Housing Crisis: UK Housebuilding Issues
The UK’s dramatic population growth projection – 11 million more people by 2035, equivalent to 22 more Manchesters, already Europe’s most overcrowded country, will have damaging consequences for everyone.
Sustainable building designs
Sustainable building designs and architects
e-architect select sustainable building designs and eco design projects around the world. Discover green architecture projects news and pictures of the best new sustainable buildings globally. Find zero-carbon and low carbon properties by respected eco designers and architects.
ZEDpod BRE Innovation Park: Affordable Home
Pioneering new housing solution for cities joins BRE Innovation Park’s family of trailblazing buildings: clever solution to the challenges of building affordable city homes where land is scarce or expensive.
Oamsterdam Development in Amsterdam
Architects: HofmanDujardin
Oamsterdam Sustainable Urban Strategy will create new connections within the urban fabric, leading to a larger city-centre. The bridges, already under discussion, will be rooted in a more extensive plan for the city.
Envac Waste Collection Station, Stora Ursvik
Design: Tengbom, Architects. Envac’s waste collection station in the district of Stora Ursvik, just north of Stockholm, has become the first industrial building in Sweden to secure BREAAM certification after it received the coveted ‘Excellent’ rating.
Eden Soestdijk Gardens in Utrecht, Netherlands
Design: Mecanoo architecten. The redevelopment of the Soestijk estate has a social purpose in creating a more sustainable society. An educative journey will touch all the visitors’ senses, triggering them to become more aware and conscious of the earth’s fragility.
Venning Housing Estate Kortrijk, Belgium
Design: BURO II & ARCHI+I, architects. Comprehensive upgrade of a social housing company outdated buildings. Emphasis was put on healthier homes, rational and more efficient use of space, lower energy consumption and low maintenance costs.
New Online Platform for Sustainability
Global Founders unveiled for a new online platform developed by sustainability charity Bioregional that will make going green easier. It will provide free tools for the sustainable design of buildings.
Piknic Électronik Montreal HQ: Offices
Design: L. McComber. Creative and inspiring, Piknic Électronik HQ speaks to the values of the burgeoning company through its layout. Fun, relaxed, open-plan, it offers the optimal balance between peaceful and lively areas.
Masdar Design Competition, Abu Dhabi Contest
Design: Laboratory for Visionary Architecture – giant umbrellas, with a design based on the principles of sunflowers, provide moveable shade in the day, store heat, then close and release the heat at night in the plaza of a new eco-city in the United Arab Emirates.
PATCH22 Residence in Amsterdam Property
Design: FRANTZEN et al architecten. Energy-neutral building with a unique 30m high wooden loadbearing structure in which the wooden columns, beams and walls remain visible. Apartments use hollow floors for totally flexible layouts. The building provides its own energy
Green Roofs Design and Installation: Planting
Green roofs design and installation: architecture greenery – expert answers to the most common questions on smart planting on buildings – Green roof installation, building planting, eco architecture tips.
BSG Villas Concept Design
Design: Murat Gedik. The roof of the building is completely covered with a solar panel that produces the energy needed for total energy consumption by the household. Thanks to the roof style, the rain and snow water can be accumulated to be utilized later.
Roots and Shoots Environmental Learning Centre
Design: Hudson Architects.Roots and Shoots provides vocational training in horticulture, floristry and retail, together with functional and life skills, to disadvantaged young people with additional needs. The new building will increase the charity’s capacity for helping young people.
Ashden Awards 2016, Sustainable Energy Prize
Forward-thinking organisations in Lancashire, London and China win for their commitment to creating sustainable, healthy, energy efficient environments in homes and buildings.