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- Live, work and shop at this green building in France Fri, 13 Aug 21, 2:30amThe Partenord Habitat Plot in the Porte de Valenciennes neighborhood in Lille, France, eliminates the idea of a pollution-creating commute to work. In this design, office space, housing and retail areas are all integrated...
- Vincent Callebaut envisions a carbon-neutral district for France Fri, 2 Apr 21, 1:30amVincent Callebaut Architectures has unveiled a bold vision to transform the heart of Lille, France into a carbon-neutral district capable of producing more energy than it uses...
- D.C.s Watermark luxury apartments receive LEED Gold certification Thu, 1 Apr 21, 5:30amWashington, D.C.’s Buzzard Point, a post-industrial stretch of waterfront at the intersection of the Anacostia and Potomac rivers, is getting a new lease on life with the recent opening of Watermark, the area’s first...
- LEED-targeted Pirelli 39 features a carbon-absorbing vertical forest in Milan Wed, 24 Mar 21, 5:30amDiller Scofidio + Renfro and Stefano Boeri Architetti have won an international competition to regenerate Milan’s Porta Nuova Gioia area with the sustainable renovation and expansion of the Pirelli 39 tower...
- MVRDVs Mission Rock tower breaks ground in San Francisco Wed, 10 Mar 21, 3:30amConstruction has broken ground on an MVRDV-designed building at San Francisco’s Mission Rock, a multi-phase masterplan that will transform nearly 30 acres of asphalt into a sustainably minded, mixed-use neighborhood and...
- Experimental ILOW to follow the suns trajectory for less energy use Tue, 9 Mar 21, 3:30amInternational design office Carlo Ratti Associati (CRA) and Bouygues Immobilier have revealed designs for ILOW (pronounced ee-low), an experimental and sustainably minded building that aims to bridge two different socio-economic...
- Design unveiled for a sustainable wooden tower in Switzerland Sat, 6 Mar 21, 3:30amArchitecture firms 3XN and IttenBrechbühl have won an international competition with their design for the Tilia Tower©, an 85-meter-tall timber high-rise that will serve as a beacon for sustainability...
- A skyscraper will purify Shenzhens air with aquaponic gardens Sat, 27 Feb 21, 6:30amZaha Hadid Architects has been crowned a competition winner for its proposed design of Tower C at Shenzhen Bay Super Headquarters Base, a planned business and financial center that will serve the Greater Bay Area of Guangdong,...
- Foster + Partners wins bid to design the nature-filled Guangming Hub Fri, 8 Jan 21, 6:30amFoster + Partners has unveiled its competition-winning designs for Guangming Hub, a new, lushly landscaped Transport Oriented Development that will serve as a “forest gateway” into Shenzhen, China...
- This will be the worlds largest Passive House-certified office building Sat, 2 Jan 21, 3:30amBoston’s Financial District will soon welcome the groundbreaking Winthrop Center, a year-round, mixed-use gathering space with a suite of impressive eco-friendly credentials...
- Modernist Bata shoe factory transforms into geothermal-powered homes Thu, 10 Dec 20, 2:30amToronto-based design firm Quadrangle has fulfilled a long-held dream of the late Sonja Bata of Bata Shoes fame with the transformation of the decommissioned Bata Shoe Factory in Batawa...