Construction has begun on Valley, a 75,000 sq m, green-terraced, mixed-use building located in Amsterdam’s central business district.
Globally, the building is number two with a rating of 103 out of 110 under the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) NC v2009 rating system for green buildings.
Laboratory for Visionary Architecture (LAVA) just broke ground on a new energy storage tower for Heidelberg, Germany.
Montreal supermarket claims to be the first grocery store in Canada to sell produce grown on its own roof.
A Lebanon company is developing energy neutral, self-sufficient homes that can produce their own food and clean power.
KODA, a line of tiny prefabricated homes that pop up in just one day, come with highly energy-efficient features, from solar panels to built-in smart home systems.
Architects teamed up to create the stunning Seine Musicale in Paris. The shimmering glass globe's exterior is wrapped with a massive solar panel “sail” that rotates around the building to follow the sun.
Built from 1.5 million recycled plastic bottles, this massive pavilion is surprisingly strong enough to withstand the forces of nature—including fires and earthquakes.
International architecture studio designed Urban Rural, a modular residential high-rise that aims to raise the bar for sustainable development in Turkey’s capital.
The largest vertical garden in the world features around 85,000 plants.
This revolutionary house was built out of LEGO-like recycled bricks in just 5 days for just $6,800.
In Oslo, the world’s greenest air terminal uses a reservoir of snow gathered during the winter to cool the building throughout the summer months
An architect envisions that his futuristic development could contain up to 200 vegetation-covered towers, a train system, and lots of green space.
A US-based tech company is bringing tiny homes to the masses by streamlining the construction process with the help of computer algorithms. Prefabricated houses are 80% more efficient than conventional homes.
A French design studio recently unveiled OxyGen, their competition-winning proposal that will bring greenery and prefab construction to Paris’ major business district.
