Greensburg Kansas Rebuilds Better and Greener After Tornado!
[gallery_extend] After the tornado, the community gathered together and drafted a plan to rebuild, which...
Is LEED Still Leading the Way for Green Building?
For the past five years Inhabitat has written about many LEED buildings. The Leadership in Energy and Environmental...
World's Most Advanced Hospital Will Also Be Green
A new hospital to be built in Stockholm wants to be to health sciences what the Large Hadron Collider is to physicists. ...
Latin America's Tallest Skyscraper Aiming for LEED Platinum
Although not particularly known for its skyscrapers, Latin America will soon have their very own eco tower to add...
Element Prefab Housing by MOS Utilizes Fibonacci Growth Patterns
[gallery_extend] MOS Architects' prefab strategy is based around a stereotypical housing unit, the Element,...
San Francisco's W Hotel Makes LEED History
The four-diamond W San Francisco hotel has made history by earning the first LEED certification for an existing...
Global Headquarters for Wildlife Conservation Society Sits Lightly on the Earth
The new headquarters for the Wildlife Conservation Society treads lightly on the earth even though it has a big...
Green Depot is New York State's First LEED Platinum Retail Building
Green Depot -- the largest US green building supplier -- just received New York State's first LEED Platinum rating...
ECO LABELS 101: Green Certifications Explained!
[gallery_extend] FSC CERTIFIED (Forest Stewardship Council) - This certification accredits forest managers,...
Rackspace Converts Vacant Shopping Mall Into LEED Gold Headquarters
It's the perfect example of our potential to create a technologically-savvy sustainable future: Rackspace, an IT...
Oppenheim Unveils Exoskeletal LEED Campus Center for Miami Dade
Thanks to firm Oppenheim Architecture + Design, Miami Dade College is getting an eye-popping new campus center...
Miapolis LEED Eco-City Could Be Next World's Tallest Building
[gallery_extend] Designed to be built on Watson Island, Miapolis would measure about 183 meters higher...
Bio Glass is a Gorgeous, Translucent, 100% Recycled Surface
Isn't it great when you don't have to sacrifice beauty for sustainability? Case in point: Bio-Glass, a striking...
Zaha Hadid's Petroleum Research Center (Ironically) Aims For LEED Platinum
It may seem ironic, but even petroleum research centers can be LEED certified if they meet the critieria. Case...
Qatar National Convention Center Goes for LEED Gold
When most of us think of convention centers, we think of big empty spaces that are certainly not very environmentally...
