Heat-wise, the past few days have been hell in Manhattan; and as the sun beats down, we crank the A/C, and our electricity bills rise, your correspondent was inspired to do a two-hour web search seeking a way to connect solar panels to the air conditioner. If the sun wants to crank out so much [...]

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Architects: German del Sol
Location: Provincia de Última Esperanza, Magallanes, Patagonia, Chile
Project team: José Luis Ibañez G. / Architect, Francisca Schüler M. / Architect, Carlos Venegas / Architect, Rodrigo Arenas P. / Graphics Arts
Contractor: Salfa, Punta Arenas
Constructed Area: 5,213.46 sqm
Project year: 2004 - 2005
Construction year: 2004 - 2005
Photographs: Guy Wenborne, Felipe Camus, Turek
The inspiration
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Sci-fi screenplay writers will be cracking their knuckles if this latest concept by Armand Leconte becomes reality. He envisions vast fields of crops being harvested by autonomous, cold hearted, damn-dirty robots! Wait, sorry…just watched iRobot. Seriously though, feeding the world is becoming more and more difficult and finding new more efficient ways to grow and [...]

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Imagine a boat that coasts along almost silently and works completely on free energy. OK, well, almost free: when it is cloudy out you may have to pedal a bit to get it going. Still, you get to toss out the pricey gas costs associated with most water cruisers and relax in the sun when [...]

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When the first images of the Tate addition by Herzog & deMeuron were released, I was extremely disappointed. As I mentioned earlier, I really felt like the design was forced - much unlike most of their projects. This new design, while not perfect really seems like a huge improvement. The press release states ”The revisions [...]

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We checked in on the green rebuilding efforts in Greensburg, Kansas when Planet Green’s docu-series premiered last month. We found plenty of interesting developments, but this prefab from Studio804 of the University of Kansas School of Architecture is definitely one of the most memorable. Built as the community art center, this innovative building uses modular [...]

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Why did the chicken cross the wind tunnel footbridge? Because the steel and aluminum structure was so eye-catching he was drawn to it like a whale to water? Or because the electronic noises made by the wind turning the five enormous wheels reminded him of his favorite Wii adventure? Or because the energy created and [...]

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