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- Form follows function at Shanghai’s new bioclimatic Natural History Museum Tue, 19 May 15, 7:55pmPerkins & Will took a biomimetic approach to the new Shanghai Natural History Museum, a sprawling 479, 180 square-foot facility with three unique facades and topped with a swirling green roof...
- PHOTOS: Earth-Sheltered Formworks Farmhouse Rises in California’s Central Valley Fri, 26 Jul 13, 12:14amPhoto by Mark Andrew Boyer Earth-bermed homes are found throughout the hills of Northern California, but they're much less common in the flat farmland of the Central Valley...
- Italy’s Green-Roofed Antinori Winery is Topped With a Vineyard! Sat, 6 Apr 13, 12:36amRead the rest of Italy’s Green-Roofed Antinori Winery is Topped With a Vineyard! Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Antinori Winery, Archea Associati, cultivatable roof, eco design, Florenc,...
- Historic Antinori Winery Planted a Vineyard on Its Roof in Italy Sat, 6 Apr 13, 12:36amRead the rest of Historic Antinori Winery Planted a Vineyard on Its Roof in Italy Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Antinori Winery, Archea Associati, cultivatable roof, eco design, Florenc, green...
- Cantilevered Green Shield Protects McDonalds’ Customers from Adjacent Fuel Station Fri, 5 Apr 13, 1:32amRead the rest of Cantilevered Green Shield Protects McDonalds’ Customers from Adjacent Fuel Station Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Betumi, eco design, fossil fuels, georgia, Giorgi Khmaladze,...
- Cantilevering Green Shield Protects McDonalds’ Customers from Adjacent Fuel Station Fri, 5 Apr 13, 1:32amRead the rest of Cantilevering Green Shield Protects McDonalds’ Customers from Adjacent Fuel Station Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Betumi, eco design, fossil fuels, georgia, Giorgi Khmaladze,...
- Vo Trong Nghia Architects to Build Vertical Forest Office Building in Vietnam Wed, 27 Feb 13, 3:10amRead the rest of Vo Trong Nghia Architects to Build Vertical Forest Office Building in Vietnam Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Da Nang, Danang, green architecture, Green Building, green roof, Sustainable...
- Green-Roofed Serpentine Swiss Lake Resort has a See-Through Skin Fri, 2 Dec 11, 5:00pmRead the rest of Green-Roofed Serpentine Swiss Lake Resort has a See-Through Skin Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: eco design, Green Building, green building design, green roof, Swiss green building,...
- American Society of Landscape Architects Highlights 479 Green Infrastructure Projects Fri, 21 Oct 11, 6:30amThe American Society of Landscape Architects just released an incredible useful and comprehensive database of 479 case studies of successful “green rainwater infrastructure” projects...
- Copenhagen Adopts a Mandatory Green Roof Policy Wed, 9 Jun 10, 3:00pmAs part of its overall strategy to become a carbon neutral city by 2025, Copenhagen has become the first Scandanavian city to adopt a policy that requires green roofs for all new buildings with roof slopes of less than 30...
- READER TIP: Bent and Sliced House by Hufft Projects Fri, 12 Mar 10, 9:30amDesigned by Hufft Projects, the “Bent and Sliced House” puts an innovative idea – bending a home to accommodate the curving slope of the site – into action...