Top Ten Green Building by AIA COTE

"The COTE Top Ten jury considered 10 metrics for each project:

Sustainable design intent and innovation
Regional/community design and connectivity
Land use and site ecology
Bioclimatic design
Light and air
Water cycle
Energy flows and energy future
Materials and construction
Long life, loose fit
Collective wisdom and feedback loops."

AIArchitects. Visitor Center above by Lake Flato Architects, San Antonio, Texas.

Ross Lovegrove

Wired Magazine. Via Corrie. Previously related posts.

Transforming Architecture Education

"Transformed architecture practice will require transformation of architecture education. With accelerating trends of sustainability, technology, and collaboration in practice, we are clearly in a time of rapid transition... "

AIArchitect

Learning Center for EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland

"The project offers an interesting prolongation of and analogy with the philosophy adopted during the first stage of EPFL construction : importance of itinerary, movement, interior courtyards with different surroundings, atmospheres, richness of vegetation, uniqueness and unity whilst still creating diversity... The proposed programme offers a new living space, opens up the possibility of new teaching approaches, everything being integrated into one single building as place of assembly and breeding-ground for enriching encounters and synergies. ..."

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SANAA, Tokyo, Japan

Green Building's Economics

Study shows comparing to conventional buildings, green buildings have 3% higher occupancy rate, while charging 3% higher rent, with operating cost 9% lower, which creates 7.5% addtional return over 6.6% up front investment. From Business Week. View slideshow.

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Bank of America Tower, when completed, will be the second tallest building in NYC, the tallest LEED Platinum building in the world, by Cook+Fox Architects, New York

Zero Energy & Emission Glass Box

R(esidence)128, Werner Sobek, Stuggart, Germany

Ikea Town

BoKlok by Ikea, Guardian. Via Jim Kinney