Sustainable buildings
Where the embodied is buried
Upcoming changes to both Breeam and the building regulations are placing the embodied carbon of different structural solutions under the spotlight
Energy-efficient home, Salisbury, Wiltshire by Jerry Tate
House is divided into two thermally distinct wings
School pavilion Allenmoos II by Boltshauser Architekten
Handcrafted, natural materials and refined construction techniques are combined to create a quiet sensitivity
Oasis Children’s Venture by Matt Atkins and Ben Barfield Marks
A playspace and office by architecture students is an exercise in reuse and resourcefulness
Gamlingay Eco Hub by Civic Architects
After a 10-year battle to build it, Civic Architects’ Gamlingay Eco Hub finally emerges as the greenest community centre in the country
Open House in Hamburg by Onix Architekten
This Passivhaus for communal living produces more energy than it uses.
Olympic Sailing Village by HTA Architects
HTA’s athletes’ village in Dorset mixes traditional materials with an up-to-date approach to energy generation
Looking forward to a retrofit future
Retrofitting meets the challenge of improving energy efficiency in existing stock, as Penoyre & Prasad’s refurb of a 1990s house in London shows
SBEC sustainability centre finds ways to push the envelope
The Sustainable Building Envelope Centre has been established to harness the building fabric to generate energy. Here is a look at its ambitions and some of the key technologies under development
B35 apartments by AGPS Architecture
Hansjürg Leibundgut’s Zurich home is also a ground-breaking research project into energy use
