GOOD GREENS

Rajkumari Ratnavati Girl’s School by Diana Kellogg Architects

Seeds Embedded into 3D-Printed Earthen Architecture Produce Living Green Walls

In Kajiado, cabbages cultivated under 180, 345-watt solar panels were a third larger and healthier than the control group. Eggplants, lettuce and corn also fared better in the panels’ shade.  

The Cuyahoga River in Cleveland Ohio, a.k.a. “The burning river”, prior to the formation of the EPA and passing of the Clean Water Act. 

So much smart in this photo

Photo credit: Li Wei-Dong

Someone’s Built a Giant Urban Treehouse in Turin.

According to architect Vincent Callebaut, the Paris of 2050 could look very different from the city we know today. The architect recently unveiled plans to transform the metropolis into a futuristic “smart” city.

Solar-Powered Glow-in-the-dark Bike Path, Studio Roosegaarde

The Gateway Center at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY ESF) was covered in the AIA’s EcoBuilding Magazine as part of their coverage of the 2014 AIA Committee on the Environment Top Ten award winners. The intensive, 10,000 square foot green roof designed to accommodate rare plant communities from New York state is currently being monitored by faculty and students to track plant colonization, insect density, soil moisture, temperature, and humidity.

Alexander Gronsky, Norilsk is an industrial city in Russia north of the Arctic Circle. Built in 1935 by forced labourers of the Stalinist regime to exploit the mines of the region, it is now ranked among the most polluted places in the world.