On the 30th anniversary of the AIA Committee on the Environment, it is time to reflect on the pioneers who took up the cause of sustainability (Metropolis among them) when few others would.
A new collaboration across the 3form family of companies finds eco-friendly synergies between brands including 3form, LightArt, EFI, and Springboard.
The Turó de la Peira Sports Center brings new amenities and a splash of green to a working-class neighborhood of Barcelona.
The administrators of the WELL Building Standard filled their office with plants and standing desks to achieve WELL Platinum.
The new center is the largest project in the southeast United States to pursue Living Building certification, widely regarded as the industry's most rigorous sustainability credential.
Located at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Building 668 is a massive simulator of new energy systems, tucked behind a semi-translucent facade.
Opinion: Prompted by the latest issue of Log, Mario Carpo offers a primer for understanding the nuances of carbon and “carbon form.”
A recent slew of open-source and open-access tools equip practitioners with the data they need to make more informed material and design choices.
The company is exploring every avenue to offset the carbon footprint of its manufacturing and operations—and then going further.
A range of new options can help architects and designers who are working to lower the embodied carbon footprint of their projects.
Workers in the building sector are uniquely positioned to make the demand for an ecologically responsible architecture and the renewable energy to operate it.
Moving away from its early exclusive focus on natural disasters, resilient architecture and design tackles the much tougher challenge of helping ecosystems regenerate.
Recent releases from Carnegie Fabrics and Maharam Design Studio up the ante for sustainable interiors.
The manufacturer has been committed to the Cradle to Cradle design philosophy, which embraces using recycled materials, for more than two decades.
Social impact was supposed to be central to sustainability from the start. What happened?
The energy already embodied in the built environment is a precious unnatural resource. It’s time to start treating it like one.
The CEO and founder of ecomedes gives us a behind-the-scenes analysis of ecolabel searches.
Through recycling programs and red list–free products, LightArt is setting itself up for its next goal, making products that are beneficial to the environment.
In probing the relationship between humans and nature, two major exhibitions question the very foundations of design practice.
Architects have finally begun taking a more nuanced approach to the carbon emitted by new buildings. Are they too late?
