The Chinese Lantern Building

[smbhax]

That angled sun side is an awesome idea.

[EQUES383]

GOOD WORK.

[culwin]

So why can't all buildings be like this? I imagine it's not economically viable right now - it costs way more money than it saves.

[luisfranciscanora]

i agree with the last statement if we're talking short term, but i believe that in the long term buildings like this would pay themselves back economically and environmentally..

[eltotoX]

Cool! But I wish I could understand him better.

[HugoTurker]

Wonderful! Now this would be a great fieldtrip.

[GRIDKEEPER]

1.618

[bugsz1]

@GRIDKEEPER Golden

[Grymyrk]

Wind mill LOL, I personally would have called it a wind turbine.

[pin3appel]

i've heard the word wind mill tons of times :O

[DocLow]

This is beautiful!

I cant wait to see more about this place.

[320iguy]

wow that is one streamlined building....

[PartVIII]

beautiful.

[matthew623210]

Wow thats a really smart design. It stays cool in the summer and warm in the winter.

[lennarttrouborst]

I particularly like the angle of the building in relation to the sun, very ingenious and effective!

[seanbrockest]

Very nice design. but both people pictured appeard to be sweating.

is the cooling method not working very well?

[nottinghamscience]

@seanbrockest: the building temp was okay actually... maybe they had just been outside recently (?) as it was unbelievably hot and humid the day this was filmed!!!

[dradeel]

It might be cool by chinese standards, but still pretty darn hot ;D

I believe we had a similar system on a school I went to. Some days the sun would just be too hot for what the natural air conditioning system could handle. Also; no wind, no air cooling - at least more limited, so even though the electric bill would be very low you didn't directly control the air conditioning.

[JimPrower]

Clever design. Seems more Engineered than Archetected - if that's even a word.

[flyaxe]

brilliant!