Science Center Lund, CO2-neutral museum

Science Center Lund, CO2-neutral Museum in Sweden by COBE architects

Science Center Lund – Danish architectural firm COBE wins international competition for a new science museum in the Swedish university city of Lund. Constructed in wood the fully CO2-neutral building has potential to become a future icon of sustainability.

Guide to creating a sustainable garden: landscape

Guide to creating a sustainable garden: landscape

A Guide to Creating a Sustainable Garden: if you have an outdoor or indoor garden, you probably know all about the positive benefits of spending time in green spaces, particularly if sustainable gardening practices have been used to create the spaces.

Green building is taking over construction

Green building is taking over construction

5 ways green building is taking over construction: In the course of the last few years, the term green building, or green construction as it is also called, is attracting more and more attention. Green building goes far beyond the development of a building that is eco-friendly.

Taman Bima Microlibrary in Bandung Indonesia

Taman Bima Microlibrary in Bandung

Designed by SHAU Architects Taman Bima Microlibrary is a pilot project for a series of low-cost, eco-conscious reading facilities in urban and rural villages, the Microlibrary aims to help combat Indonesia’s low literacy rates.

East Channel Residence in Santa Monica, L.A.

East Channel Residence in Santa Monica

Architects ShubinDonaldson used the East Channel Residence, a sustainably-minded project, to prove that a green home can have both beautiful design and rigorous environmental aspirations.

Casa Osa in Costa Rica, Caribbean House

Casa Osa in Costa Rica

Designed by Obra Architects, Casa Osa is a vacation retreat for an American doctor and family on the Osa Peninsula. Located on 98 hectares of virgin rainforest with views east and west, the house occupies a small hill formerly mango farm, avoiding need to clear trees.

Costa Rica Treehouse Santa Teresa: New Home

Costa Rica Treehouse in Santa Teresa

Designed by Olson Kundig the Costa Rica Treehouse has been created to operate passively, the home is intended to breathe and remain open to the elements in this temperate semi-tropic environment.

Butterfly Residence in Rutherglen, Victoria

Butterfly Residence in Rutherglen Victoria

This rammed earth house was Steffen Welsch’s first completed significant sustainable project and is like an old friend to him that you always come back to. It lives in north east Victoria on a rural site with no town services.