— Autodesk, Inc. and the American Institute of Architects (AIA) have announced the results of the 2008 Autodesk/AIA Green Index, an annual survey that measures how AIA members are practicing ...

The Green Building Initiative (GBI) and The American Institute of Architects (AIA) have announced an alignment to accelerate sustainability, health and wellness, and resilience in the built ...

"Basic design requirements now include not only sustainability but also health and wellness attributes." Memphis Business Journal asked local architecture and design firms what green building trends ...

Green building methods and sustainable architecture focus on environmentally responsible and energy-efficient construction practices. They aim to minimize negative environmental impacts not only ...

The American Institute of Architects announces its 2011 list of the best examples of sustainable architecture and green design solutionsBy Bryan Walsh Brooks + Scarpa This apartment/office complex is ...

Living room walls made of recycled newsprint and carpet pads. Kitchen cabinets from glued-together chips of recycled wood. Counter tops of used carpet, bottle shards, vinyl records and computer parts.

In 1981, architects Andrés Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk broke ground on the vacation town of Seaside, Fla. Seaside was a planned community designed to cut through the (then-literal) smog of ...

According to Live Kindly, sustainable architecture is “any architecture that attempts to limit the negative environmental impact of building construction and operation.” There are a few formal ...

On a site in Berlin currently home to old, ugly oilfield tanks, a revitalized district called WerkBundStadt is in the works. ingenhoven architects, along with 32 other firms, are designing residential ...

The creation of quality affordable housing, long a concern in New York City, has taken on added urgency in recent years, particularly as Mayor Bill de Blasio has made it the centerpiece of his agenda.

Does calling a building “green” mean it’s healthy? Not according to researchers from the nonprofit research institution Silent Spring, who found dozens of harmful chemicals in newly renovated, ...

The building materials that are used to construct our homes absolutely make a difference to our human and planetary health. And while we can pick up a bag of chips or box of cereal and read the ...