Dubai is known for creating some of the largest and most fascinating building of our time and now here is another one. The Anara Tower is set to be 2,150 and was Designed by Atkins Designs Studio and Developed by Tameer Holding Investment. There will also be a huge propeller shaped top, I’m assuming will actually be used to gather wind energy. This 125 story building will include residences, offices, retail spaces, a hotel, and a world-class art gallery making it so you never have to leave the building. The construction of this massive tower is set to begin at the end of 2009. What would be cool is if they made the outside panels of the tower solar.  You can visit their official site HERE.

A couple of days ago we showed you a Thai Temple that was built using over One million Recycled Bottles but only had a couple pictures of the amazing structure. We managed to get our hands on a couple more pictures so that you could see a couple more angles and rooms. Enjoy =).

Glass as well as plastic bottles are used every single day and simply thrown away to either be recycled or just left in the trash. The Wat Pa Maha Chedio Kaew temple which is located in Thaisland’s Sisaket province was built using over 1 million recycled bottles. Everything from the crematorium to the bathrooms are all made with either glass or plastic bottles. They also use the bottle caps to create decorative mosaic murals so nothing is wasted.

Many of us have looked out our homes and wished a certain wall where gone or moved. Well with the new M-Velope Transformer House you will never have that problem again! You will only have 230 sq feet of space but hey you can Transform your House! How many other people can do that? Well only 10 because there where only ten of these made.

Taalman Koch architects have been looking for a method to make self sustainable houses and we have just seen a completed itHouse right outside of Joshua Tree National Park. This itHouse is the first of many to come in what seems to be the Three Junipers community. This house is powered completely by photovoltaic and solar thermal technology and not only that but the house is only 1,600 sq ft and uses the natural plants in its landscape.

At first glance I thought for a while how they actually managed to build that on a tree without the tree falling apart or worries of a rotting tree. After looking further into this amazing structure I realized that the tree isn’t a real tree at all, it’s made out of concrete. The Naha Hardor Diner (pictured above) sits on a life size recreation of a Banya Tree. The way you enter this Cafe is straight through the trunk there is a spiral staircase that leads you into the cafe. Although this building is by far a “green” building they do offer locally grown organic harvested food that is fresh from the farm.

Many of you know about the devastating magnitude 7.9 earthquake that hit China in May of this year which killed over 69,000 people and left hundreds of thousands without shelter. After this many designers needed and tried to figure out a way to make shelter for all of those people. Ming Tang did just that with his idea for folding houses. The government first intended to make 1.5 million temporary homes for the victims but this idea came along which is a much cheaper and more environmental friendly alternative. The concept of the bamboo house is basically a series of bamboo poles that are assembled to create a rigid shape. Once the shape of choice has been made it is covered with pre-consumer recycled paper.

When you start seeing more and more counties get involved in the solar energy and cleaner energy field that’s when things start to make a difference. Located in Ningbo, China the University of Nottingham’s new Center for Sustainable Energy Technologies is China’s First Zero-Emissions Building and it will not be the last.  The building uses a double glass skin to reduce solar radiation and it has a huge rooftop opening which creates a natural ventilation hole. This building can also store any unused energy for up to two weeks in case their is a few consecutive cloudy days. The building is 1,300 sq. meters and has an estimated coal use reduction of 448.9 tons and carbon emissions by 1,081.8 tons. These numbers are in the course of 25 years but still a very nice way to help the environment.

At first glance at this picture you may say to yourself that this looks to be unreal as I thought myself but it is a real building and the view is probably one of the best that you could possibly wish for. The Monte Rosa Alpine Hut is located right outside of Zermatt in the Swiss Alps and the greatest part about it, besides the view, is that this hut is 90% energy self-sufficient. Most of the energy used comes from photovoltaic panels and solar energy thermal systems.