Italian architect Renzo Piano was born on September 14th, 1937, in Genoa, Italy. Although he was born into a family of builders, his ideas were all his own. Renzo Piano felt that nostalgia was a trap and not at all important. His feeling was, “It’s not what you have...
Green Building. First of all, let’s say that there are many events today that are the beginning of great things to come. As you probably already noticed, just about every company in every industry is starting to do something towards environmental causes and...
There are always new buzzwords that make something that has been around for a long time seem like it was just invented. Sustainable architecture is currently trending everywhere — from real estate sites to architectural magazines, we’re seeing how this practice...
The word sustainable seems to be the latest buzzword for just about every industry lately. Well, we have news for you — the lighting industry is so ahead of every other industry in this area that even though we didn’t necessarily talk about it, we were already...
The Glass House is located on 798-856 Ponus Ridge Road in New Canaan, Connecticut. She was built to be Philip Johnson’s private residence and the signature piece that defines him. The Glass House is virtually hidden from the street since it’s surrounded by trees and...
Norman Foster is a British architect, and his architectural style is of a modern, high-tech type. Foster is also associated with being in the forefront of the beginnings of energy-efficient construction techniques. Although he is Ivy League-educated (his formal...
