House of Vestas Will Be Europe’s First LEED Platinum Certified Building

Adidas’ Shoelace-Inspired R&D Building is as High Performance as its Shoes

Iotti + Pavarani’s Self-Sufficient Domus Technica Center Wins Renzo Piano Award

Swooping Green Land Bridge Design Turns Abandoned Taiwan Railway into a Lively Hub

MVRDV Unveils ‘Pushed Slab’ Green Office Building for Paris

MVRDV just unveiled a striking new eco office building for Paris, and we’re excited to see that it will be powered by solar panels and incorporate proven green building strategies. The Pushed Slab

The Khan Shatyr: World’s Largest Tent Opens in Kazakhstan

Frank Gehry Defends His Criticism of LEED

A few months ago, legendary American architect Frank Gehry had raised a few eyebrows by declaring that energy-saving green architecture and sustainable design is "a political issue" and that the LEED

Underground Mountainside Hotel is Efficient and Beautiful

Architect Matteo Thun has designed this striking eco-friendly hotel to be located on a mountainside in the National Park of Stelvio in the Italian Alps. Composed of a series of underground buildings

Stunning Zinc-Skinned Office Wins 2010 ZeroFootprint Award

ZeroFootprint holds an annual competition for renovated buildings that showcase the most successful, holistic retrofitting projects of the year. This year’s eco retrofit winner was just announced

Dockside Green’s Synergy Named to AIA/COTE Top 10

We reported on Dockside Green last summer and now the Victoria, BC project is back in the headlines. Dockside is slated to be the world’s first Platinum LEED-certified community, and Synergy, its first

Empire State Building to Receive Eco Renovation

The Empire State Building, once the world’s tallest building and the skyscraper famously scaled by King Kong, is now set for a $100 million ‘green renovation.’ The great symbol of New

UK’s First Straw Bale Holiday Home by Carol Atkinson

Hay may be for horses, but straw bales also make an excellent sustainable building material. Constructed by former accountant Carol Atkinson, The Straw Bale Cabin in East Yorkshire is the UK’s first

SIEEB Solar Energy-Efficient Building in Beijing

Photo by Daniele Domenicali Static is not a word that describes the Sino-Italian Ecological and Energy-Efficient Building (SIEEB) at Tsinghua University in Beijing. Designed to maximize passive solar