Latest Stories in Green Architecture - Page 6
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SLIDESHOW: "Hen House" Treads Lightly on the Scottish Landscape
More detail on Rural Design Architects' holiday house on the Isle of Skye
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Green Building under Threat: Feds May Drop LEED Endorsement
The General Services Administration wimps out, looks for "additional input" as big chem gets ready to party
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Is the Bullitt Center the World's Greenest Building?
It's hard to comply with the Living Building Challenge certification system. In some cases, it's not even legal.
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The Month in Design, From Micro-Apartments to GlennBeckistan
Also tanks in your backyard and killer stairs
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Man Builds Family Home Under Huge Desert Rock (Video)
This man and his family have been happily living under a rock for the last thirty years.
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Water Tower Converted Into Superluxe London Home
Adaptive reuse is wonderful, but can you have too much of a good thing?
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Experimental Japanese Winter Cabin Blends Traditional Methods with Modern Materials
This translucent, winter-proofed dwelling is built using ideas adapted from the traditional houses of the Ainu, Japan's indigenous peoples.
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LifeEdited's Entry in the New York City Micro-Apartment Competition
Jonathan Rose teams up with Graham Hill's LifeEdited, Is one of 5 Runners-up
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Party On in DOMICILE, Another Entry in the New York Micro-Apartment Competition
Often the runners-up in design competitions are as interesting as the winners. Macro|Sea and Method Design's entry certainly is.
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Wood Construction In North America Scales Up, Gets Gorgeous
It has taken a while on this side of the Atlantic, but wood construction is reaching for new heights.
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3D Printed House Is a Giant Möbius Strip
The architect claims it will be the first 3D printed house, but has he bit off more than he can chew?
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From GlennBeckistan to the Citadel, The Week in Crazytown Design
Plus LEED Platinum monster houses, shipping pallets and colorful igloos
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Researchers Design a Wet and Mouldy Wall On Purpose
Usually you want to keep a building dry and free of lichen and moss; Barcelona researchers do the opposite.
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Elegant Geometric Pavilion Built with Recycled Wooden Pallets
A beautiful, multifunctional space in the outdoors is created in Florence, Italy by reusing wooden shipping pallets.
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IBS Home Gets LEED Points, But Misses the Green Point
At the annual builders' show, a massive green show home has all the bells and whistles, but none of the logic of sustainable building.
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I Can Has Architect-designed Home? Feral Cats Get Big Digs
In New York CIty, feral cats get clever shelters to help them with life-threatening challenges.
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"Vertical Loft" Is Designed Around a Giant, Three-Story Closet
In Rotterdam, Shift Architecture and Urbanism renovated a townhouse, using a central, three-floor-high closet -- and lots of bookcases -- as the central column.
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Man Builds Multicolored Igloo To Win Over Girlfriend's Parents
An enterprising young engineering student constructs a rainbow igloo to prove his worth to her parents.
