Articles Archive for April 2010
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Here is the finalists save the world for the 2010 Buckminster Fuller Competition challenging designers to come up with workable solutions to the world’s most significant problems such as water scarcity, food supply, and energy consumption have just been announced, and as always we’re thrilled to see this year’s crop of innovative projects! They range from zero energy buildings to a solar college for women in India to a plan to rehydrate the great lakes. Here we present to you the six worthy finalists and their plans to fulfill Buckminster …
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Here is a custom designed house for a hypothetical client explores the universal human desire for both orderliness and spontaneity, while firmly rooting itself to the landscape and creating privacy by shaping the terrain. Located design of a 4,500 square foot house at an east Long Island community’s master-planned by Richard Meier. Another significant issue was how to root the house to the earth; the nearly flat site in a young growth forest offered no footing. We responded by reshaping the topography, establishing the first level slightly below grade …







