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- Green Home Building and Ecology in Australia Thu, 25 Oct 12, 7:37amInfo and sites that help with building a sustainable and green home in Australia and useful government agencies to be aware of. Also advice on dealing with architects and builders.
- The pros and cons of Passivhaus buildings | Letters Mon, 26 May 25, 2:22amAlan and Jane Hill’s home-building project is stymied by soaring costs, while a community centre renovated to Passivhaus standard is celebrated by Jenny Littlewood
- ‘It feels enveloping and calming’: the London house wrapped in cork Wed, 19 Feb 25, 4:00amDesigner Nina Woodcroft has created an energy-efficient family home that is also a useful conversation starter
- Weatherwatch: How living underground can drastically cut energy bills Thu, 23 Jan 25, 5:00pmSubterranean homes stay cool in summer and warm in winter and can save about 80% in energy costs
- Pretty pylons can add character to England’s industrial landscape | Letters Sat, 10 Aug 24, 2:54amNew designs mean the structures don’t necessarily have to be eyesores, writes John Dinneen. Plus letters from Holly Nicholson and Matt Atkinson
- 'Off-grid living not for wimps': Are Australians ready for the great green transition? Thu, 11 Apr 24, 6:04amMore and more Australians choose to live off-grid, but one electrical engineer warns it is expensive and "not for wimps".
- Britain’s 45 remaining cooling towers are architectural gems. Let’s save them Mon, 15 Jan 24, 2:00amCooling towers are some of the most majestic structures in Britain – form and function in perfect harmony – yet exempt from listed status. Even as they become redundant, those that remain deserve to be preserved as much...
- From the urban tapestry of Los Angeles to a sustainable city Thu, 23 Nov 23, 11:27pmLos Angeles, often hailed as the entertainment capital of the world, is not only a hub for the film and music industries but also a fascinating canvas of urban design...
- Solar power and a composting toilet: what it takes to live off the grid in regional Australia Tue, 3 Oct 23, 1:00amThere are no electricity bills but also nobody picks up the rubbish. So why are off-the-grid homes growing in popularity?
- Solar power and a compostable toilet: what it takes to live off the grid in regional Australia Tue, 3 Oct 23, 1:00amThere are no electricity bills but also nobody picks up the rubbish. So why are off-the-grid homes growing in popularity?
- These low-cost housing solutions are made from bamboo Tue, 1 Aug 23, 3:30amThe Housing NOW project addresses home insecurity in a variety of affordable, efficient and sustainable ways. Started by Blue Temple, an architecture design studio based in Myanmar, the structures are constructed using bamboo...
- Marvel at this prefabricated architecture dome for events Wed, 12 Jul 23, 3:30amWith a focus on minimal site impact and environmental protection, the Darwin Bucky project sets a standard for sustainable modular architecture. [...]
- “If We’re Going to Act Like Insects, Let’s At Least Be Smart About It” Fri, 7 Jul 23, 11:00amCan these principles really be applied to human architecture in a meaningful, scalable, and cost-effective manner?
- This island is a carbon-neutral, environmental dream world Fri, 30 Jun 23, 2:30amSotheby's is an iconic name in auctions, a decades-old seller of fine goods. Some of the world's most expensive jewels and rarest works of art have been sold here. Now, Sotheby's has put an entire island for sale. It's carbon...
- Oregon green building design embraces timber throughout Sat, 24 Jun 23, 1:30amHave you heard about Mississippi? It's a construction project brought to life by Waechter Architecture after more than 10 years of planning and investigation...
- Public space in South Korea has chimney-like design Sat, 3 Jun 23, 1:30amIn late 2022, the Metropolitan City of Incheon, South Korea, along with the Housing and City Development Corporation, held an international competition for the design of the Geomdan Museum Library Cultural Complex...
- Listed here are business and service providers who do so with an eye on the environment.
- Architect David Wright helped pioneer the concept of passive solar architecture, and his thoughts and experiments have helped shape the evolution of solar design throughout the world...