Living Building Challenge-targeted Watershed improves Seattle’s water quality
Seattle-based design firm Weber Thompson has completed construction on Watershed, a mixed-use development that...
Geothermal-powered dorm minimizes its carbon footprint in Quebec
Near Sherbrooke, Quebec, Montreal-based ARCHITEM Wolff Shapiro Kuskowski has recently completed the Mitchell Family...
Charles Library boasts one of Pennsylvania’s largest green roofs
Contemporary, sustainable and welcoming, Temple University's new Charles Library in Philadelphia raises the bar...
LEED Platinum Sonoma Academy building takes cues from California’s landscape
Private college-prep high school Sonoma Academy has elevated its reputation for sustainability with its newly achieved...
This modern art museum was once a cheese factory in Arkansas
In Bentonville, Arkansas, a giant factory that once processed cheese for Kraft Foods has been given new life as...
Abandoned amusement park to gain new life as a nature park in Suzhou
In Suzhou, China, an abandoned amusement park is being transformed into a 74-hectare nature park that will include...
Climate-adaptive park in Copenhagen wins Arne of the Year Award
One of Copenhagen’s newest green parks, the Sankt Kjelds Square and Bryggervangen, has just received Copenhagen’s...
Modular Aquatecture panels can harvest rainwater from the sides of buildings
In response to the severe water shortage that recently gripped Cape Town, South African-born designer Shaakira...
Amsterdam’s new circular archives building sustainably generates all of its own energy
The city of Amsterdam has officially opened the Depot Amsterdam Noord, a new repository for the capital’s Stadsarchief...
Architecture students design and build a LEED Platinum smart home in Kansas
Every year, graduate students at the University of Kansas Department of Architecture enroll in the nonprofit Studio...
Copenhagen’s new eco-friendly “bicycle hills” hide parking for thousands of bicycles
Danish architectural firm COBE recently completed a one-of-a-kind public space in Copenhagen that not only serves...
Central Park to undergo $150M LEED Gold-targeted redesign
To cap the Central Park Conservancy’s 40-year renewal of Central Park, the nonprofit has unveiled designs to...
High-tech public toilets proposed for San Francisco can recycle rainwater for reuse
The San Francisco Department of Public Works (DPW) has crowned SmithGroup the winner of its design competition...
Steven Holl’s new solar-powered concert hall plays up the dramatic contrast between new and old
New York-based Steven Holl Architects and Architecture Acts has won an international competition to design the...
MVRDV unveils a “three-dimensional city” skyscraper for Shenzhen
MVRDV is shaking up skyscraper design in its competition-winning proposal for Chinese real estate developer Vanke’s...
This contaminated, post-industrial site will become a massive park in Florida
New images have been unveiled of international design firm Sasaki’s proposal for transforming a 180-acre, post-industrial...
A California beacon of sustainability gets a LEED Platinum refresh
An inspiring beacon for recycling in El Cerrito, California has recently received a sustainable revamp that includes...
Spectacular wildflower roof grows atop a dreamy Texan cabana
You might not think a cabana could outshine a glistening blue pool—especially in the Texan heat—but this Pool...
LEED-seeking illumina i3 campus lets workers work anywhere
San Diego’s new BioMed Realty i3 campus is raising the bar for corporate research parks everywhere. Perkins+Will...
LEED Silver-seeking Perry World House marries new and old at Penn
The newest building at the University of Pennsylvania also happens to be the oldest. This curious marriage of new...
Green roof with bee hotel tops energy-neutral fair trade building in the Netherlands
Fair trade fruits and vegetables aren’t the only things coming and going at Nature’s Pride—buzzing bees and...
Nation’s largest cross-laminated timber academic building is an icon of sustainability
The first and largest cross-laminated timber (CLT) academic building in the U.S. has opened at the University of...
Cypress home embedded in the landscape lets rainwater flow underneath
O’Neill Rose Architects designed a home for a nature loving couple that maximizes the experience of the outdoors....
Former landfill reborn as education center for underserved citizens in East Palo Alto
A former landfill has traded its dirty past for a new start as a nature reserve at the southern end of the San...
World’s first LEED Platinum police station generates more energy than it consumes in Cincinnati
Serving the community goes hand in hand with serving the environment at this police station in Cincinnati. The...
This library shows how beautiful sustainable design builds community
This gorgeous new library just an hour’s drive from downtown Toronto is a true civic center with its welcoming...
Historic Missouri church rises from the ashes with an eco-friendly twist
When the 2011 catastrophic fire ravaged the historic Westport Presbyterian Church in Kansas City, much of the church’s...
Former industrial district in Finland to be transformed into an eco-friendly innovation hub
The Finnish city of Tampere just declared Schauman & Norgren Architects and Mandaworks the winners of an international...
Cedar Rapids turns tragedy into triumph with new LEED Platinum public library
Tragedy struck Cedar Rapids, Iowa in June 2008, when a devastating flood swept the city and destroyed hundreds...
University of Pennsylvania’s green-roofed New College House targets LEED Silver
Located at a major campus gateway, the 198,000-square-foot New College House (NCH) facade combines the University’s...