Completed: The View House
Posted by Fabian Dembski on June 30, 2015 · Leave a Comment
After a construction time of half a year the View House is completed. Till end of August landscape design and furnishing will be finished. Although situated on a slope the ground floor, the parking lot and courtyard are barrier-free. A space for an elevator is also thought ahead. If needed, the two levels can be … Continue reading →
Category Architecture, barrier free, Green Building · Tagged with alpine architecture, Alps, architecture, Austria, barrier free, green building
Contemporary Alpine Architecture: The View House
Posted by Fabian Dembski on October 11, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Architectural Design and Sustainability This 200 m2 family house and office will be built at the foot of the “Mieminger Kette” mountain range, 40 km west from Tyrol’s capital city – Innsbruck. Situated on a slope, the wooden house, thanks to its special geometry and metallic roof, blends in perfectly with its surrounding mountain range. … Continue reading →
Category Architecture, barrier free, Green Building, low energy consumption housing, Sustainability · Tagged with alpine architecture, Alps, Austria, barrier free, contemporary alpine architecture, cross-laminated timber, energy efficiency, family house, healthy building, low-energy house, solar energy, timber structure, Tyrol
Willis Tower’s glazed floor cracks. How reasonable is the fear of breaking through?
Posted by Fabian Dembski on June 2, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Scary News: The glazed platform of Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower) in Chicago, 103 stories up, on top of one of the tallest skyscrapers suddenly cracked under the feet of a family. The news went viral although only the thin protective layer of the glazed platform was affected, not the supporting panels. But are glazed floors more … Continue reading →
Category Architecture, Articles, barrier free · Tagged with acrophobia, fear of breaking through, glass, glazed floor, Leopold Museum, public buildings, Sears Tower, sky deck, usability, visual cliff, Willis Tower
green building
Posted by Fabian Dembski on November 5, 2013 · Leave a Comment
two projects in progress: Wrap Building alteration, thermal rehabilitation and roof extension: low-cost/low-energy consumption house on the outskirts of Vienna (A) The application of pre-fabricated, recyclable materials – actually used for industrial constructions – in conjunction with sophisticated architectural design transforms the single-family house from the 1970s into an example of sustainability. current phase: design … Continue reading →