Singapore’s Ecological EDITT Tower

“Currently pending construction in Singapore, the EDITT Tower will be a paragon of ‘Ecological Design In The Tropics’. Designed by TR Hamzah & Yeang and sponsored by the National University of Singapore, the 26-story high-rise will boast photovoltaic panels, natural ventilation, and a biogas generation plant all wrapped within an insulating living wall that covers half of its surface area. The verdant skyscraper was designed to increase its location’s bio-diversity and rehabilitate the local ecosystem in Singapore’s ‘zeroculture’ metropolis.”

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Forest Corridor – Highway Noise Barrier | archdaily

“The ‘Forest Corridor’ proposal has won one of the 2nd prizes (Professional Category) in the Open International Competition for Noise Barrier/Enclosure organized by the Hong Kong Government. Designed by BREAD Studio, the project gives an alternative insight to the noise mitigation structure design in the dense urban environment of the city.”

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Washington, DC is finally getting a green waterfront development to be proud of.  A 42-acre redevelopment along the Anacostia River, The Yards will comprise some 1.8 million square feet of office space, 400,000 square feet of retail and cultural spaces, 2,700 rental and for-sale homes, and a significant riverfront park and esplanade.  With a great in-town location along a Metro line and only a few blocks from the US Capitol, and with some excellent green features, the project has been certified gold under the LEED for Neighborhood Development pilot program. Read more.

Rendering of The Yards by Forest City Washington via DCYards.com

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Foster + Partners’ Aldar Central Market Adds a Vibrant Green Roof to Abu Dhabi | inhabitat

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How to Incorporate Design in Low-Income Housing Projects

The project is located at East 156th Street and Brook Avenue and is a 20-story, 222-unit building for working-class people. But what is unusual and unique about Via Verde with many other public housing projects is its emphasis on improving the quality of the health of its residents. And unlike the Soviet-style brutalist style of architecture, the planners of Via Verde, who were selected in an architectural competition, placed an importance on aesthetics and quality design not often seen in low-income housing projects, which often prioritize maximizing the number of apartment units.

Unlike so many public-housing projects, Via Verde rethinks the mix of private and public spaces to encourage residents to spend time outside, in the fresh air. It breaks the mold of subsidized housing whereby clinics, low-income rentals and home ownership are all conceived, financed and regulated separately. Piecing them together, it takes the healthier, holistic tack. Healthy design comes down to fundamentals in this case: air, light, places to stroll, things to look at.

Carey Jones’s Vauxhall Cross Eco-Tower

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Eco-Designing Hong Kong

by Vincent Callebaut Architecs

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NL Architects Unveils Ascending Green-Roofed Staircase Office | Inhabitat

“NL Architects recently unveiled a beautiful green-roofed office complex for the Welfare Department and Work Agency of the City of Groningen in the Netherlands. Featuring ample amounts of daylight, large open public spaces, and an ascending series of terraced green roofs, the new SoZaWe office is sure to welcome the citizens who come in for assistance while inspiring for the employees who work there.”

Cleaved Apartment Complex in London Creates Its Own Garden Views | Inhabitat

“Whitehorse Street Apartments in London is located on Whitehorse Street in the prestigious Mayfair district. The lot only has a small street frontage with the bulk of the available building space located on an inner site. In order to make the apartments desirable, Studio Seilern Architects decided to create their own views, by putting a garden on the entire first floor and splitting the complex in two to create room for a beautiful set of vertical gardens.

“The vertical garden cuts the complex in two, and windows and balconies of the apartment will be covered in vegetation. Eventually as the plants mature, ivy will cascade down the glass-fronted apartments.”

West Loop Park Infuses Chicago With Green Urban Space | Inhabitat

Bustler: London Bridge is Going Green

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From the book EcoMasterplanning by architect and urban planner Ken Yeang

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Green-Roofed Hillside Homes | Inhabitat

“Austrian architects Tobias Weiss and Gernot Reisenhofer have designed a beautiful series of terraced hillside homes that save energy by blending into their environment. Nestled against the surrounding hills, each green-roofed apartment takes advantage of passive solar design, rainwater recycling, and photovoltaic sunshades.”

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Green Roof for Transbay Transit Center in San Francisco | worldarchitecturenews.com

Forwarding Dallas | architecturelab.net

In downtown Dallas, a former parking lot is set to be transformed into one of the first truly sustainable building blocks in the United States. “Forwarding Dallas” by Portuguese architects Atelier Data and Moov will feature roof gardens and 100% renewable energy supply.