A mod beach house for sis [ Los Angeles Times ] Jan 11, 2008  Sleek and customized, a $600,000 ground-up remodel transforms a tiny ocean-view lot. When architect Robert Nebolon started sketching out ideas for his sister's tear-down and rebuild in south Hermosa Beach, he felt pretty confident that his design would meet the needs of her family -- despite the challenging 30-by-50-foot lot they had to work with. Read More ...

We design buildings to be misused [ FT.com via Yahoo! News ] Jan 11, 2008  The importance of nooks, of cosiness, of the south-west London suburb of Croydon and of the British culture of do-it-yourself: a conversation with the people at architecture practice AOC (Agents of Change) is far removed from the run-of-the-mill dialogue with architects. It is also coolly refreshing. Read More ...

Architect chosen for Dallas museum [ Fort Worth Star-Telegram ] Jan 09, 2008  By Gaile Robinson Los Angeles-based architect Thom Mayne has been chosen to design the Dallas Museum of Nature & Science, a 150,000-square-foot structure that will bring together three of the city's cultural institutions, officials announced Tuesday. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2009 at the northwest corner of Woodall Rodgers Freeway and Field Street in Victory Park. In 2006, the ... Read More ...

Making sure green firms are genuine [ Sarasota Herald-Tribune ] Jan 12, 2008  Marketing experts give tips on how to tell if companies are green and not just trying to jump on the bandwagon. Read More ...

Switching To Green-Collar Jobs [ BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance ] Jan 11, 2008  A growing number of professionals are taking their talents and moving them to jobs that can help improve the environment Read More ...

Green Rules Get Warm Reception [ The Tampa Tribune ] Jan 10, 2008  Councilman John Dingfelder has proposed a plan to entice developers - and require the city - to meet certain environmental standards on new buildings. Read More ...

Antwerp: going green [ Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom ] Jan 12, 2008  With galleries, diamonds, baroque and Gothic architecture, plus a French influence to its cooking, you will come away sated. January is sale time; ... Read More ...

Developers, designers tout benefits of building green [ Baltimore Examiner ] Jan 11, 2008  It's the highest-rated green project in the Baltimore area, and it's become quite the marketing tool for its occupant, Century Engineering. Read More ...

B-S board looks for new architect [ Blairsville Dispatch ] Jan 10, 2008  Blairsville-Saltsburg School Board followed up last month's decision to abort a controversial high school consolidation project by voting Wednesday to end an agreement with the architectural consultant that designed the project. Read More ...

Gilbert panel OKs 1st green building project [ The Arizona Republic ] Jan 11, 2008  The Design Review Board voted to approve plans for the Glassrock Corporate Center, featuring two office buildings and six retail buildings, with conditions. Read More ...

A green house offers great savings [ Rediff, India ] Dec 24, 2007  She got in touch with Bangalore-based green architect Chitra Vishwanath, who agreed to help. Since then Richa Bose, a Kolkata-based architect, ... Read More ...

Tunisia: 500 Tunisian And Arab Architects Take Part in "First Week of Arab Architecture" [ AllAfrica.com ] Jan 11, 2008  The first week of Arab architecture is currently held in Tunis under the motto "architecture, the city and society", at the behest of the Council of the Order of Tunisian Architects (COAT), as well as that of Arab architects. Read More ...

A New Town Rises: Peter Fillat Architects Designs the Heart of New, Sustainable Community in San Antonio [ Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance ] Jan 10, 2008  Peter Fillat Architects, a nationally recognized, award-winning full-service architecture firm headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, is designing 11 key buildings in a new, high-end sustainable community in one of the nation's fastest growing cities, San Antonio, Texas. éilan is described by owner Wereldhave USA as the region's most dynamic lifestyle community. Read More ...