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…

On Friday June 6th, Dwell hosted 2008 Dwell Wacom Live Ecodesign Challenge at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA) in downtown Los Angeles.  This “video-game-tournament-meets Iron-Chef-style” competition matched 8 rendering artists to create the best 2D renderings of sustainable and modular homes…

The winners of the 2008 International Design Awards Land & Sea competition for sustainability were celebrated at a reception on Monday, May 21, bringing together an enthusiastic selection of the 30,000 attendees of this year’s International Contemporary Furniture Fair and the IDA jurors for a peek at fourteen of the…

The Buckminster Fuller Institute is pleased to announce that “Comprehensive Design for a Carbon Neutral World: The Challenge of Appalachia”, submitted by Dr. John Todd, has been selected as the winner of the 2008 Buckminster Fuller Challenge.

Projects showcase excellence in sustainable design principles and reduced energy consumption Washington, D.C., April 22, 2008 The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and its Committee on the Environment (COTE) have selected the top ten examples of sustainable architecture and green design solutions that protect and enhance the environment.…