INFLUENCE 2006 THEY are not famous yet - at least, not most of them - and many have their best work before them. But they are about to have a profound impact on the way we live.
SOLAR and specialist glass maker Romag expects to make a modest profit this year after overcoming some of the issues that had been set to push it further into the red. The County Durham business, which employs around 180 people in Consett making glass for the solar power, security, architecture and transport markets, suffered a number of setbacks culminating in August's announcement that it would report a loss in the year ending September 30.
ARCHITECTURE firm Sadler Brown has completed testing on the "solar trees" it has planted outside Cambridge University library. The Newcastle firm was preparing the last of a six-phase pounds 40m extension to the library when it was challenged by planners to provide an extra dimension of sustainability to the project. As a result, 10% of the annual energy uptake of the archive store would need to be generated by a renewable means.
In my dreams I would love to build my own contemporary, eco- friendly home. It would have all the greenness I could find. That dream will have to wait a while. But it edges closer for all of us as 'going green' at home becomes a more affordable and accessible aspiration. Of late, the buzz in architecture magazines and interiors glossies is all about eco-friendly building methods, solar panels, insulation and other clever energy-saving ideas.
The Scarlet, Cornwall FRAZZLED mums and dads in need of a break will love this adults- only hotel spa in Mawgan Porth. It mixes top-class treatments with avantgarde architecture and an eco-friendly outlook. The food is locally-sourced, there is solar-powered heating and almost everything is recycled. Rooms are luxurious with lots of gadgets and after a hard day's pampering you can watch the sun set over the beach as you sip organic wine in one of the wood-fired outdoor hot tubs.
I HAVE a dream. That dream is to turn my house into a mini power station. It may not have the iconic architecture of Battersea or the distinctive chimneys of Cockenzie, but between the solar panels, wind turbine and ground-source heating, it will represent an industrial revolution on an individual scale. Like with Willy Wonka's chocolate factory, people will aspire to win a golden ticket to come and marvel at the very greenness of it all. As I say, it's a dream. I came across the phrase 'mini power station' on the Friends of the Earth Scotland website, a place where those with green intentions can stock up on facts, figures and inspiration. FoE is running a campaign on micro-renewables, aiming to simplify planning rules, improve grant funding and encourage developers to fit green techno...
ZM Architecture hit the headlines when one of its most innovative ideas won praise from all corners of the globe. But the groundbreaking idea didn't involve bricks and mortar - the firm's bread and butter. It was a unique floating solar lily that caused an international stir.
A mellow meadow in Newington Green As a teenager I was worried about how we were going to feed our growing population when we were building on farmland,' says Justin Bere, director of the eco-architecture firm bere:architects. 'I would draw sketches of semi-submerged houses with soil going over the top, and the idea has stuck with me ever since.' The result of Bere's years of daydreaming is a zinc-clad Newington Green house/ studio influenced by a building code developed in Germany known as Passivhaus and designed to use as little energy as possible. Everything from the triple-glazed windows to the solar panels and 3,000 litre rainwater harvesting tank has been envisioned with energy saving in mind. And as for the garden on the roof? There are four separate horizontal plains of soil at ...
WE'RE having breakfast at Brennan's, a big old family restaurant in the French Quarter of New Orleans. I'm supping turtle soup and taking the odd sip from a brandy milk punch, the restaurant's cure for a hangover (in my case caused by too many Hurricane cocktails the night before). Once I get over the fact that the soup has been made with 'hand- reared turtles', I decide it's one of the greatest things I've ever put in my mouth. Rich, intense, light and all-enveloping, and with a tragic heritage. It's a sort of a metaphor for the city itself.
...It has been rebuilt with solar-powered, energysaving housing courtesy of Brad Pit..., who helped with the finance and the architecture. The homes are stark in shape, pink, yellow and bl...
Chrissie Iley experiences the amazing revival of the home of jazz after the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina We're having breakfast at Brennan's, a big old family restaurant in the French Quarter of New Orleans. I'm supping turtle soup and taking the odd sip from a brandy milk punch, the restaurant's cure for a hangover (in my case caused by too many Hurricane cocktails the night before). Once I get Turn to Page 78 From Page 77 over the fact that the soup has been made with 'hand- reared turtles', I decide it's one of the greatest things I've ever put in my mouth. Rich, intense, all-enveloping and with a tragic heritage. It's a sort of a metaphor for the city itself.
...It has been rebuilt with solar-powered, energy-saving housing courtesy of Brad Pi..., who helped with the finance and the architecture. The homes are stark in shape, pink, yellow and bl...
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