London’s Olympic Village Upcycled Into Affordable Housing

Olympic East Village Apartments

The complex that provided living quarters for 17,000 Olympic athletes is being refurbished and will soon become part of a new neighborhood built around walkability and green spaces. Read more →

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Design For Boston Apartments Defies Parking Requirement

Sebastian Mariscal's design for a car-less apartment building. Image via Sebastian Mariscal Studios.

A Boston developer defies a city ordinance to require parking spaces in his proposed apartment complex by converting an equivalent amount of space into gardens and other green spaces. Read more →

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Namaste Tower: A Welcoming Gesture Of Green Design

Looking more like a sculpture than a mixed-use skyscraper, the Namaste Tower will incorporate several green features. Image via WS Atkins.

A 62-story tower under construction in Mumbai, India, will incorporate a solar thermal system to help produce hot water, abundant greenery and passive systems to help reduce energy demands. Read more →

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Glass Masonry Façade Conceals Green Urban Oasis

A private tree garden acts as a buffer between the living room (left) and the glass masonry wall (right) facing the street. Image by Koji Fujii / Nacasa & Partners, via Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP.

A glass-block wall helps add privacy, natural light and a quiet green buffer space between a three-story townhouse and the din of a busy Hiroshima, Japan, intersection. Read more →

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Croatian Housing Floats Above Hillside Contours

Artist's rendering of Interpolation housing project overhanging green space. Image via Zoka Zola Architecture + Urban Design.

Chicago design firm Zoka Zola is building a block of flats in Croatia that will appear to hover above a verdant hillside, preserving an unbroken, virgin greenbelt near the Adriatic coast. Read more →

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UK Recycling Program Turns Junk Cars Into Trees

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Trading a gas-guzzler in for a more efficient vehicle can help make the UK a greener place. Literally. Read more →

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