Eco Factor: Solar-energy harvesting pavilion. Michael Jantzen’s experimental designs have always been marked as the perfect blend of stunning architecture and ecological sustainability. The environmentally conscious designer has thrilled...

Eco Factor: Sustainable ecosystem inspired from dragonflies. You might hate the humming sound of a dragonfly as they whistle past your nose when you’re preparing a nice barbeque, but architects at Vincent Callebaut seem to be so obsessed...

In this energy-poor world, the sun is often touted as a panacea; and rightly so! Talk about solar power and its optimum utilization in buildings and a host of designs by contemporary architects immediately pop up to mind. While some of these...