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Des Moines-based Neumann Monson Architects has breathed new life into a historic industrial warehouse in Iowa by transforming the 117-year-old building into LEED Platinum multi-tenant offices...

In their design brief, Avci Architects says sustainability, as a practice and as a goal, is key to unlocking the immense value lying dormant in the neighborhood just outside of the city...

The Binhai Eco City Master Plan is a Sino-Singaporean project created with the support of both governments. Bordered by a planned green belt to the north, the mixed-use plan comprises a new Central Business District (CBD)...

10 principles guide One Planet Communities (OPCs) in the quest for improved stewardship of the Earth’s resources. At the top of the list are Zero Carbon and Zero Waste—it's the goal of these communities to produce the...

The iconic ‘nail house’—whose owners stood firm as redevelopment swallowed up surrounding residences—has been demolished. Located in China’s Zhejiang Province, the home quickly became a striking—and...

This single house is all that’s left of a neighborhood in Zhejiang Province, China that was demolished to make room for new urban development. The house, a dwelling owned by redevelopment resister Luo Baogen and his...

Read the rest of Villages Nature is a Utopian Eco Resort Planned Near Disneyland Paris Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", disneyland paris, eco resort, eco-tourism, eco-travel,...

If you only see one environmental film this year, let it be The Island President. The subject of Jon Shenk’s documentary is recently deposed President Mohamed “Anni” Nasheed and his low-lying island nation,...

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Prefab construction has become so widely used that it’s now possible to precast a building as large as WOHA’s 960-unit Skyville @ Dawson housing complex in Singapore! The massive solar-powered city conceived as...

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Damien Hirst is perhaps best known as an extraordinarily provocative, sometimes playful artist who makes an incredible amount of money from his conceptual art — in a surprising shift, he now aims to channel some of that...

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Sitting on 359 acres, One Loudoun is a master-planned community in Loudoun County, Virginia featuring 150-acres of public land and miles of walking trails...