Green Architecture
Architecture and design that integrates natural systems, sustainable materials, and ecological restoration into built environments.
Breathing-scape: A Moss-Canopied Park in China That Treats Clean Air as a Shared Public Room
Winding trails, moon gates and arch bridges thread a park where tree-like moss canopies are proposed as filters for some of the world's most polluted air.
KPF Wraps a Taiwanese Waste Recycling Plant in a Public Fern Garden, Exhibition Hall and Roof Terrace
In Xiulin Township, Eastern Taiwan, TCC's DAKA recycling center puts its waste pit on public view and layers learning spaces around the machinery.
gaSSz arquitectos Builds a Demountable Circular-Economy Garden from Rubble and Tires in Madrid's Vicálvaro
In Vicálvaro, Madrid, a 2,400 m² garden of bolted yellow steel, rubble gabions and tire-rubber paving treats public space as a reversible material bank.
andblack design studio Wraps a Three-Generation Ahmedabad Home Around a Planted, Skylit Central Courtyard
In Ahmedabad, a 9,910 sq ft house uses exposed concrete, brick jali and a skylit green court to give three generations both distance and closeness.
CAW Arquitectos Stabilizes an Antofagasta Hillside with Planted Terraces and Slatted Timber Shade
In Antofagasta's Las Brisas sector, a 13,500 m² park uses vegetation, stone terraces and timber canopies as living infrastructure on unstable ground.
Atelier Meadow Inserts Red Stairs and Timber Volumes into a Young Chengdu Building to Create an Art Center
In Chengdu's Tianfu International Biotown, a 4,000 m² adaptive reuse treats a recently built frame as raw material for galleries, studios and a theatre.
caarpa Threads a Mint-Green Stair Between Two Reed-Roofed Glasshouses in a Private Genoa Garden
In a private garden in central Genoa, caarpa turns a modest level change into a stair, two reed-roofed glasshouses and a home for hens.
Protoplain Architects Rebuilds Four Forest Restrooms in Taichung with Taiwan-Grown Bamboo
In Taichung's Basianshan forest recreation area, four public toilets use domestic bamboo and four construction methods to give each its own character.
Aguirre Arquitetura Splits a Yoga Studio in Uberlândia into Steel Pavilions Threaded with Gardens
In Uberlândia, Brazil, Premavati Yoga Space breaks its program into steel blocks set between tropical gardens to recover a countryside calm in the city.
+K Architects Opens Up a São Paulo Building with Pivoting Glass for Greenpeace Brazil's Headquarters
In São Paulo, a retrofit swaps sealed glazing for pivoting panes, steel-and-glass rooms and vines, giving an environmental NGO an office that breathes.
taller paralelo and HRBT Raise a Glulam Greenhouse Roof over a Mexico City Community Orchard
A 36-metre timber and steel-cable canopy in Mexico City shelters fruit trees, exhibitions and a library under a translucent saw-tooth roof.
Overseas Oasis: A Sloped Green Roof That Lets the Park Climb Onto a Community Center
An Amsterdam community center pairs a walkable lawn roof with mesh-clad mobile rooms where students from abroad can meet local residents.
