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CO2 Bambu Brings Low-Cost, Low-Carbon Bamboo Housing to Nicaragua

In 2011 CO2 Bambu was awarded with a historic contract to build 82 bamboo-based homes in Rosita, Nicaragua as part...

[gallery_extend] The Qatar delegation to Rio+20 hired Grimshaw Architects to design a temporary pavilion...

[gallery_extend] Mostly locally-sourced materials were used to construct the Jean Mermoz High School...

[gallery_extend] The resort is located on a small hill near a river within a calm environment just outside...

[gallery_extend] A strage mix that works really well, REC architects´office block in Mexico is a modernist...

[gallery_extend] © Adagp photographe Noelle Hoeppe Inaugurated by French President Nicholas Sarkozy...

[gallery_extend] The Xinjin Zhi Museum is located at the foot of Laojunshan mountain in Xinjin and serves...

[gallery_extend] This Friday, March 9th, Starbucks will open its first European concept store located...

Prior to the widespread use of polluting fossil fuels, most buildings were made from local materials, using techniques...

[gallery_extend] Through an international design competition, Wang Shu won first place to design and...

[gallery_extend] In the Spring of 2011, graduate students in Professor Garrison's vertical design studio...

[gallery_extend] According to Karl, who did all of the construction work, this shed is surprisingly...

[gallery_extend] Measuring only 10 feet by 30 feet, The Old Market Library was built in one of Bangkok's...

[gallery_extend] Active-schools facilitate the development of healthy children by fostering social and...

The Tipu Sultan Merkez School in Punjab, Pakistan has a new sustainable building that was designed by German architects...