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Gensler’s Portland International Jetport Lands LEED Gold Certification

Gensler’s Portland International Jetport Lands LEED Gold Certification

The Portland International Jetport expansion in Maine opened in fall 2011, but was just awarded LEED Gold certification, making it the second commercial terminal in the United States to achieve this

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HOK Selected To Lead Design of New Medical School in Downtown Buffalo

HOK Selected To Lead Design of New Medical School in Downtown Buffalo

Buffalo, NY was once known for its architectural riches. The Rust Belt city boasts several structures designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis Sullivan and Daniel Burnham -- but most of them were built more

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Honest Buildings and Seattle 2030 Unite To Reveal Extensive Data For 32,000 Buildings

Honest Buildings and Seattle 2030 Unite To Reveal Extensive Data For 32,000 Buildings

Honest Buildings has joined forces with the Seattle 2030 District to release comprehensive information for 32,000 of Seattle’s commercial and mixed-use buildings. The online company aims to provide

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Miami’s Waldorf Towers Turn to Sustainable Design to Create a Stylish Hotel

Miami’s Waldorf Towers Turn to Sustainable Design to Create a Stylish Hotel

Be an eco-conscious beach bum this summer and take a sustainable holiday in South Beach, Miami at the Waldorf Towers. Located just a few steps away from the sea, the Waldorf Towers are one of the few

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Dairy Barn Transformed into Gorgeous LEED Silver Design and Technology Center on SUNY Campus

Dairy Barn Transformed into Gorgeous LEED Silver Design and Technology Center on SUNY Campus

The new Center for Design and Technology creates a new entrance for the Morrisville campus. The character of the former dairy barn is preserved, rising in a wood-clad arch that overlooks the campus.

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SOM’s Diagonal Tower in Seoul Adds a New Dimension to Energy Efficiency

SOM’s Diagonal Tower in Seoul Adds a New Dimension to Energy Efficiency

At first glance SOM looks to be channeling Norman Foster's Hearst Tower with the strong diagonal frame, giving the building its charatertisic shape. And just like Hearst Tower, the structure’s material

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Bayer Building in India Receives World’s Highest LEED Score

Bayer Building in India Receives World’s Highest LEED Score

Bayer used to be a household name for Aspirin, but now the multinational corporation will be known for developing the first building in the world to receive as many as 64 out of 69 possible points from

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Abandoned Warehouse in Chicago Undergoes Green Renovation To Become LEED Platinum Rated Office

Abandoned Warehouse in Chicago Undergoes Green Renovation To Become LEED Platinum Rated Office

The warehouse, which dates back to 1908, is a cavernous space that needed a huge amount of work; all windows and some exterior walls were removed while the rest were insulated. The designers attempted to

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James Ewing Photographs Make it Right’s Green Homes in New Orleans

James Ewing Photographs Make it Right’s Green Homes in New Orleans

Shigeru Ban, BiLD, Hitoshi Abe, and Adjaye Associates are among the designers who have volunteered their time and services to bring the Lower 9th Ward back to life, as well as Ewing's favorites. Albeit

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Toyota Is Now A Green Building Leader With 29 LEED-Certified Facilities

Toyota Is Now A Green Building Leader With 29 LEED-Certified Facilities

Toyota is well known for its efficient automobiles, but with news that 29 of their facilities have achieved Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification, the auto company stake their

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Galveston’s Green Revival House is a LEED Platinum Renovation With Historic Charm

Galveston’s Green Revival House is a LEED Platinum Renovation With Historic Charm

Historic houses can become energy-efficient without losing charm - just look at the Galveston Historical Foundation's Green Revival House at 3101 Avenue Q in Galveston, Texas. The project started when GHF

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LivingHomes Introduces C6.2, a LEED Platinum Prefab House!

LivingHomes Introduces C6.2, a LEED Platinum Prefab House!

Santa Monica-based LivingHomes has launched the C6.2, an affordable prefab house that is certified LEED Platinum. Previously, LivingHomes had introduced the C6, an affordable three-bedroom home, but the

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Pb Elemental’s Beachaus I is a Smart LEED Platinum Prefab in British Columbia

Pb Elemental’s Beachaus I is a Smart LEED Platinum Prefab in British Columbia

Beachaus I is a 2,085 sq ft home that includes a large separate office/studio space and bright shared spaces. The project was developed by InHaus Development, whose mission statement is to “Live smart,

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HomeAway’s LEED Gold Headquarters in Austin Makes Work Feel Like a Vacation

HomeAway’s LEED Gold Headquarters in Austin Makes Work Feel Like a Vacation

Many of the architectural elements and much of the furniture in HomeAway's HQ were made from reclaimed wood, including the Nantucket-themed game room and the boardroom, which features wood beams that were

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Modern Connect:Homes are the Latest in Affordable, Green Prefab Design

Modern Connect:Homes are the Latest in Affordable, Green Prefab Design

Levy and Stott spent 6 years working in prefab design and building with Marmol Radziner, and realized that there were a lot of problems in the industry. So they set out to fix those problems by starting

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Could Magnetic Bacteria Lead to the Creation of Bio-Computers?

Could Magnetic Bacteria Lead to the Creation of Bio-Computers?

