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Amazing Urban Concepts Reinvent India’s Skyline

Read the rest of Amazing Urban Concepts Reinvent India’s Skylinehttp://www.inhabitat.com/wp-admin/ohttp://www.inhabitat.com/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=better_feedptions-general.php?page=better_feed Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", aecworldxp, Design Competition, eco design, green architecture, Green Building, green design, hp, hp skyline 2020 competiton, sustainable design, Urban design, vertical farm Read the rest of Amazing Urban...

Passive Building of the Week: Lodenareal Housing

Amanda ReedMichael Eliason and Aaron Yankauskas, of Brute Force Collaborative, have a great case-study up on a recently completed 'Passivhaus' housing project in the Lodenareal complex... Michael Eliason and Aaron Yankauskas, of Brute Force Collaborative, have a great case-study up on a recently completed 'Passivhaus' housing project in the Lodenareal complex in Innsbruck, Austria Developed by Neue Heimat Tirol and designed by architekturwerkstatt din a4 with team k2 architekten, the n...

Miami’s Only LEED Gold Tower Can Withstand 300mph Winds!

Read the rest of Miami’s Only LEED Gold Tower Can Withstand 300mph Winds!http://www.inhabitat.com/wp-admin/ohttp://www.inhabitat.com/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=better_feedptions-general.php?page=better_feed Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "leed", "sustainable architecture", 1450 Brickell, eco design, eco office, eco skyscraper, eco tower, green architecture, Green Building, hurricane resistant design, hurricane winds, LEED gold, Miami, Sustainable Building ...

An Interview with Chris Bird, author of ‘Local Sustainable Homes’

In advance of the publication next week of Chris Bird’s Transition Book ‘Local Sustainable Homes’, I spoke to Chris about the book, and about what he set out to achieve in writing it.  The book will be available to order here at Transition Culture from next Thursday (the 9th). So Chris, how does ‘Local Sustainable Homes’ [...]In advance of the publication next week of Chris Bird’s Transition Book ‘Local Sustainable Homes’, I spoke to Chris about the book, and about what he set out to achieve ...

FOUR YEARS.GO. - A New Campaign to Shift the Trends of Humanity

Amanda ReedThe time to act on climate change is now. In that light, a new campaign called FOUR YEARS.GO. has been started to inspire action towards... The time to act on climate change is now. In that light, a new campaign called FOUR YEARS.GO. has been started to inspire action towards a more environmentally sustainable and socially just planet in the next four years. As they say in their introductory video (see below), the campaign is not a new organization, rather it is a new goal for ...

Amazing Mineral House is a Mult-Faceted Micro Home in Japan

Read the rest of Amazing Mineral House is a Mult-Faceted Micro Home in Japanhttp://www.inhabitat.com/wp-admin/ohttp://www.inhabitat.com/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=better_feedptions-general.php?page=better_feed Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: atelier tekuto, eco design, green architecture, Green Building, green design, Japan, japanese micro home, micro home, mini home, reflection of a mineral, sustaianble architecture, Sustainable Building, tekuto, tiny house ...

Net Zero Renovation for San Ysidro Border Crossing

Each day, two out of ten people who enter the United States go through the San Ysidro border, and if you’ve ever been through there, you know how long it takes. Now, the most important point of entry into the US will finally be renovated with optimized lane efficiency to process more cars even quicker [...] Each day, two out of ten people who enter the United States go through the San Ysidro border, and if you’ve ever been through there, you know how long it takes. Now, the most important poi...

Award-Winning Park Life to be First Green Neighborhood in Tirana

Read the rest of Award-Winning Park Life to be First Green Neighborhood in Tiranahttp://www.inhabitat.com/wp-admin/ohttp://www.inhabitat.com/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=better_feedptions-general.php?page=better_feed Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", albania, Eco Architecture, eco park, green architecture, green design, green neighborhood, greywater, ja joubert architecture, park life, rainwater catchment, rotterdam, tirana Read th...

Simultaneous Transition Open Eco-Homes Days!

Open Eco-Home days are a great way of promoting the idea of green building in all its many manifestations.  I have no idea whether the two events were planned to coincide, but two Transition initiatives, Totnes and Stroud, are holding Open Eco-Homes weekends at the same time, the weekend of the 11th-12th September.  The Totnes [...]Open Eco-Home days are a great way of promoting the idea of green building in all its many manifestations.  I have no idea whether the two events were planned to c...

My Foreword to ‘Local Sustainable Homes’

Next week sees the publication of the next book in the Transition Books series, ‘Local Sustainable Homes: how to make them happen in your community’ by Chris Bird.  More details to follow (including how to order your copy), but as a taster, here is my foreword to the book: In The Pattern of English Building, his [...]Next week sees the publication of the next book in the Transition Books series, ‘Local Sustainable Homes: how to make them happen in your community’ by Chris Bird.  More details ...

Undulating Green-Roofed Hotel Opens in Norway

Read the rest of Undulating Green-Roofed Hotel Opens in Norwayhttp://www.inhabitat.com/wp-admin/ohttp://www.inhabitat.com/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=better_feedptions-general.php?page=better_feed Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", eco design, eco hotel, green architecture, green design, green roof, hotel, JDS Architects, norway, stavanger, Sustainable Building, two seasons hotel Read the rest of Undulating Green-Roofed Hotel O...

Prefabricated Bank Campus Cashes in on Sustainability

Russia’s leading bank has just unveiled plans to construct a green-roofed corporate university designed by Dutch Architect Erick van Egeraat. Located in a rural setting west of Moscow, the Sberbank University will provide education and training for the bank’s 20,000 employees. To achieve a short construction time, the campus buildings will largely be prefabricated, and [...] Russia’s leading bank has just unveiled plans to construct a green-roofed corporate university designed by Dutch Archit...

A Living Brick that Supports Building Structure and Plant Life

Two students experimented with a mixture of soil and cement trying to create a brick that would be strong enough to keep its form, but also be porous enough to support plant life. Their idea, dubbed the ‘Earth Bank Living Wall System’, was recently installed on a shipping container at the Eugene Federal Courthouse Garden. The [...] Two students experimented with a mixture of soil and cement trying to create a brick that would be strong enough to keep its form, but also be porous enough to sup...

Pop-Up Village for Haiti Made From 900 Shipping Containers

Haitian Canadian musician Luck Mervil is leading the charge to help rebuild Haiti with houses made from repurposed shipping containers. Mervil is behind the Montreal organization Vilaj Vilaj, which wants to use 900 shipping containers to build an entirely new village west of Port-au-Prince fit for 5,000 people. The organization aims to build sustainable and [...] Haitian Canadian musician Luck Mervil is leading the charge to help rebuild Haiti with houses made from repurposed shipping contain...

SOM Announces Opening of LEED Gold Tower, Tallest in Beijing

The China World Trade Tower III celebrated its grand opening today, closing the third and most recent phase of the incredible China World Trade Center development. The 81-story mixed-use tower is now Beijing’s tallest tower, hosting a hotel, offices, restaurants, meeting and commercial space, as well as a street level pedestrian friendly frontage. And if being [...] The China World Trade Tower III celebrated its grand opening today, closing the third and most recent phase of the incredible Ch...