Recycled Beer bottles Used to Construct Las Vegas Building

Las Vegas is also known as Sin City for its over the top glitz, the way it appears to promote glamour over everything else and its promotion of the indulgence of one’s senses to the point of being gluttonous.

By its apparent promotion of vices, being eco-friendly is perhaps the last thing on the minds of builders which is exactly why the Morrow Royal Pavilion stands out as a beacon of eco-righteousness in Las Vegas.

Las Vegas’ Morrow Royal Pavilion is made from 500,000 recycled beer bottles

Used as a manufacturing facility, the building is made entirely from recycled beer bottles. All the bottles used in the structure were collected by Realm of Design from hotels located near the Las Vegas Strip. The project was commissioned by Scott McCombs, an entrepreneur, and was inspired by England’s Swarkestone Hall Pavilion.

With a 30,000-square-foot of floor space inside, the structure is already being dubbed the largest building in the world constructed from recycled bottled.

Las Vegas’ Morrow Royal Pavilion is made from 500,000 recycled beer bottles
The building was constructed using over 500,000 discarded beer bottles which could have filled a space as big as 8 football fields. However, looking at the exterior of the building, no one can tell that it’s made from beer bottles or any other recycled materials.

The bricks used in making the Pavilion were given a sandstone-like finish and texture by crushing the beer bottled finely into a grainy material after it was mixed with fly ash. This mixture was then melted and poured into moulds to for the bricks that are called ‘GreenStone’.




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Designers construct Noorderparkbar out of reclaimed wood and second hand materials

Overtreders W and Bureau SLA of The Netherlands’s capital of Amsterdam have come together to design the Noorderparkbar, a gathering space and coffee bar for residents of north Amsterdam. What sets it apart from the other hang-outs dotting the region is its eco friendly construction. Made using reclaimed wood, salvaged materials and second hand products, the bar sits on a park surrounded by nature.

bureau SLA overtreders w noorderparkbar

Funding for the project was footed by the two design firms which sourced a large percentage of the building materials from a Dutch market website. Around 100 individual traders sold their products to the duo for the construction of Noorderparkbar with the wood and shutters sourced from a bankrupted formwork plant and a temporary hospital.

There’s no word on just how much the project cost but considering most of the materials were second hand, it would be safe to assume that the two firms managed to considerably cut down costs. The materials that were purchased include 55 liters of paint, two toilets and green and white ceramic tiles.

The structure itself is interestingly built and features wooden doors and a façade that have the wooden planks placed at random angles. This gives the bar an almost urban chic touch which is heightened by the charred surface using a Japanese technique called shou sugi ban.

Inside, the ceramic tiles make their appearance on the counters upon which sit coffee-making equipment and other necessities. The white interior perfectly contrasts the charred wood surface to create a look that is stark yet welcoming and very refreshing.

The toilets, meanwhile, sport colorful green tiles on the walls and seem to have been consciously chosen to match the green surroundings. At night, the roof housing the lights shines with the beams broken up into pretty rays owing to the angled placement of the wooden planks.