Green Roof
Integrating vegetation into building design and urban landscapes to create functional, ecological, and aesthetic spaces.
D Environmental Design System Laboratory Sinks an Ancient Pit Dwelling into a Passive House in Japan
In a quiet residential district of Iwata, a sunken garden replaces fire as the thermal heart of a cedar-framed home.
Wheeler Kearns Architects Grows a Working Greenhouse That Doubles as a Dining Hall on a Michigan Farm
A prefabricated Dutch Venlo greenhouse hosts seedling production, farm-to-table dinners, and community life in Three Oaks, Michigan.
BLDUS Builds a Bamboo Counterpoint to Philip Johnson's Glass House in Historic Anacostia
A 700-square-foot LEED Platinum structure in Washington D.C. rethinks transparency through willow, wool, and bamboo.
Vincent Callebaut Wraps 113 Montpellier Homes in Shell-Like Bioclimatic Facades
On the site of a former military school near Montpellier's historic center, sinuous exoskeletons breathe with the Mediterranean climate.
Caret Studio Gives a Tuscan Town Its Living Room Back with a Pink Glulam Pavilion
A rose-terracotta roof in Borgo San Lorenzo turns a historic fairground into a year-round civic stage for the Mugello region.
Vertical Park with Iranian Garden Approach
A vertical green architecture concept that reimagines urban parks through Iranian garden principles in dense metropolitan environments.
An Educational Urban Farm on a Parisian Rooftop: Learning, Cultivation, and Climate Intelligence by rerum architectes
A rooftop educational farm in Paris combining greenhouse, learning spaces, and urban agriculture to teach sustainability through architecture and cultivation.
Climate Membrane: Timber Ribs and Circular Geometry Shield Children from Urban Pollution
A shortlisted Form Follows Climate entry proposes a wood-framed community dome that filters air, buffers seasons, and centers child safety.
Restaurant by GreenHouse: A Diamond Lattice That Dissolves Architecture into Garden
Amir Ahmed's parametric dining concept fuses a diamond-patterned shell with living greenery, turning a restaurant into a breathing ecosystem.
Ellipse Greenhouse by SAW.EARTH – Innovative Community Garden Architecture in Brooklyn
Ellipse Greenhouse by SAW.EARTH is a student-built, ellipsoidal Brooklyn greenhouse using cedar and copper, maximizing sunlight for community gardening.
Shelters on Slope (SS) Garden by RAD+ar – A Sunken Green Oasis in Jakarta
Shelters on Slope Garden by RAD+ar integrates sunken courtyards, green roofs, and flexible shelters, creating a sustainable urban sanctuary in Jakarta.
Natural Island: Urban Farming and Market Life Fused Under a Rolling Green Canopy
Sergei Boranov's Nine Elms proposal layers wholesale markets, farm laboratories, and housing beneath a continuous agricultural landscape.
