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Coop Himmelb an Austrian architectural firm has won a competition to design what will be the new headquarters of an insurance company in Shenzhen China.
The 49 level building will be located next to the Stock Exchange Shenzhen which is under construction at present.
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China Insurance Group headquarters by Coop Himmelb(l)au
Why go to an office building, where one can float in all day? That is the idea presented by a design company in England called H2Office.
They have developed specifications for the construction of mini offices (called H2Offices) which will remain docked at marinas.
The idea is to make use of water, considering the limited space is still available in large cities. Each of these offices could be large enough to accommodate more workers. Each would have a private work area, plus offices would have a terrace, a kitchenette, storage space and folding bunk for the night.
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In an oceanfront lot located Takao Shiotsuka Atelier designed and built this house in Japan.
The total constructed area is 237 square meters, but their design seems much bigger. Provide sufficient space to allow the accommodation of 6 persons in three bedrooms, which are located on the top floor that can be seen from the sea.
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Ferrari Engine Mechanical Machining facility in Maranello, Italy has just completed a project "green roof" with its solar panels installed in 1,075 at the roof of the factory purchased from Mitsubishi Electric.
With this amount of energy can produce 213,985 kWh of electricity per year and all of the needs of electricity in the factory may be obtained from this one source.
Ferrari own party claims that by using this source of energy the sun, they also can reduce environmental pollution (CO2 gas) as much as 25-30% per year.
In fact, this is not the only Ferrari has ...