Sustainable architecture
Theaster Gates’ Serpentine Pavilion “definitely” more sustainable than last year
BIG completes “world’s most environmentally friendly furniture factory” in Norway
UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard to “address current ambiguities around the much-used term”
Miller Hull Partnership and Woods Bagot design timber Sea-Tac airport expansion
Tower in Ontario becomes world’s tallest retrofitted Passivhaus structure
Solar Greenhouse is a prototype for “zero kilometre” food production and energy generation
Marc Thorpe designs Kampala houses made from local soil bricks
Valentino Gareri Atelier designs village made from 3D-printed cacao waste
Watch our live talk on how architecture can synergise with environmental systems as part of Velux’s Build for Life conference
Watch our live talk on beauty in sustainable architecture as part of Velux’s Build for Life conference
Norman Foster calls for “higher standards” on embodied carbon at COP26
Architects are “enablers of business as usual” say speakers at Built Environment Summit
“Sensible proposals that are not adopted indicate a failure of design thinking” says commenter
“A solution to our global housing and climate problems is hiding in plain sight”
Farmland informs design of Thaden School building in Arkansas by Eskew Dumez Ripple
Ten energy-saving homes designed to Passivhaus standards
Macdonald Wright Architects creates low-energy home in London as “scalable prototype”
“Wherever I work I must understand that place” says Marina Tabassum
“We must do better than 1,000 Trees”
McDonald’s opens “UK’s first net-zero restaurant”
Herzog & de Meuron unveils design for art museum facing the Mississippi River
Dezeen 15 festival highlights include Es Devlin calling for “code of conduct” for architects and designers
Dezeen and FSC present online lecture series with leading architects working with sustainable wood
