Drums and Stones by Nina Maritz at Twyfelfontein

It was used recyled materials(recycled drum panels, rods, straw for cooling and wire meshes for holding the structural walls that are made of stones) to accomplish the idea of sustainability. This museum is built for National Heritage Site for the Preservation of Ancient Rock.

Main lodge by Great Johnson and Carolee Louw in Dora Nawas in 2004

The lodge and surrouding huts were planned like a traditional homestead. 

Twyfeltfontein.

It shows the respect to ancient art of the site. The site should be the most visable, not the building.

Looping the wire

Manufactured and natural materials can be combined to achieve appropriate technology in a site or a region and this is the key to sustainability 

Roofing for drums and stones

Steel framework and steel roof structure 

Drums and Stones

Detail of the cut stones, gabion walls, the wire mesh, and the straw used for cooling 

the roofing panels. 

Jean Marie Tjibaou Cultural Center by Piano in Noumea 

The tall structures are as much a symbolic gesture as they are climate control devices. 

Townhall in Saynatsalo by Alvar Aalto

This design is influenced by both Finnish vernacular architecture and the humanist Italian renaissance. and considered as one of the first humanized building in architecture.