Apple Wants Eco-Friendly Campus in Austin
Apple's latest $300-million project in Austin, Texas looks to eventually double their workforce by 2021. The plans have undergone some changes since the project...
Bosco Verticale in Milan – One Step Closer to Become World’s First Vertical Forest
The Italian city of Milan is among Europe’s most polluted; so much so that in order to forestall damage to da Vinci’s The Last...
Buildings Pitagoras and Tecnova Spearhead Sustainability in Almeria, Spain
In 2012, the Pitagoras and Tecnova Foundation buildings in Almeria, Spain, were completed. Promoting sustainability and the development of advanced technology, the Ferrer Arquitecos-designed...
Winter Cabin in Japan Merges Tradition with Modern Technology
In northern climates, buildings are often put up with some form of synthetic insulation and mechanical heating; a method that uses much energy without...
Hut-to-Hut: Southern India’s Cheap and Environmentally-Friendly Home
Hut-to-Hut is the result of a workshop organised by Rintala Eggertsson Architects and some students from the University of Science and Technology in Norway...
Silt Lake City: A City Floating on the Nile River
The River Nile in ancient times was shown to flood the Nile valley area during certain seasons and served to irrigate the land and...
Gardens by the Bay in Singapore Home to Biggest Climate-Controlled Greenhouses in the World
The extraordinary Gardens by the Bay in Singapore was completed in 2012, featuring carbon neutral conservatories with one of them being the biggest such...
MVRDV Design Glass Building with Traditional Farmhouse Look
Architects MVRDV have constructed a building made of glass but resembling a traditional Dutch farmhouse – Glass Farm. The building houses mixed-use retail establishments...
The ZCB: Hong Kong’s First Zero Carbon Building is Powered by Solar Energy
Hong Kong has seen its very first zero carbon building, the ZCB. Ronald Lu & Partners designed the building using passive design techniques to...
“Empowerhouse” Home Generates Its Own Energy – Sustainably
New School students and students of Stevens Institute of Technology have created the Empowerhouse, which is a home that generates all of its required...
