecological zones.

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Zaha Hadid Architects completes dune-like Beeah Headquarters in Sharjah

Deezen

It is powered by a solar array and meets LEED Platinum standards – the highest certification awarded by the green building certification program – setting "a new benchmark for future workplaces". Inside, the building is divided into two wings. Structure, facade, acoustic, transport and civil consultant: Buro Happold.

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Back to Basics: Bioclimatic Design, Learning from History to Build For The Future

Architizer

The innovative vertical garden building merges nature with urban living, using passive strategies like cross ventilation, large sun-shielding terraces, fractured light parasols and rainwater harvesting for self-sustaining irrigation. Weitblick Innovation Campus by Sehw Architektur , Augsburg, Germany.

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BEEAH Group’s new headquarters by Zaha Hadid Architects

aasarchitecture

The headquarters is the latest milestone for BEEAH Group as it continues to pioneer innovations for Sharjah and across the globe, establishing a base of operations for the group to diversify into new, future-critical industries. Smart building technologies by Microsoft, Johnson Controls and EVOTEQ, a BEEAH Digital venture.

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BEEAH Headquarters by Zaha Hadid Architects

aasarchitecture

The headquarters is the latest milestone for BEEAH Group as it continues to pioneer innovations for Sharjah and across the globe. With their new headquarters, BEEAH demonstrates how technology can scale sustainable impact and ultimately serve as a blueprint for tomorrow’s smart, sustainable cities. Source by Zaha Hadid Architects.

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The next phase of sustainability in luxury hotels

BD+C

For example, as hotels look to curating elegant spaces for guests, opportunities arise for energy savings in guest bedrooms using smart building controls. There is an increasing opportunity to create systems that allow a guest’s smart device or room key to help regulate temperatures for energy savings.

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100 Women to Watch in Architecture

Architizer

This article aims to highlight some of the world’s most innovative minds, and celebrate their success in an evergreen format that can inspire the AEC community year-round. The London-based studio empowers industry and institutions with innovative design solutions and R&D for an impactful transition towards sustainable futures.