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- High-tech public toilets proposed for San Francisco can recycle rainwater for reuse Fri, 30 Aug 19, 4:30amThe San Francisco Department of Public Works (DPW) has crowned SmithGroup the winner of its design competition for public toilet proposals. The winning entry, called AmeniTREES, would offer not only washroom functionality...
- Award-winning innovation center harnesses recycled rainwater and solar energy Wed, 16 Jan 19, 8:30amRio de Janeiro-based architecture firm Atelier77 recently completed CASA FIRJAN, an innovation center that’s been turning heads for its award-winning design and sustainable attributes...
- Gorgeous new Apple store is powered entirely by renewable energy in Paris Fri, 4 Jan 19, 4:30amThe latest Apple store designed by Foster + Partners has opened in a beautifully renovated 19th-century building on Paris’s Champs-Élysées. Powered with 100 percent renewable energy, Apple Champs-Élysées draws energy...
- A recycled brick wall runs through this breezy home in Australia Sat, 20 Oct 18, 8:00amBright, breezy and surrounded by nature, the Cedar Lane House is a place of peaceful respite on the southern coast of Australia. Sydney-based architect and photographer Edward Birch designed the light-filled residence at...
- An innovative forever house renovation features a pocket park for the community Sat, 16 Jun 18, 7:00amMention the word ‘renovation’ and thoughts of expansion immediately spring to mind — especially in the expensive suburb Fitzroy of Melbourne. So when the owners of a two-story terrace house in the neighborhood decided...
- LEED Gold UBC Aquatic Center takes an innovative approach to water recycling Wed, 11 Apr 18, 7:30pmA striking aquatics center at the University of British Columbia Vancouver melds elite-level swimming facilities with impressive eco-credentials. Canadian architecture firm MJMA worked with Acton Ostry Architects to design...
- LEED Gold UBC Aquatic Center boasts innovative water recycling Wed, 11 Apr 18, 7:30pmA striking aquatics center on the University of British Columbia Vancouver Campus melds elite-level swimming facilities with impressive eco-credentials...
- A sprawling green roof fuses this community center with Chongqing’s mountainous landscape Fri, 30 Oct 15, 4:00amThe Chongqing Taoyuanju Community Center comprises three different programmatic buildings—a cultural center, athletic center, and public health center—located at different elevations to match the existing terrain and...
- Soup Architects create stylishly energy-efficient Garden Studios for an artsy London couple Thu, 25 Jun 15, 3:00amThe Colt House's art studios where designed for a London couple who spend three or four days a week at their country retreat. While he needed a bigger space for his large paintings, she required a smaller scale shelter...
- Soup Architects crafted stylishly energy-efficient Garden Studios for an artsy London couple Wed, 24 Jun 15, 3:00pmThe Colt House's art studios where designed for a London couple who spend three or four days a week at their country retreat. While he needed a bigger space for his large paintings, she required a smaller scale shelter...
- Michael Jantzen Designs Solar-Powered Global Climate Change Pavilion Tue, 24 Jun 14, 6:00amProlific designer Michael Jantzen completed a conceptual proposal that uses engaging design to spur greater global climate change debate and education...
- Kengo Kuma & Associates’ Outdoor Training Center Melds Into the Japanese Hillside Mon, 19 Mar 12, 4:00pmRead the rest of Kengo Kuma & Associates’ Outdoor Training Center Melds Into the Japanese Hillside Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: a-frame, Ando Momofuku Centre, eco center, Japan green...