The American Institute of Architects Select the 2017 COTE Top Ten Awards
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Committee on the Environment (COTE) have selected this year’s recipients of the Top Ten Awards, the industry’s premier program celebrating sustainable design excellence. Now....
Orwellian nightmare or workplace nirvana?
The Edge, the world’s most intelligent smart building, turns a traditional office environment upside down
The work day may start the same as anywhere else, but the minute employees enter The....
Eye to the future
Visionary pyramid-shaped highrise in Manhattan turning heads around the world
With an eye focused squarely on the future, Danish architecture firm Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) is turning heads around the world....
Faster than a jet plane
Hyperloop concept for world’s first high-speed transportation system to be tested in Dubai
Imagine, just for a minute, that a journey from Toronto to Montreal – currently requiring about five hours....
Above all else
Highest wooden building in the world to be built in Amsterdam
Beginning in 2017, construction of the tallest timber tower in the world will get underway on the banks of the....
Rainforest in the desert
Dubai’s Rosemont Hotel and Residences to feature stunning artificial world
It’s common knowledge that Dubai, on the southeast coast of the Persian Gulf, is well-known as a business hub extraordinaire with....
Living green
Times Group continues to lead the way with its environmentally-friendly Key West condo project
With a track record that speaks for itself, Times Group’s commitment to environmentally sustainable development is second....
The straight goods on green building and energy-efficient home design
By William Hirsch
Green building is the catch phrase for the creation of houses that are energy-efficient and environmentally responsible in their design and construction.
I’m old enough to remember the first Earth....
The role of new development in the future of green cities
How architecture and engineering promote sustainable lifestyles in urban centres
Developers build for the future. But only recently has sustainability become a major factor for the industry. Over the last decade,....
A glimpse of Toronto’s future
The Bjarke Ingels Group’s King Street West design melds suburban sensibilities with cityscape
It’s not exactly a walk on the wild side, but standout architecture firm Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has....
