The art of blending the natural environment with the built environment to enhance the experience of the end-user could be defined as landscape architecture. It uses elements of nature like…
Green wall, vertical garden, green facade or living wall—all of those terms refer to the wall covered with living plants that can be installed on both inside and outside walls…
Architecture is the manifestation of live-scale buildings from sketches, models, and formal plans. It harnesses a multitude of assets like physical construction supplies and manpower to name a few. However,…
“You don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone” is a quote that people often use in the context of relationships. However, it also works well for humankind’s use of…
As the world’s technology advances, so do its methods of construction. At the same time, as the world’s environment weakens, the attention towards sustainability strengthens. Considering how much pollution and…
When one imagines a future city, we often tend to imagine a scene from some sci-fi movie wherein technology has the reins to the world, robots steer the economy and…
Does a city need to depend on its surrounding suburbs and towns? Can it be self-reliant? Urban sustainability is the concept of cities or urban areas equipped to be self-sufficient,…
Ever since the very beginning of architecture, the only thing we can be sure of is that it is uncertain, and ever-shifting: the discussion about the meaning of architecture and…
Now that the summers are near us, it will be yet another year of more and more buildings installing energy-hungry air conditioners. These are major contributors to climate change. Whether…
Piezoelectric materials are materials that are capable of producing electric current when subjected to mechanical stress and vice versa. The piezoelectric effect was first discovered in the year 1880 by…
One of the main reasons for global warming is the burning of fossil fuels, natural gas, coal, etc which produces large amounts of greenhouse gases. These gases get trapped in…
“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference and you have to decide what kind of…