Architects

Seniors' day care center wins UK's top architecture award

Adam Williams — Fri, 20 Oct 2023 09:29:04 GMT

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced the recipient of the 2023 Stirling Prize, the most prestigious award in UK architecture. Mæ has won for its superb work designing the John Morden Centre, a day care center for elderly people.

Category: Architecture, Engineering

Tags: RIBA, Building and Construction, Competition, Architects, Awards

CSEM's white solar panels are made to blend into buildings

David Szondy — Fri, 31 Oct 2014 23:19:33 GMT

Solar panels are seen as a way of making buildings greener and more sustainable, as well as making them less dependent on the grid for power. The problem is that the blue/black panels stick out like sore thumbs and end up exiled to rooftops. With the goal of making solar panels aesthetically invisible, the Swiss private, nonprofit technology company CSEM has developed what it bills as the world's first white solar modules – designed to blend into buildings instead of sitting on the roof.

Category: Environment, Science

Tags: Photovoltaic, Colors, Architects, Solar Power

ZA architects designs buildings for Mars

David Szondy — Thu, 12 Sep 2013 01:42:13 GMT

Setting up house is always a pain and when that house is on Mars, it’s a logistical nightmare. To make things a bit easier, Dmitry Zhuikov, Arina Ageeva, and Krassimir Krastev of ZA Architects in Germany have come up with a concept architecture for future Mars colonies, built underground by robots before the colonists arrive.

Category: Astronomy, Science

Tags: Mars, Architects, Robots, Concept Architecture