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the 2,900-square-foot center opened in may and is located in 2,000 acres of woods, prairie, and ponds 20 miles southwest of the university's danforth campus

Where Biology Meets Building

Tyson Living Learning Center steps up to the Living Building Challenge.

 
 

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Green Experts

  • Building Green With Blended Cements

    A look at the performance and sustainable advantages of using supplementary cementitious materials in concrete construction.

     
  • The ABCs of IAQ

    Exploring the importance of indoor air quality in sustainable building and design.

     
  • The G-List

    Lance Hosey surveyed 150 sustainability experts about the best green buildings of the past 30 years. What did he learn?

     
 
 

News

 

Featured Projects

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  • Where Biology Meets Building

    Tyson Living Learning Center steps up to the Living Building Challenge.

     
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    Health Reform On Campus

    WRNS Studio's design for the University of California, Davis's Student Health and Wellness Center aims for well-being for students, pratitioners, and the environment.

     
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    Code Green

    Examining the prognosis of sustainability in healthcare through five projects.

     

Government Projects

Mixed-Use and Master Planned Communities

  • Two pedestrian-only entry points to the parking garage at Discovery Green are highlighted with powdercoated aluminum boxes crafted by Elgin, Texas-based sculptor Margo Sawyer

    Taking a Public Site From Gray to Green

    Discovery Green, a 12-acre park on a formerly forlorn parcel of land, cultivates new life in downtown Houston.

     
  • In Sweden, BO01/Western Harbour is transforming an industrial park and shipyard into the "City of Tomorrow," a sustainable neighborhood with 600 dwellings as well as office and retail space. It is one of two national pilot projects underway.

    Scaling Up

    Two industry leaders examine the barriers to district-wide sustainability and how eco-districts are creating developments where the grass--and homes, buildings, and infrastructure--are greener.

     
  • Home Office

    Designing with the desert heat in mind, [merrz]project provides a versatile structure that accomodates a variety of functions while keeping operating costs low.

     

Residential

 

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July-August 2010

 

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