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Amancio
Guedes is an architect, a sculptor, a painter, and
many other things. He is known familiarly to many people as
Pancho Guedes. His organic, exuberant, eclectic, complex and
thoughtful buildings and projects have been published occasionally,
but they have not been sufficiently recognised for their quality
and originality. His visual imagination absorbed every influence,
from the art of Africa to the Surrealists, and synthesised
them into a style which is recognisably his own, however varied
the results appear at first glance. He was a post-modern 20
years before the term was invented, and he is still active,
working in Portugal now, inventing new buildings, painting
and sculpting out a home on a steep hillside near Sintra in
Portugal. This
website, created by Cedric Green, is intended to provide information
about his extraordinary architecture and other work, and to
begin a growing archive. It shows a lot of his drawings and
photographs of his work, his recent retrospective exhibitions
in Switzerland, and Lisbon, and contains a biographical essay,
and other documents about him. ...http://www.guedes.info
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Maison
Solaire - A site in French : "Le Solaire est
plus que jamais synonyme de Libertie... Si nous voulons bâtir
un monde plus libre, il nous faut faire en sorte que progressivement
le "solaire" fasse partie intégrante de notre vie..... En
effet, cet apport énergétique est gratuit... !"
Cette site crée par l'architecte Jean-Luc Sauvaigo,
est trés bien présenté et nous offre
beaucoup de conseils sur le solaire et architecture, sous
les titres suivante:
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- Pourquoi construire une maisons solaire aujourd'hui ? ..2
- Le principe de l'effet de serre ..3 - Le procédé de chauffage
solaire recommandé ..4 - Les maisons doivent être construite
avec le climat ..5 - Conseils pour bien construire ..6 - Combien
coûte une maison solaire ..7 - Historique de l'utilisation
de l'énergie solaire ..8 - L'apport thermique ..9 - Le puits
Canadien ou Puits Provençal 10 - Les avantages du Solaire
11 - Adresses de sites .....http://www.maison-solaire.com/index.html |
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Architecture
et Nature - Site de réflexion et de proposition sur
l'architecture et l'environnement de notre époque. Ce site
a été créé par Jean-Luc Sauvaigo afin de faire
partager sa passion de l'Architecture et de l'environnement.
L'Architecture et la nature loin de s'opposer, devraient au
contraire parfaitement s'harmoniser et se compléter... Les
sujets : Réflexion sur la maison, Vers des
maisons écolo?, Amènager Partout?, L'urbanisme actuel, Intégration
des constructions dans le paysage, Les terrains, Les "maisons
Solaires", Les "maisons à ossature bois", Les "maisons à ossature
acier", Les petites maisons, Micro-Habitat de loisir, Les
eoliennes, Des maisons containers ?, L'urbanisme actuel, Vers
un renouveau des cabanes ?, Maisons Flottantes, Autres Maisons
flottantes, Camping car Solaires, Proposition pour les sans
abris, Le "Jardins des Poètes", Les fermes environnementales
de demain..., Autres maisons flottantes, Proposition pour
les sans abris, Nouveaux villages écologiques, Architecture
marginale pleine de poésie..., Maisons pour le futur..., L'avenir...,
URBANISME & ENVIRONNEMENT, Les moyens de transports, Accidents
de la route, Les voitures solaires, L'équipe Suisse du SUISSPIRIT,
Transport futur : "les Navettes Obus", Le Vélo, La 2 CV, Programe
pour une nouvelle 2 CV Solaire, Voitures Solaires en vente
aujourd'hui..., Bateaux Solaires . Another site by
the author of Maison Solaire with a wealth of information
and useful links - all in French, but worth translating and
reading.. Un autre site par l'auteur de la Maison solaire
avec une richesse d'informations et de liens utiles - en français,
...http://www.architecture-et-nature.org/
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| Moya
- low energy solar house in Suffolk, UK, designed by Cedric
Green, built in 1983. The design won 2nd prize in the 1st European
Passive Solar competition in 1980, and it is relevant again
now that we are entering another period of soaring energy prices
and concerns about global warming. It is a timber framed
structure with a high level of insulation and a very large solar
greenhouse off which all the rooms can open. Next door to Moya
is Delta,
an earlier passive solar house by Cedric Green, photographs
of which can been seen on:
http://greenart.info/Delta/index.htm
.... http://www.greenart.info/moya
suffolk |
Moya
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a Solar House - in France, Cedric Green built himself
a ecological and bioclimatic house, starting in 2007, and recorded
each step of the 'self-build' process. This is an annotated
picture record, a series of albums of photographs, following
the progress of the project, from its inception to completion,
recording the details of cnstruction, the setbacks, the frustrations,
the rewards, the delays, the changes of direction, the incidents
and accidents along the way.The house is finished now (2012)
and the latest posts show the finished house and beginnings
of external works.This site is a useful source of information
for anyone interested in French methods of ecological construction..
