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Today’s Architectural Style; Lead by Sun Light & Power
Architecture has progressed through many different styles and all someone here in the U.S. has to do to see a variety of those styles is to drive through any major city. Glance to your left and right,...
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Here’s to Hydration
I’ve never understood the reasons behind buying cases of bottled water for in-home use. Maybe I don’t associate with this because I grew up in Colorado, as a farm and country girl, where when you were...
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Zero Waste Systems; A Cycle Following Nature’s Design
I write about sustainable practices and products every article. But the process that needs the most attention for our economy to become truly sustainable is the products’ entire life-cycle process...
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Experts Call for Wildlife Conservation Network
Vicky Meretsky from Indiana University and co-authors make a persuasive case for protecting at-risk wildlife species and their habitats. We agree. Read the press release below from AAAS. Vicky...
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Maasai Tribe Receives Sustainable Technology from Monarch Power
Many under developed countries greatly need the sustainable technologies that have begun to be implemented into first-world countries. Monarch Power is making large strides in helping this happen. The...
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SWITCH’s New LED Replacement to Incandescent Light Bulbs
I work for a lighting company in Denver as a Lighting and Design Consultant and I cannot tell you how many times in a week that people will tell me they do not want to use a more sustainable light...
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Treehouses All Grown Up in Stunning Architectural Designs
Some of the best, most inspiring modern architectural designs that work with nature also are a remarkable play on childhood fantasies. An earlier article by Glenn Meyers discussed floating homes....
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Eco-Industrial Parks and Steam Loop-powered Districts Can Change City Designs
New ideas and old technologies both equally interest me. I am encouraged by the merging of the two and what developments they may create. As a student I do not always have time to research every new...
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Hyatt at Olive 8 Receives LEED Silver, Gold Green Seal and Green Key Eco-Rating
LEED is discussed a lot in sustainable ratings of buildings but there are other certifications that buildings can achieve and theses certificates and ratings are achieved through many different...
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CSO Arquitectura’s Modular Housing System: SAVMS
I keep hearing more and more about modular housing and the technology is very impressive but when will I hear of someone I know actually buying and living in one? Perhaps the key to getting this as...
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Study: Environmental Policies Matter for Growing Megacities
A new study shows clean-air regulations have dramatically reduced acid rain in the United States, Europe, Japan and South Korea over the past 30 years, but the opposite is true in fast-growing East...
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Case Study: Eagleyew – A High Efficiency Natural Building on Vancouver...
The Story of Eagleyew: A High Efficiency Natural Building on Vancouver Island, B.C., Canada I’m pleased to say that I have been building Natural Buildings for a number of years now. My work has taken...
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Growing Up With Vertical Gardens
The following is a short photo summary of a new trendy way to be green in tight urban situations. It is growing gardens in a new direction, literally, vertical. These vertical gardens can be very...
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The Living is the Winner
Annually the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and MoMA PS1 recognize upcoming, young architects from the Young Architects Program (YAP). YAP was established in 2000 and designed to solidify the affiliation...
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Can a Bubble Protect Beijing?
There was a silly movie called Bubble Boy that was released in 2001. It was about a boy who did not have an immune system so he lived his life in a bubble. Can places adapt this same bubble-like...
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A Bright Beginning: U2 Adapter Campaign
There are tons of inventions that may be small in scale but are big in economical value. Simply put, finding another use for an item that will go in the trash is a huge value. There are multiple web...
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Prototype Transitional Housing in Hong Kong
Hong Kong is a city, like many others, that is facing huge population and industrial growth but does not have housing enough to meet all those needs. There are more than 280,000 individuals living in...
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What is Life Cycle Assessment?
Life cycle assessment (LCA) looks at the environmental impacts of a building material over the entire life of the material, from extraction to disposal. LCA attempts to quantify these impacts for the...
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Shigeru Ban is Awarded The 2014 Pritzker Architecture Prize
Everyone has their heroes, their role-models, their if-I-could-be-like-anyone-it-would-be persons and I am no different. I wrote about his past accomplishments, including his cardboard cathedral and...
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AIA’s Top Ten 2014 List
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) released its Top Ten Projects of 2014. In alphabetical order, they are: Arizona State University Student Health Services Building Bud Clark Commons Bushwick...
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