Tag: green building

The thing about raw materials is that once they are melted down, you can't prove the source of the material. Same is true with gold, cucumbers and even forged products that look the same as the real thing. When it comes to steel, and how we produce it, it has a massive carbon problem. What's happening in Japan right now could change how we think about heavy industry and climate action.

Bjarke Ingels Group has won the competition to design the new Sankt Lukas Hospice and Lukashuset, a 8,500 m² palliative care center envisioned as a village nestled within nature. Building on the legacy of the Sankt Lukas Foundation, established in the 1930s, this project will significantly expand Denmark's palliative care capacity, tripling its current facilities to serve approximately 2,100 patients each year.

The new study on ancient concrete shows that while ancients didn't know exactly why the concrete they used worked chemically, even though it was a recipe they perfected, it may be a recipe for reducing climate change.

Green buildings refer to a structure that is resource-efficient and environmentally responsible throughout a building’s life-cycle, right from planning to designing, construction, operation, maintenance and so on.

We know that the wood industry is causing deforestation, harm to animals and people and climate change. A new UN project to track illegal timber is now set up, but play your part by making "smart wood" choices when building a new deck this summer, or winter if you are in temperate climates. 

The idea of starting your own business comes across our minds quite often. However, we tend to abandon the...

If we want to create progress in the Middle East in green building, architects, planners and investors need to move away from trendy ideas to going back to relationships with local traditions and cultures.

Going green doesn't come naturally to wealthy villa owners in the Gulf. An online real estate  company listed a seven...

For five years a set of unfinished twin towers have stood watch over Amman, Jordan, construction halted - allegedly...

An unnamed client hired London-based Baharash Architecture to design a luxury home that could fully function off the energy...

The design team of Henkin Irit and Shavit Zohar have converted a centuries-old building in Safed into a thoroughly...

An unnamed client hired London-based Baharash Architecture to design a luxury home that could fully function off the energy...