Livegreenblog
Sustainable Architecture Green Architecture
Sustainable design and solutions focusing on the environment, architecture with a “green” heart.
RECENT PROJECTS
![JGMA Esperanza Health Centre Brighton Park for Public Health in Chicago
JGMA Esperanza Health Centre Brighton Park for Public Health in Chicago](https://www.floornature.com/media/photos/38/17343/01_JGMA_Esperanza_BrightonPark_last_sez.jpg)
26-09-2022 - Sustainable Architecture
JGMA Esperanza Health Centre Brighton Park for Public Health in Chicago
Designers from the JGMA studio have created a contemporary community health centre, capable of providing essential services that are currently lacking in this southwestern area of Chicago. With its large lobby, the architecture extends towards the community which, here, finds a new neighbourhood landmark.
![TOVA 3D printed house in local earth by IAAC
TOVA 3D printed house in local earth by IAAC](https://www.floornature.com/media/photos/38/17330/IAAC-3D-House-Prototype-Spain_ph_Gregori-Civera_1_last_sez.jpg)
15-09-2022 - Sustainable Architecture
TOVA 3D printed house in local earth by IAAC
The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) presents Spain's first 3D printed building using earth. The building, constructed using a Crane WASP – the architectural 3D printer – illustrates new ways of addressing the social and environmental challenges of the future through the IAAC’s various education and research programs.
![Studio Capitanio Architetti designs glowing bicycle station in Bergamo
Studio Capitanio Architetti designs glowing bicycle station in Bergamo](https://www.floornature.com/media/photos/38/17318/01_bicyclestation_CapitanioArchitects_041-00005a-archivio-Capitanio_last_sez.jpg)
09-09-2022 - Sustainable Architecture
Studio Capitanio Architetti designs glowing bicycle station in Bergamo
The new bicycle station in Bergamo, designed by Studio Capitanio Architetti, goes a long way to make the desire to support the city's cycling mobility tangible. The low-tech and completely reversible infrastructure in white metal carpentry and glass is part of the intermodal connection hub and at night transforms into a bright lantern for the area near the train station.
![New offices of Cushing Terrell studio in Seattle New offices of Cushing Terrell studio in Seattle](https://www.floornature.com/media/photos/38/17296/01_CushingTerrellSeattle_ph_MarkWoods_N29_last_sez.jpg)
24-08-2022 - Sustainable Architecture
New offices of Cushing Terrell studio in Seattle
Multidisciplinary design studio Cushing Terrell has opened its new office in Seattle's Waterfront District on the seventh floor of the Agen Warehouse, a 1910 listed building. The redevelopment of the preexistence is the calling card of the studio's working philosophy.
![Learning from the past at Al Naseej Factory Learning from the past at Al Naseej Factory](https://www.floornature.com/media/photos/38/17281/01_LBA_-Al-Naseej_Michiel-De-Cleene-12_last_sez.jpg)
15-08-2022 - Sustainable Architecture
Learning from the past at Al Naseej Factory
Leopold Banchini Architects was commissioned by the Bahrain Culture and Antiquities Authority to design the Al Naseej Textile Factory as part of a programme to support the country's traditional crafts and industries. This new textile factory, located in Bani Jamra, combines palm leaf weaving, as a construction technique, with tapestry and cloth weaving.
![Skylab's Serena Williams Building is LEED Platinum certified
Skylab's Serena Williams Building is LEED Platinum certified](https://www.floornature.com/media/photos/38/17230/01_Nike_SWB_Jeremy-Bittermann_02_last_sez.jpg)
27-07-2022 - Sustainable Architecture
Skylab's Serena Williams Building is LEED Platinum certified
The new Serena Williams Building by the Skylab architecture firm at Nike World headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon is the largest structure on the Nike campus, covering over 93,000 square metres. It is a perfect example of sustainable design, which has allowed the new architecture to obtain the LEED Platinum certificate.