Living Baubotanik tree tower rises in Germany
Baubotanik, or Living Plant Constructions, is the brainchild of architect Dr. Ferdinand Ludwig who found inspiration...
Brooklyn Navy Yard Announces Two Winners for 2014 ONE Prize “Smart Dock” Design Competition
It may be called the ONE Prize Awards, but there were two first-prize winners this year in a competition to design...
First Ever Mushroom Tower Sprouts at MoMA PS1 in New York
Mushrooms aren't just for eating anymore. Biotect David Benjamin and his firm, The Living, recently completed their...
World's First Tower Made from Mushrooms Rises at PS1 in Queens, NY
More than just a public pavilion, the Hy-Fi tower is an experiment in biological architecture using a new method...
SNEAK PEEK: The Living's Hy-Fi Mushroom Tower Opens Tomorrow at MoMA PS1
The most fascinating thing about The Living's Hy-Fi tower is the fact that it was made using a relatively new paradigm...
Bosco Verticale: The World's First Vertical Forest Nears Completion in Milan - NEW PHOTOS
Milan is one of the most polluted cities in the world, and the Bosco Verticale project aims to mitigate some of...
The Living Building Challenge Wins the 2012 Buckminster Fuller Challenge!
Living Building Challenge founder Jason McLennan What if every single act of design and construction made the...
The Living Building Challenge is Once Again a Buckminster Fuller Challenge Finalist
LBC has five imperatives, each of which has to be met and maintained for a full 12 months before a building can...
Phipps Conservatory's Net-Zero Center for Sustainable Landscapes Opens Next Month
Quite impressively, the Center for Sustainable Landscapes at Phipps Conservatory is expected to meet or exceed...
Bosco Verticale in Milan Will Be the World's First Vertical Forest
The Bosco Verticale is a system that optimizes, recuperates, and produces energy. Covered in plant life, the building...
Patrick Dougherty’s Mind-Blowing Nest Houses Made of Living Trees
Mr. Dougherty, who is now in his 60s, has a portfolio of over 200 amazing pieces from houses that look like a grove...
Researchers Developing Coral-Like Living Skin for Buildings
Researchers at the University of Greenwich in the UK are developing a carbon negative building material that would...
