Green Home & Building

Northern Europe’s largest aquarium has just reopened to the public in an imaginative new building.

The new science wing at the Seattle school includes solar panels, a green roof, a green wall, a composting toilet, sustainably harvested wood and a rainwater collection system.

Winning design in a Baltimore row house design contest uses rammed earth walls for a low carbon footprint.

Maybe it’s not literally the “greenest street,” but the smog-eating cement, renewable energy systems and bioswales could make an impact if scaled up citywide.

Diverse, innovative alternatives to air conditioning are seen in three finalists for the prestigious Aga Khan Architecture Award.

Part spaceship, part Bond villain’s lair, the winning design for France’s EuropaCity is a green-roofed underground city of sustainable fantasy. Can it come true?

The George W. Bush Presidential Center, which harvests its rainwater and uses solar power, is the first presidential library to earn a LEED Platinum rating.

A newly invented material holds promise to cool buildings without using any power.

An off-grid dream home in Spain makes use of timeless materials, resources, and setting.

A Swiss firm wants to change the negative image of flying robots by turning them into worker drones to build skyscrapers in a cheaper, more sustainable way.

Here’s a little help understanding differences among some of the competing standards for green building design.

A new McDonald’s/gas station combo in the Republic of Georgia is unlike rest-stop structure in the U.S., with a sweeping vegetated wall separating food service from car service.

Two outstanding small Passive Houses from the new book, The Greenest Home.

A new interpretive center outside Las Vegas works to keep its visitors outside, even in hot weather.