The luxurious Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Cultural Center complex – also known as Kuwait Opera House – is inspired by the elaborate geometric forms of Islamic architecture that make up the rich ornamental exterior covering of each building. Contrasts of shadows and lights make the atmosphere of the spaces majestic and solemn, inviting a ...

Energy efficiency in buildings takes a big step forward with the new Recommendation 16/5 published by Eurovent, the leading European organization in climate control technologies. This document provides an essential guide to understanding how air curtains work and their impact on reducing energy losses through building openings. Based on the ...

The building was designed by the architectural studios Silver Thomas Hanley, DesignInc and McBride Charles Ryan to host the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Center (VCCC) in Melbourne. The new $1 billion hospital facility looks almost like a modern art museum, with the frontage’s metallic brightness crossed by an intersection of white lines. ...

Airtècnics presents one of its most innovative proposals in Climatización 2015, the CLEVER advanced control, an intelligent control system for air curtains that automatically adapts the performance of the installed equipment to the entrance conditions. This next generation system assures the indoor comfort of the premises, therefore ...