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Sustainable Architecture: How Green Building Practices are Reshaping the Industry

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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

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Inside, the building is divided into two wings. One houses the Beeah Group's public and management departments while the other contains the administrative zone. These areas are connected by a central courtyard, described by Zaha Hadid Architects as an "oasis within the building" that helps provide natural ventilation.

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

Architizer

Designed for flexibility and community, the building integrates sustainable materials, solar power storage, and rainwater harvesting. With smart building technologies and a nearly zero carbon footprint. Zoning is one of the first stages in this process. Weitblick Innovation Campus by Sehw Architektur , Augsburg, Germany.

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BEEAH Group’s new headquarters by Zaha Hadid Architects

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Visitors enter beneath the 15-metre high dome which further enhances natural ventilation and allows passive daylight to enter the building. Smart building technologies by Microsoft, Johnson Controls and EVOTEQ, a BEEAH Digital venture. Source by Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA). Photo © Hufton+Crow. Photo © Hufton+Crow.

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BEEAH Headquarters by Zaha Hadid Architects

aasarchitecture

Visitors enter beneath the 15-metre high dome which further enhances natural ventilation and allows passive daylight to enter the building. Smart building technologies by Microsoft, Johnson Controls and EVOTEQ, a BEEAH Digital venture. Source by Zaha Hadid Architects. Photo © Hufton+Crow.

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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

Known for its elegant and innovative designs , the pioneering firm harnesses hybrid sustainable materials and smart building systems. This elegant complex includes rehearsal spaces and public zones in addition to a central performance area, celebrating the sense in which theatre is a community. Ingrid van der Heijden.