Enormous Green Roof Planned For Italian Train Station

Adding a twist to the adaptive reuse trend of turning old railroad tracks into parks, architects in Bari, Italy, want to do the same for a rail line that's still in operation. Read more →
Milwaukee Office Building Fulfills Its Healing Mission

The Clock Shadow Building, constructed on a vacant brownfield site, now uses sustainable methods to reduce its carbon footprint and promote wellness of both mind and body. Read more →
Green Roofs As A Haven For Native Plants

Green roofs have been touted as a means of saving energy, improving water management and expanding natural space within urban environments, but can they also help save native plants? Read more →
EuropaCity Design Puts It All Under One Roof

Part spaceship, part Bond villain’s lair, the winning design for France’s EuropaCity is a green-roofed underground city of sustainable fantasy. Can it come true? Read more →
Former Mexico City Helipad Turned Into Green Roof

Rather than let its unused helipad sit idle, Coca-Cola's Mexico City subsidiary converted it into a green roof and a reconditioned co-working office space. Read more →
Running Track Acts As Green Roof For China School

A proposed primary school in Tiantai County, China, includes a clever rooftop natural-grass track that can reduce its carbon footprint while improving the health of its young students. Read more →
HOK Breaks Ground On Istanbul Finance Center

Excavation has begun on a 170-acre financial center in Istanbul that promises to include several sustainable features, such as green roofs, renewable energy and new mass transit. Read more →
Dutch Aquatic Center Pushes Green Wall Envelope

With nearly every square inch covered in live vegetation, Amsterdam’s SportsPlaza Mercator complex takes the green roof/green wall trend to its logical extreme. Read more →
Stockholm Traffic To Be Managed Under Green Roof

Stockholm's sustainable new traffic and emergency center will include a green roof to absorb stormwater, add insulation, provide solar energy and reduce the heat island effect. Read more →
Sustainable Urban Living In Olympic Proportions

A planned mixed-use high-rise in Berlin mimics the look of an Olympic medals podium and integrates its green spaces with adjacent athletic fields and urban nature reserves. Read more →




