The design contest NEUE HAMBURGER TERRASSEN has been promoted by the IBA HAMBURG (Internationale Bauausstellung) an International exhibition that will take place in 2013 with the purpose to rehabilitate the industrial district situated on the south of the river Elbe in a residential area and to integrate it to the…

(New York, N.Y.) New York City stands at the forefront of the green building and design movement, and the winners of the 2008 Green Building Competition for New York City exemplify a growing commitment to incorporate environmental factors into the city’s architecture. The competition, co-sponsored by the

The Cooper Union Student Eco Initiative is looking for designers across the world who have an opinion on the current trend of green design.  They are collecting responses from professionals, students, and the population at large to incorporate into their first public work. The initiative hopes to use the…

And the winner is: Robert Humble, Joel Egan, Ben Spencer, Owen Richards, Tom Mulica, and Kate Cudney, with Hybrid / ORA, Seattle, Washington. Finalists: Five finalists were selected from 182 entrants proposing a sustainable, affordable house that addresses the needs of a low-income family in the Gulf Coast…

The sprawling Beijing Olympic Village won its own gold medal today for going green. U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson presented Chinese officials with the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold award during a short ceremony, saying the 160-acre Olympic Village could serve as a future prototype…

World’s most influential environmental spokesman to address architects, builders, innovators, and policy-makers at nation’s premier green building and business conference Al GoreSan Jose, CA — July 16, 2008 — West Coast Green announced today that Nobel…

After winning an international competition in January 2008, schmidt hammer lassen architects is currently designing the masterplan of ECOBAY, a new town situated on the Paljassaare peninsula near the Estonian capital Tallinn. With its vast vistas out…

Turin, 2 July 2008 - Living Steel today announced winners for its 3rd International Architecture Competition for Sustainable Housing, which presented architects with the task of creating energy efficient, single-family, detached housing that minimises climate change emissions and can…

Today, the Los Angeles Business Council (LABC) honored the region’s finest architecture design projects, including the new Los Angeles Green Building Award, at the 38th Annual Los Angeles Architectural Awards. The Awards Program, which recognizes entire project teams (architects, developers and contractors), spotlighted the abundance of world-class architecture and sustainable…

PHA Markoe Street Collaboration a “superteam” of young talent in the city assembles to take on the design problem of sustainable affordable housing Markoe Street Housing: winning submission by Jibe Design, Philadelphia, 2008…