New Animal Shelter Adopts Green Lifestyle [ NBC5i.com ] Sat, 03 Nov  'All furniture is green guard certified recycled material,' said Robert Van Buren, a senior architect with Dallas Department of Public Works. Read More ...

Natural history museum gets green face-lift [ Nature.com (subscription) ] Thu, 01 Nov  It will live by its own philosophy, thanks to 'green architecture' that makes the building itself healthier than its predecessor for people and the planet. Read More ...

Turning a Roof Into a Garden in the Sky [ Washington Post ] Sat, 03 Nov  In Christian Werthmann's 'Green Roof: A Case Study' (Princeton Architectural Press, 2007), readers are taken through each step of installing the green roof Read More ...

The California Academy of Sciences' beautiful new living-roof may well [ San Francisco Chronicle ] Fri, 02 Nov  Implemented by architectural landscapers SWA Group, in collaboration with green roof guru Paul Kephart of Rana Creek Living Architecture in Carmel Valley, Read More ...

Inside the Deal: Green Initiatives Shape Affordable Housing Model [ Multi-Housing News ] Fri, 02 Nov  Completed in December 2005, Orchard Gardens won an American Institute of Architects (AIA) 'Show You're Green' award, honoring aesthetically pleasing housing Read More ...

Vinyl 'Green' Solutions on Display at Greenbuild Expo [ PR Web (press release) ] Wed, 31 Oct  Expo attendees can learn how vinyl and recycled vinyl products help architects, specifiers and builders achieve green building goals at reasonable cost Read More ...

BIF photos: 'Green architect'; 'Feed' 'zine founder [ Providence Journal ] Thu, 11 Oct  More storytellers. I've taken photos and a break, so I'm linking to Brian Jepson's posts on the BIF blog. Eric Bonabeau is interested in randomness and luck Read More ...

Landscape Architects' Report Offers Hundreds of Tips for [ GreenerBuildings ] Fri, 02 Nov  The eventual goal for the program is to develop pilot projects to test a landscape design rating system by May 2011, leading to adoption by the US Green Read More ...

How to survive propriety [ Inquirer.net ] Sat, 03 Nov  The first pieces of furniture my husband and I ordered when we built our house 40 years ago was what our architect and the time's fashion decreed. Read More ...

Trustees name architects for biological research lab, Berks [ Penn State Live ] Fri, 02 Nov  Based on a recommendation of the Subcommittee on Architect/Engineer Selection, which met on Nov. 1, the Board approved the appointment of RMJM Hillier of Read More ...

Green building expo Nov 28 [ Monterey County Herald ] Sat, 03 Nov  Meet with local suppliers, contractors, architects, agencies and nonprofits who will answer questions about building green. Free parking and bike valet. Read More ...

'Nashville Star' runner-up makes good on promise of love [ San Antonio Express ] Sat, 03 Nov  Then he met Marley Porter, named one of the Top 10 green architects in North America by Natural Home & Garden magazine in 2005, who is building a 120-acre Read More ...