A solar-powered safari lodge in the Botswanan wilderness built from repurposed boardwalk planks. A subterranean apartment anchored by ceiling beams made from plastic bottles and construction dirt. A ...

CE; 0.1 ICC CEU; 0.1 IACET CEUThis course will provide insights into the performance, versatility and environmental benefits of GFRC facades.

The built environment is responsible for approximately 42% of annual global CO2 emissions. During a building's lifespan, half of these emissions come from its construction and demolition. To ...

The first Monday of October of every year marks World Architecture Day and World Habitat Day. Celebrated simultaneously, they both seek to shed light on the built environment and its challenges, ...

Building Sustainable Schools. This year’s competition awarded $1.8 million to support projects that accelerate the adoption of mass timber in the United States, with a dedicated focus on K-12 ...

Nature Research Intelligence Topics Topic summaries Built Environment and Design Architecture Sustainable Architecture Sustainable architecture is an integrative approach that seeks not only to ...

What if public art could also power an entire residential building? The SunRise Building, an apartment complex in Alberta, Canada, has answered that question — and is now the title holder of the ...

Sustainable construction is no longer a distant possibility, but a reality that shapes how we live now and how we will live ...

It was a recent and glorious autumn day at the Horse Island Research Station, a Yale property among the Thimble Islands off the coast of Branford. Outside, a group of birders, all Yale students, were ...

Sustainability has been at the forefront of Bangladesh’s goal of ending poverty and saving the environment. The United Nations and the government of Bangladesh have been working together for the ...