Hale County Animal Shelter | Rural Studio

You’re looking at the result of a thesis studie done by four architecture students at the Rural Studio: Jeff Bazzell, Julieta Collart, Lana Farkas, Connely Farr in 2006. What is more – they collected the money to make this project a reality by collecting cash donations which resulted in gathering approximately $100,000 in total. The students also punched in when it came to building it. They all helped, all with no previous experience in construction. The locations is Greensboro, Alabama and the structure stands on steel legs anchored to concrete strip footings which means the building is elevated from the ground. Inside the concrete floor is a heating system to keep the animals warm during winter. Now THAT is how you do it my friends. Hats off.

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Strohhaus | Felix Jerusalem

The Swiss architect Felix Jerusalem designed this house in Eschenz, Switzerland that is prefabricated and sustainable. To insulate it, he used straw in a form of strawboard panels which are covered by a translucent green facade that reveal it. He used three different types of the panels: lightweight for the sound and thermal insulation, middle weight for interior walls and heavy panels for the structure. Being elevated on piers,the house has a very light footstep.

For more photos click here.

(via: inhabitat)

Bird’s Nest | Herzog & de Meuron

Nice. Here are some construction site photos of Herzog and de Meuron’s ‘Bird’s Nest’ Olympic stadium in Beijing. It is due to open in March with the olympic capacity of 100.000 which will be later reduced to 80.000 once the games are over.

l= 330m, w=200m, h=70m

EDIT: of course there’s a movie too. Click here to check out the trailer.

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Let’s Start The Day With Eple

Good morning :*