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• Green Roofed London Hotel is Buried Underground

  
  The Far Edge — Authority: 156
  This five star hotel is going under – underground that is! Designed by ReardonSmith Architects for a proposed development at Hersham Golf Club in Surrey, London, this new subterranean hotel will pay its ultimate respects to London’s Green Belt by placing all 200+ guest rooms underneath it! The entire scheme ...
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• Green renovation program starts

  
  Cuyahoga County Planning Commission Weblog — Authority: 437
  The City of South Euclids Green Neighborhoods Initiative is underway . The program s first house is on Wilmington Road, and its renovations should be finished by spring.
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• Themes, Memes and Dreams in a Decade of Architecture

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 720
  The blogs are full of “best of the year” lists, but architecture moves more slowly – it takes a long time for ideas to get built, technologies to evolve and for knowledge to spread. Instead, we look at the themes and memes of the past decade of architecture in TreeHugger. From the rise of modern prefab to ...
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• Green Roofed London Hotel is Buried Underground

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 720
  This five star hotel is going under – underground that is! Designed by ReardonSmith Architects for a proposed development at Hersham Golf Club in Surrey, London, this new subterranean hotel will pay its ultimate respects to London’s Green Belt by placing all 200+ guest rooms underneath it! The entire scheme ...
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• SAKO Architects’ Jenga-Like Building Provides Optimum Sunshine

  
  The Far Edge — Authority: 156
  What’s black and white and sunny all over? It’s the BUMPS housing complex in Beijing , created by SAKO Architects . Typical buildings in China face north and south, but SAKO’s design rotates the buildings 45 degrees from the north-south axis to provide maximum exposure to sunlight . The designers also ...
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• SAKO Architects’ Jenga-Like Building Provides Optimum Sunshine

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 720
  What’s black and white and sunny all over? It’s the BUMPS housing complex in Beijing , created by SAKO Architects . Typical buildings in China face north and south, but SAKO’s design rotates the buildings 45 degrees from the north-south axis to provide maximum exposure to sunlight . The designers also ...
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• Singapore’s Largest Garden Project Unveiled

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 720
  Designs have just been released for Bay South, an incredible botanical preserve topped with super-tall solar trees that is set to be Singapore’s largest garden project. Conceived by Grant Associates , the 101-hectare expanse of lush green space will be situated right next to the Marina Bay resort and will ...
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• The Oldest, Tallest, Largest Commercial Buildings Since Energy Star Was Born

  
  A Green Zone — Authority: 154
  Credit: Flickr via Duchamp . Here’s some Energy Star trivia for those family or friendly get-togethers. How old is the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Energy Star program for commercial buildings ? Answer: 10. And what are some of the milestones the program has seen since its inception? Let the games begin, ...
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• Parma sustainability legislation

  
  Cuyahoga County Planning Commission Weblog — Authority: 437
  Five ordinances introduced in Parma City Council were developed by students in the sustainability program at Baldwin-Wallace College. The legislation would establish a mixed-use zoning classification, legalize rain barrel installation, permit green roofs, allow bicyclists to use the sidewalks in some areas, and ...
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• Stunning Swiss House is Buried Under the Earth

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 720
  In a location as picturesque as Vals, Switzerland , it’s difficult to imagine any new construction that wouldn’t impose on the beautiful landscape. So when the rare opportunity was granted to construct a new dwelling just a stone’s throw away from the famed Vals thermal baths , it was of paramount importance ...
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• Stacked Shipping Container Pavilion Rises at COP15

  
  The Far Edge — Authority: 156
  As COP15 delegations continue in Copenhagen, Danish architects MAPT have erected a striking pavilion composed of a set of old shipping containers stacked up like building blocks. The recycled pavilion will host an interactive exhibit focusing on urban sustainability, and the interior of the structure is ...
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• Solar Powered Sundial Building Is No Birds Nest

  
  A Green Zone — Authority: 154
  The International Solar Cities Initiative conference is in Dezhou, China next year, so they built a conference center with a giant sundial that has everything but the gnomon. Jetson Green tells us that the the 75,000 square meter (807,293 square feet) center includes exhibition centers, scientific research facilities, ...
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• Stacked Shipping Container Pavilion Rises at COP15

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 720
  As COP15 delegations continue in Copenhagen, Danish architects MAPT have erected a striking pavilion composed of a set of old shipping containers stacked up like building blocks. The recycled pavilion will host an interactive exhibit focusing on urban sustainability, and the interior of the structure is ...
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• Dochodo Zoo Island is an Eden at Sea

  
  The Far Edge — Authority: 156
  It sounds like the plot of the movie Jurassic Park (minus the dinosaurs), but JDS Architects’ have created an incredible plan for a zoo located on the South Korean island of Dochodo. The island could, according to the architecture firm, be a “case study to define a tourist region based on sustainable ...
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• Dochodo Zoo Island is an Eden at Sea

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 720
  It sounds like the plot of the movie Jurassic Park (minus the dinosaurs), but JDS Architects’ have created an incredible plan for a zoo located on the South Korean island of Dochodo. The island could, according to the architecture firm, be a “case study to define a tourist region based on sustainable ...
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• San Francisco’s Transamerica Building Gets LEED Gold

  
  The Far Edge — Authority: 156
  Just yesterday, one of our favorite mayors, Gavin Newsom in one of our favorite cities, San Francisco , announced that SF’s landmark Transamerica Pyramid Building , will now be classified as one of the greenest in the nation ! That’s right, the famous San Francisco landmark was awarded LEED Gold ...
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• San Francisco’s Transamerica Building Gets LEED Gold

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 720
  Just yesterday, one of our favorite mayors, Gavin Newsom in one of our favorite cities, San Francisco , announced that SF’s landmark Transamerica Pyramid Building , will now be classified as one of the greenest in the nation ! That’s right, the famous San Francisco landmark was awarded LEED Gold ...
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• Lofty Reuse: Green Apartments Where Bono and Bowie Went Gold

  
  A Green Zone — Authority: 154
  Recycled surfboard backsplash and tankless water heater in cool eco-kitchen. Tiles made of recycled skateboards create a kitchen sink backsplash, electric car charging are installed in each parking spot. There are also dual flush toilets and re-claimed Black Forest Walnut — among the many green design elements at ...
  2 weeks ago

• Environmental Stewardship Improves Students’ Test Scores

  
  A Green Zone — Authority: 154
  Image credit: Jose Kevo /Flickr Educators in Louisiana have found that students who participate in special environmentally-themed lessons perform better on tests. In a recent study, middle school students had eight hands-on lessons in horticulture, administered by the Coastal Roots program. After the lessons, students ...
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• Vancouver 2010 Promises Greenest Olympic Games Ever

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 720
  From the world’s largest hydrogen bus fleet to a six-acre multi-use Olympic Oval , British Columbia appears determined to host the “ greenest games ever ” in Vancouver come February. The city has constructed a series of stunning sustainably-built structures in preparation for upcoming events, and has also ...
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