Green Building
Architecture and design projects that integrate environmental sustainability, renewable energy, and ecological principles into building design.
+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.
Bamboo Block: A Modular Playground System for Refugee Children Built on a 2m Grid
Bamboo, rammed earth, and a repeating spatial module turn a constrained refugee camp site into a landscape of play and learning.
Bunkertecture: A Winning Proposal That Turns a Missile Silo into a Daily Underground Community
A decommissioned missile silo becomes a self-sufficient settlement where housing, farming and work run every day, not only when disaster strikes.
Team MIMO Builds a Glue-Free Timber Housing Prototype for the Solar Decathlon in Wuppertal
A compact two-storey research building made of solid wood modules tests how minimal material impact can yield maximum communal output.
Positive Energy House: A Net-Positive Residential Renovation in Shenzhen
Net-positive renovated home in Shenzhen uses layered insulation, passive ventilation, and solar roofs to generate surplus energy sustainably.
Productive Organism: A Mumbai Thesis That Treats Peripheral Housing as a Tool for Ecological Repair
Amod Nargund's thesis for Marve, Malvani layers mangrove ecology, adaptive housing and water cycles into a habitat that works like a living organism.
Form Follows Climate: Passive Design Principles Shape a Children's Learning Space in Mainz
Three stepped volumes, rammed earth cores, and thermal buffer zones create a climate-responsive kindergarten along the Rhine.
Our Generations Define the Future: A Climate-Resilient Daycare in Miami
A four-storey daycare for 100 children uses geopolymer cement, photovoltaic curtain walls, and passive cooling to answer Miami's tropical monsoon climate.
Creative Incubator: Vernacular Architecture as a Framework for Collaboration in Varkala
A shortlisted cultural campus in Kerala weaves hexagonal libraries, open-air theatres, and modular studios into Varkala's coastal terrain.
CITIC International Building in Shenzhen by gmp Architects: Iconic Sustainable Office Tower
The CITIC International Building in Shenzhen by gmp Architects is a 258m sustainable office tower featuring sky gardens, terraces, and public amenities.
Immigrant Family's Dream: Vertical Sanctuary for Displaced Lives in Beirut
A humanitarian housing proposal on Bani Kahtan Street transforms Syrian cultural memory into a healing, light-filled residential tower.
Greenhouse for the Coexistence of Plants and Humans – Sustainable Architecture by salazarsequeromedina
A sustainable Peruvian greenhouse blending plant cultivation and social living, using vernacular design, recycled materials, and a shared microclimate.
