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- World Green Building Council fights for zero carbon Thu, 7 Oct 21, 6:30amThe World Green Building Council's mission is to mitigate the high environmental impact caused by the building and construction industry. It is comprised of around 70 Green Building Councils from around the globe. All of...
- Ranch Dressing house sets example for modernization with minimal impact Wed, 23 Jun 21, 4:30amConstruction is a significant contributor to waste and climbing carbon levels. So when this 1960s house faced redesign options, Oakland, California-based Buttrick Projects Architecture+Design decided to salvage the old house...
- Northern Chinas largest bamboo pavilion covers nearly half an acre Wed, 18 Mar 20, 3:30amAfter years of building bamboo houses across rural China, Italian architect Mauricio Cardenas Laverde completed his largest bamboo project yet — the Bamboo Eye pavilion, a 1,600-square-meter structure constructed entirely...
- A modern reusable pavilion is sustainably designed to pop-up almost anywhere Sat, 25 May 19, 12:30amCombining art, architecture and technology, Los Angeles-based architectural firm Montalba Architects recently completed a temporary pop-up pavilion for the annual Bex & Arts sculpture triennial that’s designed to be...
- 8 sustainable innovations in construction materials Wed, 27 Feb 19, 5:30amThe construction industry is responsible for a large percentage of carbon emissions. From sourcing to design to material manufacturing to building construction, the carbon dioxide output from projects around the world has...
- Yves Bhar designs compact, prefab homes to tackle the housing crisis Tue, 13 Nov 18, 9:00amYves Béhar has designed everything from high-tech wearables to voice-activated, transforming furniture — now, the prolific San Francisco-based designer is adding prefabricated homes to the list...
- The world's first "Biological House" opens in Denmark Wed, 29 Nov 17, 11:44pmDanish firm Een til Een just unveiled the world's first "Biological House." The designers developed a process that converts agricultural waste (including grass, straw and seaweed) into raw building materials - and the resulting...
- BioMason's bricks "grown" with sand and bacteria to hit the market next year Sun, 19 Jun 16, 3:36amBioMason is inching closer to commercially debuting its eco-friendly “grown” bricks, which they say could be on the market as early as next year. Since its founding in 2012, the North Carolina startup has been pushing...
- Extraordinary thatched Enterprise Centre may be the UK’s greenest building ever Fri, 11 Mar 16, 2:53amMorgan Sindall, CEO of Architype, the firm contracted for the construction, proposed the use of thatch to cover the building. Three hundred prefab panels were built and sent to master thatcher Stephen Letch for final touches....
- BioMason’s bricks “grown” with sand and bacteria to hit the market next year Wed, 2 Mar 16, 6:30amBioMason is inching closer to commercially debuting its eco-friendly “grown” bricks, which they say could be on the market as early as next year. Since its founding in 2012, the North Carolina startup has been pushing...
- Eco Village community starts to build Germany’s first Earthship Fri, 16 Oct 15, 4:00amConstructed using recycled and natural materials and equipped with natural off grid systems to provide heating, cooling, energy generation, water, sewage treatment and food production, Earthship homes offer a radically sustainable...
- The Skip Garden: a moveable urban veggie patch built with 90% reclaimed materials Sat, 25 Jul 15, 5:37amThe Skip Garden-an urban garden and community space in King's Cross-opened last June in London as part of the London Architecture Festival. The garden comprises seven new structures curated by educational charity Global Generation,...
- Architectkidd’s Blue Bird Hut saves injured birds in Thailand Tue, 16 Jun 15, 2:00amAlthough the Blue Bird Hut was built primarily as a bird sanctuary prototype, its 2.45-meter-tall (8-foot-tall) conic form is large enough to provide shelter for people as well. A metal structure supports the natural palm...
- Architectkidd’s Blue Bird Hut saves injured birds with eco-friendly construction Sat, 13 Jun 15, 6:00pmAlthough the Blue Bird Hut was built primarily as a bird sanctuary prototype, its 2.45-meter-tall (8-foot-tall) conic form is large enough to provide shelter for people as well. A metal structure supports the natural palm...
- USDA Invests $2 Million in Sustainable Wooden Skyscraper Competition Mon, 24 Mar 14, 9:00pmLast week at a meeting hosted by the White House, the USDA announced plans to host a competition encouraging architects, engineers, and builders to start designing and building high rises out of a simple and unexpected building...