Sustainability

Projects January 27, 2020

Urban Beehive Project by Nine Yards Studio

The Urban Beehive Project was created with a vision to establish a community project that highlights the importance of pollinators and their role in a sustainable environment

News January 20, 2020

Twenty years in the planning, the International African American Museum is now under construction

On the waterfront site that was the port of arrival for nearly half of all enslaved Africans brought to North America in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, a long-anticipated museum dedicated to telling their stories and celebrating the contributions of their descendants has at last broken ground

Projects January 9, 2020

Drummondville Public Library by Chevalier Morales Architectes

Originating from an architectural competition, the Drummondville Library project transposes the historical, cultural and poetic essence of the region into a studied urban and architectural composition

News January 9, 2020

Henning Larsen to design Fælledby, Copenhagen’s first all timber neighborhood

Envisioned as 40 percent undeveloped nature, the Fælledby community illustrates how new developments can combine sustainable architecture and environmentalist principles to serve people and animals alike

News December 7, 2019

Foster + Partners launches its sustainability manifesto - COP25

Foster + Partners has launched its sustainability manifesto, revealing its methodology for greener projects and demonstrating the practice’s ongoing commitment towards achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement. Outlining a holistic sustainable approach, this methodology enables the measurement of embodied and operational carbon in each project.

News December 5, 2019

A “City Oasis”: MVRDV Designs Convention Centre with a Green Roof in Utrecht

MVRDV, alongside Utrecht’s exhibition, event, and conference centre Jaarbeurs, released the design for a new, green-roof-topped Jaarbeurs venue, along with a masterplan for the surrounding neighbourhood