{"id":41745,"date":"2009-09-17T13:04:32","date_gmt":"2009-09-17T13:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greendiary.com\/?p=10661"},"modified":"2022-02-08T10:22:50","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T10:22:50","slug":"sneak-a-peek-into-some-unusually-green-constructions-for-eco-lovers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drprem.com\/guide\/sneak-a-peek-into-some-unusually-green-constructions-for-eco-lovers\/","title":{"rendered":"Unusually green constructions for eco-lovers!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"38520354a5201685ddf480eec688e1a7\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\r\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9477973674766713\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8885944693\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8216;Unusual&#8217; doesn\u2019t always mean despicable or weird or bland. Well, I see it as something novel and potent enough to initiate a trend, form practices or serve a definitive purpose. If supposedly green elements are incorporated into the weird, it tends to become more soothing than ever. Just to satisfy both, those who look for crankiness and the others who never undermine the eco-friendly aspects, here\u2019s a pictorial featuring some unusually green homes which you\u2019ll love to run through or admire. Anyhow, it\u2019s all in perception. So, I hope you won\u2019t let the environmentally friendly aspect go unnoticed.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Low impact Woodland House (Wales, UK)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"low impact woodland house wales uk 2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greendiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/low-impact-woodland-house-wales-uk-2_6ByOy_11446.jpg\" alt=\"low impact woodland house wales uk 2\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"low impact woodland house wales uk 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greendiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/low-impact-woodland-house-wales-uk-1_xM9VT_11446.jpg\" alt=\"low impact woodland house wales uk 1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Showing the least impact of human intrusion into the natural surroundings, the building exhibits a permaculture approach to life. You&#8217;ll see it furnished with all household gadgets and all, yet the exteriors and interiors as well point toward a minimalistic lifestyle.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/enviroegg.wordpress.com\/2008\/06\/17\/unusual-green-architecture-in-japan-namba-parks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Namba Parks<\/a>, Osaka<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"namba parks\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greendiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/namba-parks_U8hzL_11446.jpg\" alt=\"namba parks\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Osaka in Japan doesn\u2019t boast much green spaces. Still to render it with an eco-quotient, Namba Parks or the Hanging Gardens of Osaka sits atop a 30-floor skyscraper, Parks Tower, and a shopping mall with eight floors of terraced gardens. It\u2019s a strange mix of greenery amid swathing concrete structures.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Edge House<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"edge house 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greendiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/edge-house-1_FUgK9_11446.jpg\" alt=\"edge house 1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"edge house 2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greendiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/edge-house-2_mP6fh_11446.jpg\" alt=\"edge house 2\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.homedesignfind.com\/architecture\/edge-house-by-mobius-architects-cutting-edge-contemporary-architecture\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Edge House<\/a> near Cracow rests upon an excavated niche on a limestone hillside. Slightly slanting roof, at 30 degrees, make it appear staring the rocky green base.<\/p><div class=\"38520354a5201685ddf480eec688e1a7\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\r\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9477973674766713\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8885944693\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ullam.typepad.com\/ullabenulla\/2009\/04\/dreaming-spires.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dreaming Spires<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"dreaming spires 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greendiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/dreaming-spires-1_6ahQR_11446.jpg\" alt=\"dreaming spires 1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"dreaming spires 2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greendiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/dreaming-spires-2_vjQib_11446.jpg\" alt=\"dreaming spires 2\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As the label itself suggests, Dreaming Spires Playhouses are never meant for dwelling in. Still, Judith Needham, the maker seems to pass his days in his handmade creation while he is on the move. Made from English, it\u2019s a perfect specimen of weirdly green architecture.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kvivik Igloo (Kvivik, Faroe Islands)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"kvivik igloo kvivik faroe islands main\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greendiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/kvivik-igloo-kvivik-faroe-islands-main_ynR3p_11446.jpg\" alt=\"kvivik igloo kvivik faroe islands main\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Having a grassy roof, the Kvivik Igloo (Kvivik, Faroe Islands) is very different from the igloos created by the Eskimos. The black walls seem to be a heating solution. Though the concrete ahead of it mars the green background, the scenery around still compensates for it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mobile Chinatown<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"mobile china town 2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greendiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/mobile-china-town-2_jTBGP_11446.jpg\" alt=\"mobile china town 2\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"mobile china town 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greendiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/mobile-china-town-1_eSA68_11446.jpg\" alt=\"mobile china town 1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>MAD architects offer the Chinatown as a plausible solution to the acute space crunch that most of the cities of the world are facing today. Standing (hanging rather) alone and proud on top of a city that has almost bowed against the suppressing contemporary city life, the mobile town recycles its waste and doesn\u2019t ask for any resources of energy since it\u2019s completely self-reliant.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Green Oak Pavilion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"green oak pavilion 2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greendiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/green-oak-pavilion-2_eyQlV_11446.jpg\" alt=\"green oak pavilion 2\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"green oak pavilion\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greendiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/green-oak-pavilion_dDXRo_11446.jpg\" alt=\"green oak pavilion\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegreenpavilion.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Green Oak Pavilion<\/a> has it all for the eco-lovers, be it the solar panels, timber construction or the lush green surroundings. 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