With growing concerns about the construction industry's contribution to climate change, sustainable design is more important than ever. As the year comes to a close, we toast the best, most ...

In the 10th edition of its international conference titled “Urban Planning & Architectural Design for Sustainable Development (UPADSD),” IEREK plans to continue the conversation that ties urban ...

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When architecture is designed to balance performance, flexibility and resource efficiency, sustainability can become a ...

Nature has inspired humans in myriad ways from the beginning of time, but one of the relatively untapped applications of how nature can improve building structures comes in the form of architectural ...

Rural environments are often difficult to define in administrative and professional contexts and carry notable biases and complexities. Population and density thresholds are the most common ...

Integrating sustainable architecture integration into mainstream construction faces hurdles due to the failures of adopting ...

When talking about building a better future, concrete is often maligned as an out-of-date material that is bad for the environment. But is it as simple as that? We recast the debate. It takes real ...

Chad is a Principal and Global Practice Area Leader of Sciences at Gensler, the world’s largest global architecture and design firm. Chad believes in the aggregation of diverse design lenses, spanning ...

Modern "sustainable"' innovations in architecture are failing to slow climate change, but revisiting ancient knowledge and techniques found in traditional architecture could offer better solutions.

Originally published in German (Basel : Birkhäuser, 2013) with title: Materialrevolution 2 : nachhaltige und multifunktionale Materialien für Design und Architektur. Bioplastics and bio-based bonding ...

Architecture and design enter 2026 in a moment of renewed experimentation, urgent environmental reflection, and an expanded global dialogue on the built environment. As cities confront the pressures ...