What is a green roof and should you install one?
Green roofed structures date back thousands of years, even before the concept of housing as it is known today was...
Green-roofed Swiss homes promote solar via 65 degree rotation
In the Swiss municipality of Bussigny, Crissier-based architecture practice Bertola & Cie – SIA has...
2022 Asian Games Park in Hangzhou is sustainably designed for legacy use
When New York-based architecture firm Archi-Tectonics won an international design competition to masterplan the...
Green-roofed Casa 23’s porous facade opens and closes to save energy
On the outskirts of the town Villeta in Colombia, Bogotá-based architecture firm Arquitectura en Estudio (aRE)...
Modernist, off-grid home in Los Angeles features a huge green roof
New York-based Marc Thorpe Design has brought its savvy architectural talents to the City of Angels in the form...
BREEAM-certified renovation for 70s modernist icon in Amsterdam
MVSA Architects has dramatically breathed new life into Amsterdam’s iconic Rivierstaete — a monolithic 1973...
Award-winning Australian winery adds new, sustainable building
Victoria’s Yarra Valley is an idyllic region known for its award-winning vineyards. Now, guests to the Medhurst...
Net-zero community planned for Hamburg will rely on geothermal and solar energy
The formerly industrial borough of Harbugh in Hamburg, Germany will soon get a strikingly modern and eco-conscious...
Stunning green-roofed home in Poland is embedded into the idyllic landscape
Lush green rooftops are becoming more and more common within the architectural world, but this gorgeous house in...
Breezy home design for artist couple boasts a green roof of succulents
When Seattle-based firm Heliotrope Architects were approached by a couple to create a home that would reflect...
Mixed-use complex aims to minimize heat gain with greenery in Saudi Arabia
In a bid to keep the notorious heat of Saudi Arabia at bay, Istanbul- and London-based architectural firm Avci...
Architects envision a 3D-printed sanctuary tower for Monarch Butterfly
New York City-based design firm, Terreform ONE has unveiled a stunning design concept for an urban Monarch Butterfly...
Green-roofed beachfront home fully embraces its coastal surroundings
Topped with green roofs and surrounded by walls of glass, the Beach Front Gardens homes in Costa Rica were designed...
RRA unveils mountain-inspired ski resort that emphasizes nature and community
Oslo-based architectural firm Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter (RRA) has won first place in Alpinco Gondoltoppen AS’...
3GATTI hopes to land a 'green spaceship' in Madrid
3GATTI Architecture Studio has unveiled a spectacular design for a new public library in Madrid. The firm envisions...
