"Green fur coat" building designed
Intelligent "green fur coats" have been used to help retain warmth in Russian buildings, it has been reported.
British architects and engineering firm RMJM has developed an energy-saving concept which will see the Okhta Tower in St Petersburg encased in two glass sensor-lined envelopes filled with plants and shrubs.
The foliage will provide thermal insulation during the cold winter months and create a source of fresh air to keep the offices cool and ventilated when the weather is warmer, the firm states.
RMJM director of group design Tony Kettle comments: "The building will be alive - it will breathe, think and make decisions about how best to use energy."
The outside surface of the structure will be finished off with an intelligent exterior layer of temperature-sensitive colour-changing glass panels.
In other commercial design news, it was recently reported by online resource Building Design that the glazed extension to Bath's Holborne museum will use a reflecting pool to make the structure appear to levitate.
Glass-fronted office to be created in York
A contemporary glass-fronted office building is to be created in York, it has been reported.Costing some £500,000, the speculative development called Lendal Arches is to be built within the remains of the York Horse and Carriage...
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