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Hong Kong is one of the financial centers of the World. In the city is a lot of money, and this money is often spent for modernization of this small state. For example, for constructing new marina which after opening becomes the main "watergates" of Hong Kong. Will construct this smart station the most famous modern architect — Norman Foster.

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More than ten years has passed since moment as has been closed a Hong Kong International Airport. Long time on a territory was empty. But the mother nature abhors a vacuum. Especially, in Hong Kong where the habitation territories is the most populated in the World.

Recently, on a place of the former airport has begun building project of a new marina, the author of the architectural project is architectural company «Foster + Partners».

This marina will be intended first of all for service of tourist passenger liners. After the building will be finished, into the seaport can arrive at once two huge ocean liners. Thus, the sea terminal can serve simultaneously for ten thousand persons. Here will work about eight hundred persons.

The new architectural project will be as much as possible harmless. The basic part of day illumination will be natural, instead of artificial. And on a terminal roof the park will settle down, where passengers can perfectly spend time in expectation of the sea cruises, instead of pining in the usual closed waiting room as in other sea ports. Besides, will be used a eco systems of gathering and clearing of rain water for needs of a complex, and also reception of the electric power from renewed sources (solar batteries).

Cost of building of this marina will cost for the budget of Hong Kong — 460 million dollars. The solemn opening are planned to 2013.

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Vietnam prepares for a magnificent way of life. After local authorities have approved the project of Vietnamese architects, DWP (Design Worldwide Partnership) have begun building independent area in the city of Ho Chi Minh.

Forever Rich

The inhabited complex of «Everrich 2» with apartments a total area of 630,000 sq.m. aspires to be green and self-sufficient community.

In a building there will be a natural ventilation, heavenly gardens, green roofs, tennis courts, sport areas... All these features give to an inhabited complex efficiency in respect of electricity economy.

The building «Everrich 2» contains 3,100 apartments and is in open district, far from concrete jungle.interior decoratinghouse construction

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Smart-ologic Corian® Living — is the futuristic project of an interior from DuPont and Karim Rashid represented in Milan Design Week (April, 2010).

Smart Ecology

The project represents the concept of the "smart" and "ecologically safe" inhabited interior created by Karim Rashid thanks to riches of possibilities DuPont™ Corian® and also exclusive properties of this advanced and widely known material.

Project Smart-ologic Corian® Living demonstrate shows variety of shades DuPont™ Corian® from the newest palette of 2010 — collections Eco-Concrete and Eco-Terrazo, for the first time in world practice created with use of secondary raw materials.

Smart-ologic Corian® Living serves as acknowledgement of innovative adherence DuPont to the actual ecologically pure materials, allowing to create interiors from secondary raw materials.interior decoratinghouse construction

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New building California Academy of Sciences was designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano. The building literally has opened one of these days for visitors.

The building structure in many parts is transparent, visually uniting with Gold Park it is completely not similar to the traditional concept of a museum, with blank walls and the blacked out premises. Necessary degree of blackout manages to be created thanks to a canopy on which solar panels are placed.

Ecological stability of a building became key aspect for designers

In a building two walls of the previous building, construction of 1934 are kept. In the project the planetarium, tropical wood and an aquarium, some expositions for several collections of Academy has lodged.

The planetarium and sphere in which the microclimate of tropical wood is created, are placed in two big spheres which roof is outside covered by greens. Visitors can even walk on this artificial landscape, the truth, only on a certain footpath.

From green counters are used: circular system of heating; a roof as an insulator and a heater; use of high-quality glass for facades.interior decoration

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In Dijon begins the organic life the most harmless building in the world. Power supply system Elithis Tower is capable to make more energy, than it will be necessary for requirements, and emissions in atmosphere of hotbed gases will be in 6 times less, than at standard business centres.

This building symbolizes new ecological standards to which there should correspond modern architecture.

Thierry Bievre, the general director of the contractor, company Elithis Engineering, has suggested to create technically advanced building at preservation of level of the expenses necessary for building of traditional structure. To cooperation over the project he has invited the well-known architect, Jean-Marie Charpentier (Arte Charpentier Architects).

The standard of ecological cleanliness

Thanks to joint efforts, the group has created a building a total area of 5,000 sq.m., height of 10 floors which has represented the sample and possibilities of a combination of requirements of an aesthetics, city integration, comfort, energy and ecology.

For achievement of it, the whole eco-ideology has been created. Materials got out at the account of their influence on environment. Facade furnish — a tree, processed isolation, the minimum application of aluminium which influences ecology. The big windows allow to use a daylight as much as possible. Special solar panels filter light, protecting from brightness and superfluous heat. In total it is used more than 330 solar panels which are placed on a roof.

In a building the unique system of a threefold stream patented by company Elithis is used. By means of this technology, general office energy (from technics, daylight, people) remains, updated and used for needs of a tower again.

Choice in favour of economy

Each participant of the project — owners, customers, developers, managers, users — office employees and visitors — are invited to take part in increase of energy-efficiency of a building, having realised own level of energy-consumption. It will be offered to everyone to make a choice in favour of minimisation of own energy-consumption (it concerns both papers, and light, both water, and transport…), thereby, having deposited money in the general influence on ecological stability.interior decoration

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In Chicago long-awaited opening has taken place.

In Millennium Park in the definitive kind before public pavilion Zaha Hadid Architects has appeared. The project is devoted the 100 anniversary from the date of birth Daniel Burnham.

The pavilion represents freakish aluminum structure where each element "works" on creation of the uniform roundish form.

On a metal skeleton the internal and external skin which serves, including, by the screen for video-installations which will show in pavilion is tense.

The general problem of the project (in park two pavilions have been constructed, Zaha Hadid Architects and UNStudio — to make research on a theme of cities of the future.

One more theme — ecological compatibility of architecture.

The pavilion can be disassembled and used in the collected kind repeatedly in any place.

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In America there is a The White House, there are high houses... now there was a Live House.

It was constructed by the Canadian architects of company Bricault Design. The house facade is covered by plants it is not simple an ivy which distinguishes long-term houses and the natural cover decorates walls, and.

Through huge glass doors on the ground floor you get to a court yard. Upwards on picturesque steps, you get on the roof where the special open part is equipped. For furnish almost all parts of a facade have chosen cedar wood with which also have issued windows — mobile panels from cedar boards carry out function of jalousie; and bedroom walls have outside decorated with a live, breathing skin.

Thus architects have solved a task in view; it was necessary to expand the existing house, for fine evolved family. The new, green extension has increased the areas almost twice.

Designers have recovered not only a facade, but also many internal elements of registration. Glass per capita it is decorated by a twisted decor, and on tiled to a floor, in drops of falling water, "live" small fishes float.

Californian the building site differs very favourable climate, the most part of year there warmly.

Naturally, the house is ecologically steady: on a roof there are solar panels, the is high-effective boiler delivers heating, the system of constant circulation of hot water thanks to what water can be used repeatedly that reduces consumption total amounts is equipped, on a roof vegetables for which irrigation the combination of the rain and used water water will be used will grow.

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