http://greenart.info/theves/ |
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Architekturbüro
Sture Larsen - Sture Larsen is an independent architect
working in Vorarlberg, Austria. His most outstanding works
have been focused on solar and low-energy buildings. His work
with developing methods of building affordable low energy
housing brought him several awards beginning with the Binding
Award for Environmental Conservation, 1989, and culminating
in the Austrian State Award for Energy Research in 1997. His
site shows many examples of solar buildings he has designed..
http://www.solarsen.com/e/start-e.htm
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"Haus
der Zukunft" at the Gardening Exposition of Upper Austria
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Michel
Gerber - Architecte - "Développement
durable" et la notion de "bâtiment à haute qualité environnementale".
Ce travail à la fois de recherche et de production porte sur
des domaines d'intervention divers tels que habitat, tertiaire,
bâtiments scolaires,… par la mise en œuvre des concepts et
des techniques de construction bioclimatique, par l'éclairage
naturel des espaces de travail, par le contrôle des ambiances.
Cette site est partagé avec plusiers architectes avec
les mêmes idées. This site in French shows
the work of an architect who made "bioclimatic"
architecture a household word.. http://www.outilssolaires.com/Archi/Gerber.htm
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| Green
Art is an innovative, reliable and efficient
'design-and-build' landscape business located right on
the border between New Hampshire and Maine, Their work.
including
plans for stonework, infrastructure, planting layout, specialty
gardens, consultation regarding all aspects of landscaping,
such as efficient beautification of a property in preparation
for a sale - stone masonry including walkways and patios,
driveways, walls, and other landscape
installations- planting of gardens
including professional soil preparation in order to obtain ideal
growing conditions.
The creator of this business, Thomas
Berger is a sculptor whose work is exhibited in his studio
garden. He is concerned about ecology and is a keen cyclist
and environmentalist.. http://www.greenart.com/
and
http://www.greenart.com/bergerstoneart/index.html |
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| Zuma
Creations by
artist Kevin
Sutton now produces handmade, one of a kind, original designs
using eco-friendly, energy efficient LED bulbs and repurposed
bottles and glass receptacles. "Rustic Sophistication", is what
these lamps are about. In each lamp, the touch of the artist's
hand is evident. While earning a MFA from Pratt Institute, Kevin's
areas of focus was equally divided between painting and sculpture.
The common thread was a love of color, light and process. The
lamps are an extension of these interests, while also
expressing his concern for the environment. A admiration for
the Arts and Crafts movement, their reaction against an increasingly
technological society, and their commitment to the marriage
of form and fuction had a huge influence on his creative philosophy.
All lights are made to order. The customer works directly with
the artist to discuss their particular needs. Imaginative
use of recycling to produce very low energy lighting. See
also Kevin Sutton's relief
constructions using recycled materials, which has occupied
him for years past .. http://www.zumacreations.com/
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Helen
Green
- (Bright
Green Design)
- 3 dimensional design and computer modelling - Trained at
Hull University, Bristol Old Vic theatre school, and Wimbledon
Art College, she has 15 years of experience in all fields
of set and costume design for theatre, television drama and
dance. She creates 3-D models using AutoCad and Viz CAD systems
and designs exhibitions, conference sets and produces photorealistic
rendered architectural perspectives and animations. She also
makes masks and puppets for theatre and opera and has taught
design and prop-making part time at Exeter University. She
works freelance, designing and modelling.... http://www.brightgreen.info
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MikiKappa
designs and produces wooden furniture, decorative objects
and architectural elements of outstanding craftmanship and
innovative contemporary design. Every product is handmade
out of high quality solid wood avoiding engineered woodproducts,
which often contain toxic resins and do not age well. The
wood they use originates from sustainably managed forests
or, even better, from salvaged and recycled wooden elements
like old beams, barrel wood and even driftwood found on the
beach. These seasoned materials show less shrinkage and expansion
during changes of temperature and humidity. Salvaged materials
also are esthetically pleasing. For example: wood from old
wine barrels - mostly oak and chesnut - has a beautiful grain
and natural dye thanks to being soaked in red wine for decades.
Manufacturing custom architectural components is one of their
specialties including beautiful solid wood / parquet floors.
One of their most popular products is flooring entirely made
out of recycled barrel wood.