Image: Bacteria courtesy of Shutterstock Today's computers are rapidly becoming obsolete as society demands larger storage space and faster connections. However, the future of computing may not lie in

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NASA’s New LEED Platinum Sustainability Base is the Greenest Federal Building in the US – PHOTOS

NASA’s New LEED Platinum Sustainability Base is the Greenest Federal Building in the US – PHOTOS

Situated at Moffet Field in Mountain View, California, the $25 million NASA Sustainability Base features a front facade that takes design cues from the International Space Station. At a media unveiling

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HKS Atlanta Office Renovation Awarded LEED Gold for Commercial Interiors

HKS Atlanta Office Renovation Awarded LEED Gold for Commercial Interiors

HKS Inc moved into their top floor offices in the Peachtree Tower after the King & Spalding law firm moved out. Taking advantage of the building's exterior balconies and sweeping views of the Atlanta

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Richard Meier & Partners Unveils Plans for an Eco Office in Rio de Janeiro

Richard Meier & Partners Unveils Plans for an Eco Office in Rio de Janeiro

The Leblon Offices will be a 10 story office building with a leasable floor area of 6,500 sq meters. A generous lobby will connect the building to the street, a recessed open retail plaza and then to the

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Yellowstone Park Super-Volcano Could Erupt Sooner Than Previously Thought

Yellowstone Park Super-Volcano Could Erupt Sooner Than Previously Thought

Cerulean Geyser photo from Shutterstock If you have ever visited the natural wonders of Yellowstone Park, seen one of the many documentaries on it, or had the misfortune to sit through the film 2012,

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Solar-Powered Painters Hall is a Net-Zero Community Center in Salem, Oregon

Solar-Powered Painters Hall is a Net-Zero Community Center in Salem, Oregon

Painters Hall is a 100 percent solar-powered building nestled in the beautiful surroundings of quiet Pringle Creek community, in Salem, Oregon. The 80-year-old Painters Hall recently earned

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Study Shows Orangutans are the True Green Architects of the Natural World

Study Shows Orangutans are the True Green Architects of the Natural World

Orangutan photo from Shutterstock While we humans may congratulate ourselves with LEED Certification and other honors every time we make an eco-friendly building, it seems that we are not the only

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Henning Larsen Unveils Plans for LEED Platinum Nordea Bank With Scandinavia’s Largest Trading Floor

Henning Larsen Unveils Plans for LEED Platinum Nordea Bank With Scandinavia’s Largest Trading Floor

The winning design adds to Henning Larsen Architects' recent string of successful bids - the eminent Danish firm also won a competition to design a new theater and zoo entrance in Emmen. Their concept for

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Steven Holl Unveils New Translucent Institute of Contemporary Art in Virginia

Steven Holl Unveils New Translucent Institute of Contemporary Art in Virginia

The Institute of Contemporary Art by Steven Holl will serve as both a gateway to VCU and a catalyst for contemporary art on the campus and throughout Richmond. The museum will provide space for visual and

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Plaza Diane in Wyoming is a LEED Gold Art Center Converted from a Former Gas Station

Plaza Diane in Wyoming is a LEED Gold Art Center Converted from a Former Gas Station

Driving through town, the bright and airy Plaza Diane jumps out amongst the older buildings. The original plaza is named after a prominent civic leader Diane E. Bonner who was instrumental in developing a

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6 Amazing Green Renovations That Turn Industrial Buildings into Architectural Gems

6 Amazing Green Renovations That Turn Industrial Buildings into Architectural Gems

WUNDERLAND KALKAR AMUSEMENT PARK SOUTHERN PACIFIC BREWING COMPANY ABC MUSEO UMBAU WASSERTURM - WATER TOWER BATTERSEA POWER STATION 780 BREWSTER Wunderland Kalkar Amusement Park In

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BIG’s Twisting Vancouver High-Rise is Lined with Vertical Gardens That Filter Vehicle Emissions

BIG’s Twisting Vancouver High-Rise is Lined with Vertical Gardens That Filter Vehicle Emissions

The soaring tower would add 600 residential units for new downtown dwellers. The apartments would be set on a large nine story mixed use base, which will feature retailers, commercial space, restaurants

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Phipps Conservatory’s Net-Zero Center for Sustainable Landscapes Opens Next Month

Phipps Conservatory’s Net-Zero Center for Sustainable Landscapes Opens Next Month

Quite impressively, the Center for Sustainable Landscapes at Phipps Conservatory is expected to meet or exceed the three toughest green building and landscape standards: the Living Building Challenge,

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2-22 Office Building is a Glass-Encased High-Performance Landmark in Montreal

2-22 Office Building is a Glass-Encased High-Performance Landmark in Montreal

LE 2-22 was inaugurated at the beginning of February and serves as the new flagship building to the Quartier des Spectacles. Located at the intersection of St. Catherine St. and St. Laurent Blvd, the

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Fireclay’s Glazed Thin Brick Tiles Can Earn Your Project LEED Credits

Fireclay’s Glazed Thin Brick Tiles Can Earn Your Project LEED Credits

Fireclay's new Glazed Thin Brick is a brick alternative that's eco-friendly, durable and attractive. Utilizing up to 100% local recycled content and finished with a selection of nine new VOC-free natural

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