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- This healthcare center maximizes energy use and greenery Wed, 29 Jun 22, 1:30amThe Rancho Los Amigos Recuperative Care Center by GGA+ Architects is a healthcare campus in Downey, California. It is located on the northeast border of the Rancho Los Amigos Hospital campus, near the neighboring residential...
- LEED certified Boislavka Center makes use of odd topography Wed, 25 May 22, 2:30amBořislavka Center is a master plan that encompasses four separate buildings on a single lot in Prague, Czech Republic. Designed by Aulík Fišer Architects, the development is a result of ideas formed during a design competition...
- Staggered volumes help make Portland's Slate building an energy-efficient marvel Wed, 16 Aug 17, 4:44amPortland, Oregon's new mixed-use development, known as Slate, consists of a shifting stack of volumes that reflect the vibrancy and complexity of the neighborhood...
- Milan's striking wooden UniCredit building is powered by the sun Fri, 12 May 17, 11:27pmYou wouldn't expect it, but this radical solar-powered building in Milan is actually owned by a bank. aMDL Michele De Lucchi Studio designed the LEED-certified UniCredit building to house the bank's general meetings, but...
- New California science center regulates solar gain with an arc of perforated screens Sat, 16 Jul 16, 12:26amThe energy-efficient building includes various sustainable features, including a stormwater retention system, a light-colored "cool roof", and custom perforated stainless steel screens that reduce solar heat gain while allowing...
- Gorgeous LEED Gold library was designed with the help of Facebook and Twitter Fri, 10 Jun 16, 6:00pmIn lieu of community charrettes, Bing Thom Architects launched an online “Ideabook” that welcomed everyone to submit ideas, photographs, and texts of what they wanted the library to look like...
- Amazing digital brick envelope envelops Harvard’s Tozzer library Thu, 25 Feb 16, 5:00pmThe recently completed building, which now houses Harvard's Anthropology Department, is a 35,000-square-foot LEED Gold-certified facility which won the 2016 Hobson Award given by the AIA for best new architecture project...
- State-of-the-art Dineen Hall at Syracuse University digs for LEED Gold Mon, 16 Nov 15, 5:00pmThe 200,000-square-feet building, which can accommodate up to 700 students, has a central atrium that links the library, celebratory space and ceremonial courtroom is positioned beneath a green roof that creates a seasonal...
- Muzeiko Museum: Bulgaria’s First Kids’ Museum Set to Open in June Thu, 30 Apr 15, 4:30amThe 35,000-square-foot Muzeiko children's museum and science center in Bulgaria's capital, scheduled to open in late 2015, is an energy-efficient building that features some of the most up-to-date sustainable strategies...
- Fentress Architects’ new Tom Bradley Terminal receives LEED Gold Certification Tue, 14 Apr 15, 10:00pmThe new Tom Bradley International Airport (LAX), the Los Angeles landmark building, has achieved LEED Gold certification. The building, designed by Fentress Architects, features a dramatic arching roofline, daylighting, energy-efficient...
- JAHN’S Leatop Plaza Becomes South China’s First LEED Gold Certified Building! Wed, 13 Aug 14, 7:54pmThe booming construction market in China has come at a very high-energy cost--currently 45% of the country's energy expenditures can be linked to the manufacturing, transportation, and construction of new buildings...
- Levi’s Stadium Becomes First Pro Football Field to Earn LEED Gold Certification as New Construction Thu, 24 Jul 14, 7:28amLevi’s Stadium achieved LEED certification for its practical and sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials selection and indoor environmental quality...
- Snohetta’s San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Expansion to Break Ground this Summer Thu, 7 Mar 13, 2:17amRead the rest of Snohetta’s San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Expansion to Break Ground this Summer Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: art exhibition spaces, Contemporary Art Museum, cultural...
- LEED Gold 7 Bryant Park Breaks Ground in Midtown Manhattan Wed, 27 Feb 13, 8:00amNew York welcomed its latest green office tower, 7 Bryant Park, yesterday with a groundbreaking led by Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Located on the corner of Sixth Ave. and 40th Street in midtown Manhattan, the Pei Cobb Freed...
- Facebook’s Energy-Efficient Prineville Data Center in Oregon Achieves LEED Gold Status Thu, 25 Oct 12, 2:00amRead the rest of Facebook’s Energy-Efficient Prineville Data Center in Oregon Achieves LEED Gold Status Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: data center, eco design, energy efficient data center,...