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Singapore’s new-build, first net-zero energy building opens its doors

  • Lucy Wang
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Opened earlier this year, the newly completed NUS School of Design & Environment 4 (SDE4) is distinguished as Singapore’s first new-build, net-zero energy building school. Developed by the School of Design and Environment at the National University of Singapore and designed by Serie + Multiply Architects...

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Trader Joe's ditching single-use plastics for more eco-friendly options

  • Perry Miller
  • 03/11/2019

An increasing number of grocery stores are ditching single-use plastics to help curb the amount of synthetic materials that end up in landfills around the world. Trader Joe's is the most recent business to reduce plastic use in stores across the country, a move that comes after a Greenpeace initiative that garnered...

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Trump administration wants to remove the gray wolf from the endangered species list

  • Perry Miller
  • 03/11/2019

Government officials in the U.S. are looking to remove the gray wolf from the endangered species list. The move, proposed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, would allow states in the Lower 48 to lawfully hunt populations of the gray wolf. "Recovery of the gray wolf under the Endangered Species Act (ESA)...

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COBE unveils LEED Gold-seeking affordable housing units in Toronto

  • Lucy Wang
  • 03/11/2019

Danish architectural firm COBE has unveiled a new mixed-use residential development in Toronto designed for LEED Gold certification. Created in collaboration with Toronto-based architectural firm architectsAlliance, the project will comprise three buildings — two designed by COBE — set in West Don Lands, a...

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Homes

Remote holiday home champions raw materials and minimal environmental impact

  • Lucy Wang
  • 03/11/2019

Built to embrace the outdoors and radiate a sense of warmth, the Aculco project is an idyllic holiday home set in a pristine and remote landscape in Aculco, Mexico. Mexico City-based architectural firm PPAA designed the dwelling for two outdoors-loving brothers who had discovered the site on a rock climbing trip....

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Architecture

Energy-efficient 'tiny tower' home is organized like a full-scale skyscraper

  • Nicole Jewell
  • 03/11/2019

Philadelphia-based firm ISA has unveiled a stunning, 1,250-square-foot home that spans over a six-level steel tower. Located in the booming neighborhood of Brewerytown, the tiny tower, which is built to EnergyStar performance standards, is just 38 feet high but designed to operate like a full-scale skyscraper....

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Emerging out of the landscape like a series of boulders, the Kanuka Valley House set into a lush valley in Wanaka, New Zealand mimics the large schist rocks that punctuate the pristine landscape. Wellington-based architectural practice WireDog Architecture designed the angular home for a winemaker and his family,...

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