We at Freshome, love wooden houses. Less conventional and recreating a “warmer” atmosphere, this wooden house of the future, is located in Sydney, Australia, the modular prefabricated house is the work of Xenian who built it in a workshop and transported later, on site. And more to it, the house seems to be eco-friendly. It [...]

Yet another Kansas City Landmark Katz Drug building, this one also by the venerable KC design firm of Kivett and Myers, is in imminent danger of being destroyed.
Less than a year ago the premiere Katz Drug Store (#9) location at 40th and Main was going to be the possible setting for the latest crime against [...]

The Neue National Gallery in Berlin (1968), will be leading the work of German architect, Mies van der Rohe. A building in which patents are clearly legible and the tenets and how to work the architect, and where the concept of “less is more” becomes absolute sense.This building was a new way of thinking and [...]

The house is designed to be as transparent and airy as possible, allowing views to the surrounding nature from all around the house, but also through the house, transforming the villa into part of the natural environment.

The building opened in May 2005 and is used to create consumer-driven products, packaging, and processes.  GIC features some of the following green elements and strategies:

A building-wide green cleaning program;
Lighting occupancy sensors;
Automated temperature sensors;
Monitored irrigation system that waters when necessary;
Abundant natural light throughout building;
Unique glass tension-cabled ceiling provides natural light (see below);
Green roof for efficiency [...]