Architectural Trends

I was just comparing the architecture of the 3 places i've spent time as a researcher in past years. Check out buildings at ETH Honggerberg, Stanford CCSR, and RWTH-Aachen Uniklinik.....


ETH HONGGERBERG
















STANFORD CCSR
















RWTH UNIKLINIK























I went on to look at other institutions via wikipedia and noticed that there is definitely a trend across modern building design .....designs will incorporate either; HVAC considerations, low(zero) energy concepts or a "windows for all" concept.

As another example, I just got back from an interesting regional conference in Herne sponsored by the North-Rhein Westfalia stem cell network dealing with everything from making and controlling stem cells for making cell therapies to developing materials/surfaces for these cells.

The name of the center was the Mont Cenis Academy and it is very architecturally interesting and boasts a micro-climate envelope...have a look:

http://www.akademie-mont-cenis.de/EN/index.html


Enjoy!