All Sustainability articles – Page 35
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OpinionCan modern architecture be truly sustainable?
Yes, says Hopkins’ MD Bill Taylor, we have no choice but to build sustainably; no, says the Victorian Society director Ian Dungavell, modern architects prefer gadgetry to thermal mass
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TechnicalThe Prince's Foundation's experimental Natural House at the BRE
The Prince’s Foundation’s Natural House is an attempt at cutting domestic carbon and energy inputs by 70% while retaining construction quality
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TechnicalWhy Passivhaus design is worth the money
In the final column in the series, sustainability expert Henrietta Lynch argues that evidence from Germany shows buyers are prepared to pay a premium for more environmentally friendly design
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TechnicalArchitects see red over BRE’s latest Green Guide
Phil Clark examines the criticisms levelled by architects at the latest edition of BRE’s Green Guide now online
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OpinionThree reasons to be cheerful in a downturn
Sustainable design group the Green Register offer inspiration for green architects as the economic slowdown begins to bite
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NewsPrasad reveals RIBA recession strategy
Mixed reaction as president advocates green upgrades to housing
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Building StudyRiches Hawley Mikhail’s Clay Fields sustainable housing
Riches Hawley Mikhail’s Clay Fields affordable housing scheme at Elmswell, near Bury St Edmunds, successfully integrates sustainable village living and locally appropriate design
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TechnicalCartwright Pickard’s modular housing for east Africa
Cartwright Pickard is creating modular homes for east Africa that can be rapidly assembled offsite
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NewsGillard Associates' floating office
Welsh practice creates prototype for scheme to beat the climate and credit crunch - a moveable office that's also flood-proof
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NewsMax Fordham wins 2008 Prince Philip Designers’ Prize
Engineer Max Fordham has won the 2008 Prince Philip Designers’ Prize.
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Building StudyPassivhaus design in Sweden
Sustainable design expert Henrietta Lynch reports on the strides made in spreading passiv principles to both new and old buildings alike in Scandinavia
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NewsWood is good for Norwich
Sheppard Robson has won the competition to design Norfolk’s first Academy project, for developer Kier Education.
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NewsHTA answers Carbon Challenge with Hanham Hall eco-village
Housing and regeneration specialist HTA Architects has revealed detailed images of Hanham Hall, England’s first eco-village, proposed for a 6.6ha site near Bristol.
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FeaturesThat just about wraps it up for the Cellophane House
Michael Stacey looks at the systems behind the pioneering five-storey eco-house by US architect Kieran Timberlake Associates temporarily erected at the Museum of Modern Art in New York this summer
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Building StudyLow carbon Luton school - images
Biomass and natural ventilation offer key to unlocking BSF cash for plb-designed school
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TechnicalEvent to examine sustainability in a recession
BD columnist Paul Morrell and architects from Sheppard Robson, Zed Factory and Bond Bryan to speak at green conference
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NewsCroydon scheme wins planning
Aros Architects has won planning permission for this £8 million office building in east Croydon, part of the borough’s Vision 2020 regeneration programme.
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NewsUK industry can impact on world forest management, says Greenpeace
New report shows ways of avoiding unsustainable plywood and obtaining FSC certified eco-timber
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TechnicalArchitect to show Code Level 5 house at Interbuild
Woodward Smith Architects-designed family house on show at Birmingham exhibition next week
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TechnicalA case for Passivhaus
In the first of a series on Passivhaus sustainability expert Henrietta Lynch runs through the basics principles behind what is rapidly growing as a standard for low energy design for all types of buildings on the Continent