2018 | Green Building

Yearly Archives: 2018

TIMES GROUP Special Issue

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The Blloku Cube is the first building project by Stefano Boeri Architetti in Tirana

Located in the heart of Tirana, in the same urban district as the historical residence of Albanian Communist Party leader Enver Hoxha, the Blloku Cube is the new multifunctional center....

BIG’S PLEATED SKYSCRAPER COMPLETES IN SHENZHEN

Images by Chao Zhang The new home for Shenzhen Energy Company looks different because it performs differently: the building skin is developed to maximize the sustainable performance and workplace comfort in....

Brisbin Brook Beynon Architects bring Vertical Forest concept to Toronto

Vertical Forest is a model for a sustainable residential building, a project for metropolitan reforestation contributing to the regeneration of the environment and urban biodiversity without the implication of expanding....

FOREST CITY – the world’s first three-dimensional modern residential project

Forest City, situated on four man-made islands in Iskande, Malaysia is the largest mixed-used urban environment in Southeast Asia. Designed by Sasaki Associates, the master plan for Forest City seeks....

Sustainable Living in ReGen Villages

ReGen Villages is a new visionary model for the development of off-grid, integrated and resilient eco-villages that can power and feed self-reliant families around the world. ReGen stands for regenerative, where....

Safdie Architects completes its Eiling Residences in China

Located on a broad hillside site adjacent to Chongqing’s well-known Eling Park, the design for the Eling Residences grows out of and echoes the dramatic natural topography of the site. The....

“Svart” – the World’s First Energy Positive Hotel Concept Above the Arctic Circle

“Svart” is the first building to be built after the energy positive Powerhouse standard in a Northern climate. Not only does this new hotel reduce its yearly energy consumption by....

Summer 2018

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evolv1

Canada’s first Zero Carbon Building - Design project The uniquely modern evolv1 urban office building in Waterloo, Ontario, is the first-ever project to receive a Zero Carbon Building – Design certification under CaGBC’s Zero Carbon....