Green Home & Building

Architecture firm Kengo Kuma and Associates addressed a Tokyo school’s multiple solar needs by essentially putting 12 different roofs on the same building.

A look at some green building designs for large communities that caught our attention in recent months and may (or may not) become reality in the next several years.

Two new soccer stadiums in Houston and Russia are transforming the resource-hogging reputation of stadiums with sustainable design and energy-saving features.

Recent studies report that some older, retrofitted towers, such as New York’s Chrysler and Empire State buildings, are performing better than much newer LEED Gold-certified structures.

Oregon’s Pumpkin Ridge Passive House, currently being built with super-insulated walls and airtight windows, is expected to have energy bills that average just $50 per year.

The ancient idea of the habitable bridge is being given new life in Spain, with a proposed design for an urban park, open-air market and a cultural center, all in one.

In celebration of Boxing Day, here are a few blue-collar examples of how reused shipping containers can add to the aesthetics of a site as well as to the environmental bottom line.

With amenities such as a heat pump, radiant underfloor heating and high-performance insulation, this modern bamboo-clad house is as energy efficient as it is attractive.

Many passive green building strategies can soften the impact of natural disasters and make life more healthy and bearable for survivors during the recovery period.

According to a Princeton study, the thickness of a “cool roof” may have as much of an influence on energy savings and thermal performance as surface reflectivity.

A newly opened Sri Lankan resort sited in a tropical rainforest has earned LEED Platinum status, the first-ever such designation for the country’s tourism sector.

Seattle’s Olive 8 is one of the few condo/hotel complexes to earn a LEED Silver certification, a 4 Green Key Eco-Rating for hotels and a Gold Certification from Green Seal.

A small Parisian architecture firm chose straw as the main building material to design a cozy, naturally insulated “nest” that even the Big Bad Wolf would have to admire.