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Explore - Green Architecture
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Light Box
For Tad Beck, making a home out of a stolid, windowless warehouse meant opening it up from the inside out.
written by: Fred A. Bernsteinphotos by: Dave Lauridsen01.15.09 -
Boston Translation
Boston's rich history is potently infused into its dense, bustling neighborhoods, where the same brick walls that once contained cobbler shops now house Internet startups. The adaptive reuse of...
written by: Sarah Richphotos by: Jason Lee03.16.09 -
Solid Gold
When it comes to material originality, this former tavern in Chicago’s trendy Bucktown neighborhood pulls out all the stops. Case in point? Colorful pieces of broken LPs are visible in the...
written by: Geoff Manaughphotos by: Doug Fogelson/DRFP01.23.09 -
Courtyard of Appeal
Like so many L.A. stories, the tale of the Courtyard House begins with a lucky break. One day in 2001, Thomas Robertson got a call from a friend he hadn’t seen in ages. The friend told him that his...
written by: David A. Greenephotos by: Maria Aufmuth01.25.09 -
Houston, We've Solved a Problem
A bird flying over Houston, Texas, sees only a sprawling canopy of trees. It seems the perfect nesting place for creatures both avian and human alike; unfortunately, the green ends at the tree line...
written by: Amara Holsteinphotos by: Jack Thompson01.25.09 -
A Green Approach
Architect Robert Swatt, designer of the GreenCity Lofts condo complex on the border of Oakland and Emeryville, California, makes no claim to longstanding environmental expertise.
written by: Reyhan Harmanciphotos by: Cesar Rubio02.01.09 -
Brand-New Secondhand
Fifteen minutes from downtown Seattle, architects Annie Han and Daniel Mihalyo transformed the neighborhood dump—a lot that had been vacant for 30 years—into their dream home.
written by: Amara Holsteinphotos by: Philip Newton11.04.09 -
Run by the Sun
In Holland, being green is not a choice, it's a governmentally enforced obligation. Architects Han van Zweiten and Gregory Kiss's project makes a case for obeying the law.
written by: Amara Holstein11.09.09 -
The New Pioneers
In the land of large mountain lodge wannabes, two California natives tuck Utah’s first LEED for Homes–rated house onto the side of Emigration Canyon.
written by: Jaime Gillinphotos by: Dustin Aksland07.01.10 -
Coast Docs
Law professor Carole Goldberg and sociology professor Duane Champagne both teach at the University of California, Los Angeles. Both have a love of books and cooking, and since marrying in 2003,...
written by: Emily Youngphotos by: Shawn Records06.30.10 -
Guys and Walls
With their light, white house that owes equal debts to its Nordic surroundings and to the Japanese provenance of its architects, a pair of design-minded art lovers are boldly making their mark on...
written by: Jane Szitaphotos by: Mark Seelen07.19.10 -
Creative Re-Use in Oakland
Stephen Shoup is the kind of person to see potential in things that others might miss. In 2005, looking for a property that would house himself and his design/build firm, building Lab inc., he...
written by: Kelly Vencill Sanchez02.28.11 -
See What Develops
By keeping the budget strict, the insulation tight, and its values clear, Philadelphia’s Postgreen Homes shows a little brotherly love for green, urban housing.
written by: Aaron Brittphotos by: Mark Mahaney03.22.11 -
Density Down Under
Six weeks after moving from a “gorgeous custom house with huge gardens” in a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand, into an apartment a few minutes from the city’s central business district, Roz Mawson...
written by: Deborah Bishopphotos by: Simon Devitt02.02.09 -
Sun Mun Way Cool
In Los Angeles, California, a family of four inhabits a polychrome fantasia in the heart of Chinatown. Formerly a restaurant, punk rock night club, and furniture warehouse, the Berniers’ loft is...
written by: David A. Greenephotos by: Bryce Duffy01.16.09 -
London Cooling
The Lighthouse, by British architects Sheppard Robson, seeks to redefine the future of residential energy by plugging into the sky itself.
written by: Geoff Manaugh01.22.09 -
L is for Longevity
Though tricked out with high-tech touches, this house’s greenest feature is decidedly low tech: the family’s intention to make it their lifelong home.
written by: Miyoko Ohtakephotos by: Jessica Haye and Clark Hsiao06.20.11 -
Second to None
With House 2.0, architect Pieter Weijnen demonstrates the exponential rate at which green design is advancing.
written by: Jane Szitaphotos by: Hans Peter Follmi08.17.11 -
Solar Inspiration
A husband-and-wife architect team proves a house can be good for the environment—and look great too.
written by: Sydney LeBlancphotos by: Marvin Rand01.19.09 -
LEEDing the Way
One day last April there was great excitement on Highland Avenue, a quiet, hilly street (on which this writer happens to live) of Craftsman bungalows and 1960s apartment buildings in the Ocean Park...
written by: Frances Andertonphotos by: Dave Lauridsen02.01.09