MikiKappa is the creation of Michael Krumbiegel (1960), and
he is married to Francesca
Genna, an Italian printmaker and author of a book on sustainable
etching ...http://mikikappa.com/ |
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| Avilion
Sustainable Homes is a UK/French company that produces
timber frame homes that are very well insulated, built of sustainable
materials, combining Scandinavian standards of materials, products
and insulation technology with distinctive styling and craftsmanship.
Timber frame has been the principal method of construction in
North America, Scandinavia and even Scotland for many years
and rapidly increasing energy costs make timber frame construction
the method of choice, not just for the future of our world but
the running costs of homes. Avilion timber frame homes are frequently
bespoke, designed and built to meet each customer's specific
requirements, although their standard designs may meet clients'
requirements, or with slight modifications. This website
is professional, well illustrated and contains useful information
about buying land in France, about the methods of construction
used and pictures of progress on recent projects (bottom right)
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| Henley
Offices produces a range of small office buildings primarily
for those who work at home, mostly of prefabricated insulated
timber construction. They are in Wokingham, Berks. and one of
the largest manufacturers in the industry in the UK, with nearly
170,000 sq. ft. of modern, computer-controlled production and
warehousing facilities. Henley Offices have featured in many
magazines and newspaper articles, all reproduced on their website,
which is well illustrated, with current prices and delivery
times. ...http://www.henleyoffices.com/ |
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| InsideOut
Garden Offices produce housing-quality, eco-friendly
garden buildings: stylish garden offices and granny flats, and
sumptuous en-suite studios. Their garden offices require minimal
heating, no air conditioning and consume little electricity.
InsideOut garden offices,studios and granny flats are architect-designed,
personally project-managed and sensitively built with eco-friendly
materials. They are very well insulated, double-glazed and voluntarily
built to Building Regulation standards for new homes and public
buildings. All their garden office and accommodation buildings
are carefully finished with environmentally friendly larch cladding,
grown in carefully managed woodland in Scotland and Northumbria,
and are finished with individually nailed cedar roofing shingles
that mellow with the years. Browse this nicely designed site
to see an admirably modest approach to building in an eco-friendly
way. http://www.iobuild.co.uk/ |
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Glass
is Green is a Saint Gobain glass initiative. "...A
green building can be defined as any building that is sited,
designed, constructed, operated and maintained for the health
and well-being of the occupants, while minimizing impact on
the environment. "... The site extolls the green properties
of glass in controlling overheating, reducing lighting and
heating bills by letting in daylight and sunlight. The site
is commercial but full of useful information for green designers...
http://www.glassisgreen.com
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| Arcosanti
- Arcosanti is a growing city in the Arizona desert
designed according to the concept of arcology (architecture
+ ecology), developed by Italian architect Paolo
Soleri. In an arcology, the built and the living interact
as organs would in a highly evolved being. This means many systems
work together, with efficient circulation of people and resources,
multi-use buildings, and solar orientation for lighting, heating
and cooling. Greenhouses provide gardening space for public
and private use, and act as solar collectors for winter heat.
Arcosanti is also an educational process. The five week workshop
program teaches building techniques and arcological philosophy,
while continuing the city's construction. Volunteers and students
come from around the world. People of many varied interests
and backgrounds are all contributing their valuable time and
skills to the project. ...http://www.arcosanti.org/project/main.html
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| Green
Space aims to provide up-to-date, practical information
on environmentally responsible products and services available
in South Africa. All the products and services on this website
contribute in some way to the protection/conservation of our
country's natural resources. Search for information on organic
and biodegradable goods from wine to nappies; where to recycle
your household and office waste; solar energy systems grey water
systems...and much more. There are currently 80+ products and
services listed on this site. There is a growing concern amongst
South Africans about environmental degradation and the importance
of protecting and caring for the earth's natural resources.
Good resource including names of architects specialising
in green design (including Andy Horn and Malcolm Worby)....http://www.greenspace.co.za/index.php |
house by
Malcolm Worby |
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Green
Architecture On-line - One
page of a site devoted to very useful links on-line and off-line
for Green Design generally. Other sections include: Green
Design | Alternative Energy | Sustainable Development | Green
Law & International Policy | Green/Ethical Investment | Green
Marketing & Management | Green Manufacturing | Green Consumerism
| Green Purchasing | Recycling & Reclamation | Waste Management
| Other On-line Directories | Packaging & Distribution | Green
Computing | Complete A-Z of links . http://www.redesign.org/research/sarch.html |
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Design Library - Green Design / Sustainable Architecture:
Information Sources. Sustainably designed buildings aim to lessen
their impact on our environment through energy and resource
efficiency. This guide will lead you to information on this
topic and give you strategies for locating newer materials as
they become available. Materials are in the Environmental Design
Library, UC Berkeley.... http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/GreenAll.html
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