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Beijing and New York-based design studio CAA Architects has placed first in the “Maldives Airport, Economic Zone Development” competition with their design of a futuristic, energy-producing eco-city on the east coast...

China broke ground on a 40,000-tree-filled Forest City earlier this summer - but apparently one isn't enough. The country, infamous for their environmental pollution, plans to construct 285 eco-cities, according to Forbes....

Algae is blessed with qualities such as bioluminescence—the ability to glow in the dark—and photosynthesis, which is a process used by plant life that converts solar energy into chemical energy, the latter of which can...

Bjarke Ingels Group competed in an international design competition against the likes of Valode & Pistre, Snøhetta and Manual Gautrand to win the award for Europa City...

Iskandar, an area that covers 2,217 square kilometers at the southern tip of Malaysia, is the center of its country’s sustainable development strategy as an ultra-green and socially integrated city of the future...

Read the rest of MVRDV Chosen to Create Green Garden Paradise in the Netherlands for Floriade 2022 Horticultural Expo Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", almere, eco design,...

Pegasus Holdings just announced that its $1 billion dollar green tech ghost town has been put on hold due to a lack of land. The Center for Testing, Evaluation and Innovation – a city with no inhabitants —...

Read the rest of MVRDV Unveils Plans to Transform Almere, the Netherlands Into the Greenest City Ever Built Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", almere, almere floriade 2022,...

Read the rest of Noah’s Ark is a Sustainable Floating City for a Post-Apocalyptic World Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "eVolo", "sustainable architecture", 2012 evolo skyscraper competition,...

Read the rest of SOM Wins Master Plan Competition for Beijing Bohai Innovation City Along High Speed Rail Line Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", Beijing, beijing bohai...

While we write a lot about a sustainable built environment, we often overlook the contribution of engineers. We recently talked at length with Greg Bentley, CEO of Bentley Systems, about the upcoming Future City design...

The TED Prize has just announced its 2012 winner, and it turns out to be not a person, but an idea. Cities 2.0 will be the recipient of the annual $100,000 prize, in an unusual move on TED’s part to focus on “the...

The TED Prize has just announced their 2012 winner, and it turns out to be not a person, but an idea. Cities 2.0 will be the recipient of the annual $100,000 prize, in an unusual move on TED’s part to focus on “the...

Read the rest of INTERVIEW: Panasonic’s Haruyuki Ishio Gives Us the Inside Scoop About Fujisawa Sustainable Smart Town Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: eco design, eco development, eco town,...

Read the rest of Fujisawa Sustainable Smart Town UPDATE: New Photos of What Homes in this Advanced Eco City May Look Like Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: eco design, eco development, eco town, eco-city,...