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- Luxury apartments feature underground rec club and a massive green roof Thu, 23 Jul 20, 4:30amThe Excellenseaa 126 apartment complex is designed to create its own sustainable microclimate with a green roof and open spaces. Located in Surat, India, this luxury development houses 126 apartments within six 11-story buildings....
- #degrowth art series exposes greenwashing in the food industry Tue, 21 Jul 20, 12:30amWhile reaching for products with an “eco-friendly” label may seem like the better choice in any situation, well-intended consumers should always be aware of “greenwashing” — the process of conveying false or misleading...
- Worlds tallest hybrid timber building proposed for Sydney Thu, 16 Jul 20, 2:30amAustralian software company Atlassian has tapped New York-based architecture firm SHoP Architects and Australian practice BVN to design its new Sydney headquarters — an approximately 40-story skyscraper that is expected...
- MIT moves toward greener, more sustainable artificial intelligence Sat, 16 May 20, 12:30amWhile current artificial intelligence (AI) technology holds strategic and transformative potential, it isn’t always environmentally-friendly due to high energy consumption...
- Sustainable arctic sauna frames views of the midnight sun Wed, 13 May 20, 12:30amIn the home of the Northern Lights, Helsinki-based firm Toni Yli-Suvanto Architects has completed the Arctic Sauna Pavilion, a sculptural and sustainable sauna in Lapland...
- Sustainability for York National Railway Museum Central Hall Thu, 2 Apr 20, 4:30amLondon-based architecture practice Feilden Fowles has won an international design competition to create the new Central Hall for the National Railway Museum in York, England...
- Nature-inspired home uses passive design to stay cool in Taiwan Fri, 13 Mar 20, 1:30amJust outside Kaohsiung’s city center, Taiwanese architecture firm Chain10 Architecture & Interior Design Institute has completed Comfort in Context, a contemporary new home nestled in a lush hillside...
- Canadas first net-zero carbon, mass-timber college building to rise in Toronto Wed, 4 Mar 20, 2:30amThe Centennial College in Toronto will soon make history with the addition of Canada’s first net-zero carbon, mass timber college building. Designed in collaboration with construction services company EllisDon as well as...
- Swedens tallest timber building could save 550 tons of CO2 Sat, 29 Feb 20, 3:30amScandinavian-based architecture firm C.F. Møller Architects has raised the bar for sustainable architecture with the recent completion of the Kajstaden Tower, Sweden’s tallest timber building. Located in Västerås, about...
- Hollywood’s Carbon Footprint Thu, 27 Feb 20, 1:00amGuest “Hooray for Hollywood” by David Middleton A couple of days ago, CTM forwarded a reader suggestion to me. “Cassandra” wanted to know what the carbon footprint of the movie industry was, from movie...
- Recycled shipping container cafe utilizes passive cooling in India Tue, 25 Feb 20, 6:30amSoutheast of New Delhi, in Greater Noida City, Rahul Jain Design Lab (RJDL) has transformed recycled shipping containers into a dynamic new cafe and gathering space for ITS Dental College...
- Check out Glasir, the tree-shaped urban farming solution Fri, 21 Feb 20, 5:30amIn a bid to revolutionize agriculture, New York City and Bergen-based innovation studio Framlab has proposed Glasir, a community-based system for urban farming that combines the flexibility of modularity with aeroponics...
- Tackling sustainability in sporting events Thu, 20 Feb 20, 5:30amAt the recent Super Bowl, the NFL focused on sustainability more than in past years with its Ocean to Everglades (O2E) initiative throughout South Florida...
- myfoods smart greenhouses can grow nearly 900 pounds of produce a year Wed, 5 Feb 20, 3:30amAt CES 2020, French startup myfood presented a smart greenhouse that it says can grow up to 400 kilograms (880 pounds) of organic fruits and vegetables a year with only a few hours of work a week...
- Henning Larsen unveils plans for Copenhagens first all-timber community Fri, 24 Jan 20, 3:30amA sustainable, nature-filled neighborhood unlike any other in Denmark could soon take root just beyond Copenhagen’s city center. Scandinavian architecture firm Henning Larsen has collaborated with biologists and environmental...