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

Lanefab Completes Vancouver’s First Net-Zero Solar Laneway House

Lanefab Design/Build recently completed the city of Vancouver’s first Net-Zero Solar Laneway House. The house, built as an infill on an existing residential lot, is 1020 square feet with 1 bedroom

Green Roofed Vancouver Residence is the First LEED Platinum Home in Western Canada

BIG Unveils Plans for Its New Twisting Residential Skyscraper in Vancouver

Sea Salt Refinery Renovated Into A Historic Landmark & Event Building in Vancouver

University of British Columbia’s CIRS Building is a Living Eco Laboratory in Vancouver

Awesome Modular Public Lounge Takes Over Vancouver’s Parking Spaces

The Semiahmoo Library’s Larger Than Life Living Wall Features Over 10,000 Plants

Rent a Human at Surrey’s Green City Centre Library!

South Vancouver’s Soaring Sunset Community Center Connects With Nature

LEED Gold Langara Library Uses Wind Towers Instead of Traditional Heating and Cooling

VanDusen Botanical Center to Be Canada’s First Living Building

Floating Dining Room Sets Sail on 1,672 Bottle Raft in Vancouver

Vancouver Soccer Stadium Made With 22,000 Recycled Tires

Photo credit: John Bollwitt Flickr With global soccer fever still high, here’s another amazing soccer stadium that boasts some remarkable green features. The recently completed Empire Field Stadium

Far Coast Furniture Raises Awareness of the Pine Industry at the Olympics

Students at the Emily Carr University of Art and Design (ECUAD) designed these pieces of beautiful furniture for Far Coast Coffee’s (Coke’s coffee brand) social areas at the 2010 Vancouver

Olympic Athlete’s Village: Greenest Neighborhood in the World

The 2010 Vancouver Olympics has yet another feather to add to their cap – they now have the greenest neighborhood in the world. Yesterday, Millennium Waters, the Olympic Athlete’s Village

LEED Platinum Vancouver Convention Center has Canada’s Largest Green Roof

Are the Vancouver Olympics Still Green After Trucking and Flying In Snow?

Today is opening day of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, which is being touted as the greenest Olympics ever. But the warm weather and rain of late at one of the venues has forced the organizers to haul in

Aquaquest Center Teaches Sustainable Living Through Design

Aquaquest is a beautiful addition to the Vancouver Aquarium that was conceived as an education center to teach the surrounding Canadian community the importance of eco-friendly living. True to its nature,

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

BAKE FOR A CHANGE: Gingerbread House Contest!

Sweet and sustainable, what could be better? Spice it up while promoting global ideals and you’ve got an idea that’s deliciously irresistible. That’s just what the multi-disciplinary non-profit