Eco Friendly & Sustainable Living
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- A healing green landscape has blossomed in the place of a former concrete plaza in Los Angeles. Local firm AHBE Landscape Architects transformed a concrete site atop a multi-level garage into the new Healing Gardens for Cedars-Sinai...
- Stunning home in India blends into the earth with segmented green roofs Mon, 14 Aug 17, 9:18pmJodhpur-based firm Misa Architects has created a contemporary concrete home that - despite its brutalist structure - manages to blend in to its bucolic surroundings...
- Vanke Tsing Tao Pearl Hill visitor center blends into the landscape with a rolling green roof Wed, 9 Aug 17, 8:29pmProlific architecture firm Bohlin Cywinski Jackson crafted the Vanke Tsing Tao Pearl Hill Visitor Center in Qingdao, China with a gorgeous rolling green roof...
- Vance Tsing Tao Pearl Hill visitor center blends into the landscape with a rolling green roof Wed, 9 Aug 17, 8:29pmProlific architecture firm Bohlin Cywinski Jackson crafted the Vance Tsing Tao Pearl Hill Visitor Center in Qingdao, China with a gorgeous rolling green roof ...
- The Brooklyn Childrens Museums new green roof lets kids explore the wilderness in the middle of the city Sat, 5 Aug 17, 3:41amThe Brooklyn Children’s Museum is bringing the wilderness to the middle of the city. This weekend, the museum will unveil a space that includes a forest, trails, interactive exhibits and a winged canopy that takes center...
- Curvaceous green landscape near Edinburgh Castle will hide buildings underneath Wed, 2 Aug 17, 7:57pmScotland’s historic Edinburgh Castle may date back to the 12th century, but the landscape next door is getting a modern refresh. American architecture firm wHY and Edinburgh office GRAS just won the Ross Pavilion International...
- Exquisite Shore House is a modernist triumph that embraces nature Fri, 28 Jul 17, 7:30pmHidden away in Long Island’s North Haven village is an exquisite modernist home that looks like a natural extension of the landscape. Leroy Street Studio designed the Shore House, a green-roofed retreat in Suffolk County,...
- Surprisingly modern hut in the Scottish Highlands is insulated with heather, moss and stone Thu, 20 Jul 17, 9:38pmThis small hut nestled in the Scottish Highlands combines the influences of Le Corbusier's iconic Chapelle Notre Dame du Haut and those of the region's vernacular architecture...
- Eindhoven unveils plans for a solar-powered city block with living roofs and urban farms Sat, 15 Jul 17, 1:30amThe Dutch city of Eindhoven just selected MVRDV and SDK Vastgoed (VolkerWessels) to create Nieuw Bergen - a super green block of homes and businesses topped with living roofs and solar panels...
- Sustainable solar housing with urban farming to take root in Eindhoven Fri, 14 Jul 17, 7:30pmA sustainable green design is taking root in the Dutch city of Eindhoven. The city just selected MVRDV and SDK Vastgoed (VolkerWessels) as the winners for the redevelopment competition of the inner city area around Deken...
- Sprawling MW House blends into the Peruvian landscape with an undulating green roof Fri, 14 Jul 17, 4:04amMW House by Riofrio+Rodrigo Arquitectos acts as an extension of the desert hills in Peru. Resembling the relief of the rocky landscape and featuring an undulating green roof, this seasonal house establishes a direct relationship...
- Hong Kongs Skypark is an urban oasis for millennials Mon, 10 Jul 17, 6:00pmA gorgeous green oasis has surfaced in one of the world’s most densely populated areas in Mongkok, Hong Kong. New World Development’s Adrian Cheng teamed up with Dutch architecture studio concrete to craft Skypark, an...
- Green-roofed desalination plant is world's first to treat both fresh and saltwater Fri, 30 Jun 17, 11:45pmDesalination is an important component of Singapore's water supply, and the island country has a new desalination plant in the works decked out with green features...
- 9 eco-friendly 'man caves' for dudes and dads to get away from it all Thu, 29 Jun 17, 10:06pmAh, the "man cave" - a place for dudes and dads to find solitude, tinker, build or read. Although the term may conjure up images of dank basements and wood-paneled rec rooms, the modern man cave has much more to offer. From...
- This green-roofed castle home in England is cooled by the ocean breeze Thu, 29 Jun 17, 8:58pmWith its thick undulating walls and green roof, this villa in England translates the architecture of traditional Celtic fortifications into the language of sustainability...