Concrete Greenery

Architecture as a major contributor in the environmental movement

Implications - The environment has become a part of the everyday thought process. The world is continuing to build and grow with a slightly different composition. The recent push for eco-architecture has brought about the production of energy-saving, emission-reducing and fully sustainable buildings.

Trend Themes

  1. Eco-architecture — The push for eco-architecture has brought about the production of energy-saving, emission-reducing and fully sustainable buildings.
  2. Sustainable Communities — The competition to design sustainable structures within a community centered around a better future with each other and with nature.
  3. Green Energy — The Zuidkas design of glass encased and uses co-fermented plant waste and toilet water in order to heat up tap water and other parts of the structure.

Industry Implications

  1. Construction — Eco-Architecture has brought about the production of energy-saving, emission-reducing and fully sustainable buildings.
  2. Renewable Energy — Green Energy aspects of eco-architecture push the production and use of renewable energy sources like solar or biogas energy.
  3. Sustainable Development — Sustainable Communities competition helps design sustainable structures within a community centered around a better future with each other and with nature.
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Featured Examples

Facial-Feature Flats
Facial-Feature Flats
Fiona Winzar's Eyelid House is the Perfect Form of Public Privacy
I thoroughly enjoy both the design and concept behind the Eyelid House by Fiona Winzar Architects. The house (Melbourne, Australia) was built for a family of five on a tight urban lot. The main challenge… MORE
Evolved Ecotecture
Evolved Ecotecture
Zuidkas Sustainable Skyscraper Helps Prepare for the Future
In order to save our planet we need to work on the things we already have. The Zuidkas study was tackled by Architectenbureau’s Paul de Ruiter. The goal of de Ruiter's designs was to create or evolve… MORE
Solar-Powered Shopping Malls
Solar-Powered Shopping Malls
Japan's Aeon and Oasis 21 Green Architecture
It looks like ultra-techie Japan may be leading the world’s efforts to build green buildings. The Aeon shopping mall near Yonago and the Oasis21 mall in the city of Nagoya are beautiful and inspiring feats… MORE
Corporation Green-Quarters
Corporation Green-Quarters
WWF Netherlands is a Powerful Step Towards Sustainability
Step by step we (the world) continue to slowly but surely jump onto the eco-train. As much as it’s a personal change that members of society need to think about, it is always a good sign when a major… MORE
Eco-Complex Competitions
Eco-Complex Competitions
Standard Design's Co-Op Canyon is a Cornucopia of Community
Inspired by the cliff dwellings of the Anasazi Indians, Standard (LA-based design firm) has designed the Co-Op Canyon for the Re:Vision Dallas competition. The Co-Op Canyon emphasizes (based on Anasazi)… MORE
Eco-Savvy Synagogues
Eco-Savvy Synagogues
Purchased Sanctuary Converted Into Environmentally-Friendly Home
This building has gone from synagogue to 5-room residence and finally to one green haven. The eco-sanctuary located in East Village, NY was purchased by Dominique Camacho and Gary Hirschkron. The couple… MORE
play_circle_filledRetrofitted Green Roofs
Retrofitted Green Roofs
'The Flat' Condo in LA Gets Rooftop Vegetable Garden
We’ve been seeing a ton of green and living rooftops lately; the one retrofitted for The Flat in Los Angeles will supply vegetables for the building’s restaurant. Alexis Rochas was faced with the… MORE
play_circle_filledParks in the Sky
Parks in the Sky
‘The High Line' Lets You Enjoy Manhattan at Skyscraper Height
Snaking through Manhattan’s fashionable West Side, the newly opened High Line Park offers views of the Hudson River at skyscraper level. The vegetation-covered park is a hot topic in New York City right… MORE

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