LEED v4 is here.

It's a ritual; they pick the ten top products and I complain that they are not sexy. This year is different.

It's like watching paint dry.

Will NEOM be "an aspirational society that heralds the future of human civilization" or "a totalitarian surveillance state"?

Mike Eliason, an American architect working in Germany, explains.

The skin of MVRDV's new Milestone office building is very busy.

It may well be more Jane Jacobs and Stewart Brand than it is Bjarke Ingells.

We have been saying for years that building materials should be healthy and high fiber like the food we eat, and now Perdue delivers.

Katherine Salant writes in the Washington Post:Can a big house be green? Yes, but a smaller house will always be greener because fewer resources were used in its construction and less energy is needed to heat and

It was designed to stay cool without air conditioning, and the green roof was part of the strategy.

It also pushes the limit of what we mean by historic preservation.

We are going to need a new term that binds them all together. A lecture in 20 slides.

Really, this trend should be nipped in the bud.

Blouin Tardif Architectes do a beautiful adaptive reuse and addition in Montreal.

Finally, people are beginning to take this issue seriously.

But some people are beginning to take the issue seriously. Anthony Pak writes a good article about it for Canadian Architect.

Growing up in California, I was never really scared of earthquakes -- they happened frequently and most caused little, if any,

We have to reconsider what is "acceptable for how houses should look and feel."

Leed is for wimps; the Living Building Challenge really pushes the building envelope.

The future of green building depends on what comes out of our soil.

When made from the right materials, buildings can be a solution, not a problem.

Studies show that taller buildings are simply less efficient, and don't even give you any more useable area. Why bother?

Natural materials are the only ones that sequester carbon rather than produce it.

After seeing the stunning Dymaxion car built by architect Norman Foster in Abitare and the Guardian, I wrote "I want one." Not that an eleven-seater is particularly useful, but it is just so gorgeous. Over at Metropolis,

They were wonderful mathematical constructs, but they are terrible buildings.

Some pretty smart designers, builders and consultants have a pretty good idea for a sensible building standard.

And GO Logic shows again that they really do with the Little House on the Ferry.

It's a mix of good design, a tough standard and sophisticated engineering.

Waugh Thistleton Architects demonstrate how we should be building for a low carbon future.

The Bristol Cargo Bike project is creating a "light weight mega geared micro logistics vehicle of choice for a city of hills."

Proof that buildings from the 70s and 80s can be fixed well instead of demolished: Perkins + WIll gets the highest LEED score in America.

The Aral Sea, Central Asia's most (in)famous body of water, has become a global symbol of environmental mismanagement. But at least one government in the region doesn't seem to have

It seems that you can build just about anything out of wood.

Here is another reason to hate the Hudson Yards in New York City.

Although the term “Passive House” might seem to refer to single family homes, these concepts can be applied to all kinds of buildings.

The Brooklyn Journalist covered this project like a blanket, and looks at some of the detailed claims.

People are finally beginning to take this issue seriously.

There has been a profound change in the green movement over the last five years, the realization that solar panels on the roof and bamboo sheets on the bed are not enough; that where you live matters far more.

A blog confuses corrugated metal with containers on a project that could have been interesting for its own sake.

I write often about the lessons that one can learn from old buildings, usually discussing ventilation and lighting. It turns out that there are lessons in security and defence as well; Eli Lehrer of Frum Forum notices some

"People are visible Wednesday, June 6, 2007, on the beach in Dauphin Island, Ala., where a section of the $4 million protective sand berm was washed away by higher-than-usual tides over the weekend. An intact section of the berm can be seen in the

A seasoned dumpster diver who lived without cash for a year, Mark Boyle—aka the Moneyless Man—knows more than most about getting by without money. Having explored how to travel without cash, he's

They got this one right.

A condo in Manhattan and a mixed use 12 story building in Portland get a boost.

The Templar Block in Hamilton Ontario pushes a lot of buttons.

Let's hope that unlike the Oscars, they make the right choices and open the right envelopes.

Building and living in a tiny house can be a big step toward living more sustainably, but using repurposed salvaged building materials to build one might be the Holy Grail of green living.

Want to build your own tiny house? Clueless about where to start? Check out this Instructables tutorial.

Yes, but not necessarily in the way you think.

Can digital fabrication and robotic construction techniques help reduce the carbon emissions of concrete?