From Skyscraper to Treescapers: An Overview of Vertical Greenery
With more people living in cities and less land available, the verticalization trend has gotten stronger in cities across the world. In the same way that architects and urban planners often disagree about how buildings should grow up, many projects have looked to the vertical…
What does the future of construction materials look like?
We have a tendency to believe that reality is unchangeable and that our level of civilization will persist into the future. This has been true for every culture investigated throughout history. However, we are presently at a period in history where technological growth is so…
5 Characteristics of Sustainable Buildings in Dubai
Sustainable construction in Dubai focuses on several distinct parameters, especially from a design standpoint, that ensure the eco-friendliness of upcoming projects. These include recyclable materials, effective layout and orientation, solar energy use, carbon-neutral construction, and energy conservation. With buildings consuming 70-80% of the total energy…
Introducing Sustainability Through Green Building Design
Sustainable architecture and green design are enabling developers to achieve long-term goals of emission reduction and resource consumption optimization. Developers worldwide are proactively relooking at ways of enhancing building sustainability through effective design and planning. Instead of retrofitting structures with singular interventions for waste reduction…