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- Sculptural roof tops eco-minded Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts expansion Sat, 12 Jun 21, 1:30amThe redesign and expansion of the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts in Little Rock has moved one giant step closer to the finish line with the completion of its signature roof, a flowing concrete structure with pleated folds designed...
- Green-roofed Seattle home effortlessly pulls the outdoors in Thu, 29 Apr 21, 1:30amWhen long-time Queen Anne residents Tracy and Greg Adams found the perfect hillside location for their new modern home, they tapped local design firms Lane Williams Architecture and Swivel Interiors to craft...
- Oregon State mass timber buildings sequester over 2,000 tons of CO2 Fri, 23 Apr 21, 12:30amLast year, the College of Forestry at Oregon State University welcomed Peavy Hall and the Advanced Wood Products Laboratory (AWP), two new mass timber buildings that serve as living laboratories for sustainable architecture...
- Prefab Zhuhai Jinwan Civic Art Centre boasts energy- and water-saving design Sat, 27 Mar 21, 5:30amCurrently under construction, the Zaha Hadid Architects-designed Zhuhai Jinwan Civic Art Centre will soon provide the southern Chinese city with a stunning new hub for contemporary creativity...
- LEED Gold Columbia Building cleans stormwater runoff with green roofs Wed, 3 Mar 21, 3:30amWhen Portland-based Skylab Architecture was asked by the City of Portland’s Bureau of Environmental Services to design an extension of a wastewater treatment facility, sustainability was immediately identified as a key...
- 2022 Asian Games Park in Hangzhou is sustainably designed for legacy use Fri, 5 Feb 21, 3:30amWhen New York-based architecture firm Archi-Tectonics won an international design competition to masterplan the Hangzhou Asian Games Park for the 2022 Asian Games — the largest international multi-sports competition after...
- This nature center proves zero-energy is possible even in wintry Minnesota Tue, 17 Nov 20, 6:30amEnvironmental stewardship comes alive in spectacular fashion at the new Westwood Hills Nature Center, an interpretative center in the heart of St. Louis Park, Minnesota that blends energy efficiency, environmental education...
- Academy Museum of Motion Pictures achieves LEED Gold certification Thu, 12 Nov 20, 2:30amThe nation’s first large-scale museum devoted entirely to filmmaking has earned LEED Gold certification months before its slated opening date in April 2021...
- Energy-neutral House of Eemnes is a sustainable culture house Thu, 22 Oct 20, 2:30amThirty minutes east of Amsterdam, the municipality of Eemnes has recently welcomed a beautiful community center for everyone in the town to gather, play and learn...
- SUNY New Paltz Engineering Innovation Hub achieves LEED Gold Sat, 15 Aug 20, 4:30amIn New York’s Hudson Valley region, the public liberal arts college SUNY New Paltz has earned a LEED Gold certification award for its newly completed Engineering Innovation Hub building...
- NBBJ to design Tencents futuristic Net City in Shenzhen Thu, 18 Jun 20, 4:30amGlobal design firm NBBJ has won an international competition to design Net City, a 2-million-square-meter masterplanned Shenzhen district for Tencent, China’s largest internet company...
- Living Building Challenge-targeted Watershed improves Seattles water quality Tue, 2 Jun 20, 2:30amSeattle-based design firm Weber Thompson has completed construction on Watershed, a mixed-use development that aggressively reduces its energy and water usage compared to conventional construction of the same size...
- Geothermal-powered dorm minimizes its carbon footprint in Quebec Tue, 26 May 20, 12:30amNear Sherbrooke, Quebec, Montreal-based ARCHITEM Wolff Shapiro Kuskowski has recently completed the Mitchell Family House, a new and energy-efficient student housing complex for the Bishop’s College School...
- Charles Library boasts one of Pennsylvania's largest green roofs Thu, 21 May 20, 4:30amContemporary, sustainable and welcoming, Temple University's new Charles Library in Philadelphia raises the bar for research libraries around the world...
- LEED Platinum Sonoma Academy building takes cues from Californias landscape Wed, 15 Apr 20, 3:30amPrivate college-prep high school Sonoma Academy has elevated its reputation for sustainability with its newly achieved LEED Platinum certification for the Janet Durgin Guild & Commons building, an award-winning student...