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- Indeed Tower in Austin earns LEED Platinum for green features Sat, 11 Sep 21, 5:30amA new office tower stands tall in Austin, and its sustainability features are breaking records. Indeed Tower, a recently completed AA office tower, earned 82 points toward a LEED v4 Core & Shell (CS) Platinum Certification....
- Jade brings green space and passive design to Kuwait Fri, 27 Aug 21, 5:30amJade is a multi-level residential building located in a high-density area of Salmiya, Kuwait, where architects on the project say existing multi-unit housing suffers from “lack of identity, insufficient natural lighting,...
- Nelson Mandela Park adds a breath of fresh air to an industrial part of Rotterdam Tue, 3 Aug 21, 2:30amRotterdam is known for skyscrapers and modern architecture. Now, a new masterplan promises to transform an underused harbor site into an urban green space for a neighborhood that could really use more parks. The Nelson Mandela...
- Redevelopment project brings major green space to Tokyo Tue, 13 Apr 21, 4:30amSet for completion in 2023, the Toranomon-Azabudai Urban Redevelopment Project is a collaboration between urban landscape developer Mori Building Co. and luxury hotel operator Aman. Apart from boasting 24,000 square...
- Green terraces intersect a mixed-use tower in Shenzhen Fri, 26 Feb 21, 3:30amIn southeastern Shenzhen, Beijing-based architecture firm Clou Architects has completed Shenzhen Shuiwan 1979 Life Plaza, a mixed-use development interwoven with green terraces and a “secret garden” to provide visitors...
- Barcelona to transform Eixample streets into car-free zones Wed, 2 Dec 20, 4:30amThe city council of Barcelona has laid out a plan that will transform some of the streets in the Eixample district into car-free zones. According to the city council, the plan entails restricting cars from one in every...
- Brussels train station transformed into wooden shopping and event center Wed, 18 Nov 20, 2:30amThe Gare Maritime railway station in Brussels has seen a huge transformation. The building, formerly one of Europe's largest railway stations for goods, has been renovated into a new city district shopping and event development...
- Architects propose a massive forest park to be the Green Lungs of Hanoi Sat, 31 Oct 20, 2:30amAir pollution has become a major problem in Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam, that was ranked the seventh capital city with the highest average annual PM 2.5 concentration by the 2019 World Air Report. In a bid to improve...
- This villa in India is made up of cascading floating terraces Fri, 18 Sep 20, 1:30amCurrently under construction in Hyderabad, India and designed by Studio Symbiosis, the Floating Terraces Villa will measure 11,840 square feet on one acre of natural landscape...
- Girl Scouts Camp Trivera combines STEM and sustainable architecture Thu, 10 Sep 20, 4:30amFocusing on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education, with an architectural emphasis on integral sustainability, Camp Trivera is the first Girl Scouts campground of its kind...
- ON-A wants to renature Barcelona by greening the Camp Nou stadium Thu, 27 Aug 20, 4:30amIn a bid to bring greater green space to Barcelona, local architecture firm ON-A has proposed converting the city’s Camp Nou football stadium into a 26-hectare forested park...
- Self-sustaining Shade House helps combat urban pollution Tue, 14 Apr 20, 12:30amBangkok-based architectural firm, Ayutt and Associates design, has unveiled a stunning self-sustaining home in the Thai capital. The Shade House is a three-story home covered in the firm's signature perforated...
- Vincent Callebaut unveils bioclimatic LEED-Gold timber tower Fri, 27 Mar 20, 3:30amKnown for their love of infusing modern structures with an abundance of greenery, the prolific Paris-based practice Vincent Callebaut Architectures has just unveiled their latest sustainable design...
- An old mall becomes an urban lagoon and public square in central Tainan Thu, 19 Mar 20, 2:30amIn downtown Tainan, Taiwan, MVRDV has transformed a former shopping mall into the Tainan Spring, an urban lagoon and park. Commissioned by the city government as part of an urban revitalization masterplan, the adaptive reuse...
- PAU unveils carbon-neutral Sunnyside Yard masterplan in NYC Sat, 14 Mar 20, 1:30amGlobal architecture firm Practice for Architecture and Urbanism (PAU) has revealed a masterplan for transforming over 180 acres of underutilized land in Western Queens’ Sunnyside Railyard into a thriving mixed-use...