Dymaxion House – Dearborn, Michigan
Building Name: Dymaxion House
Location: Dearborn, Michigan
Architect: Buckminster Fuller
Completion: 1945
AE Interests: Self-sufficient, low maintenance, supported by a central pole with cables suspended from it allowing for non-bearing outer walls, primarily made of aluminum, weighs one and half tons which was 1% the weight of average homes, earthquake and storm resistant
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German Pavilion – Barcelona, Spain
Building Name: German Pavilion (Barcelona Pavilion)
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Architect: Mies van der Rohe
Completion: 1929
AE Interests: Architectural modernism, minimalist, low horizontal orientation, roof supported by eight cruciform columns, originally built in 1928 and destroyed in 1930, rebuilt in 1986
Z9 Resort – Kanchanaburi, Thailand
Building Name: Z9 Resort
Location: Kanchanaburi, Thailand
Architect: Dersyn Studio
Structural Engineer: Narathip Deekaew
Electrical Engineer: Teeracote Konglomjake
Lighting Consultant: Saksit Veeramas
Completion: 2017
AE Interests: Floating lodges, natural ventilation, sustainable design, made of recycled wood, steel structure, close circuit water treatment used to treat waste before draining into lake
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