Green Architecture News for July, 2008, A newsletter and news wire service serving the green architecture community with the latest up-to-date news on green design and construction for a sustainable future.
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Royal Institute of Dutch Architects Awards BNA Cube 2008 To Cepezed Architects [ Art Daily ] Jul 10, 2008  Audax Textile Museum exterior, photo by Jannes Linders. DELFT, NETHERLANDS.- The Royal Institute of Dutch Architects has awarded cepezed architects with the BNA Cube 2008 for its complete body of work. Read More ...

EPR Architects to turn Lutyens' Midland Bank HQ into a hotel [ Architects' Journal ] Jul 3, 2008  The City of London has given the green light to EPR Architects' plans to transform the Edwin Lutyens-designed former Midland Bank headquarters. ... Read More ...

Architectural fantasy camp inspired by the genius of Frank Lloyd ... [ Chicago Daily Herald ] Jun 28, 2008  In fact, this summer he is interning on Michigan Avenue at the architectural firm of VOA Associates, where he is learning computer-aided design. ... Read More ...

Green overhead [ Anchorage Daily News  ] Jul 3, 2008  This summer, some Anchorage architects and landscape designers are trying to figure out if they can get more green roofs established in Alaska. ... Read More ...

Star architects bid to design new center for South Korean capital ... [ International Herald Tribune ] Jul 3, 2008  AP SEOUL, South Korea: An all-star group of international architects bidding for the chance to design a new urban center for the South Korean capital said ... Read More ...

Businesses hoping to go green, add new staff positions [ UT The Daily Texan ] Jul 3, 2008  The University is adding degree programs to increase green awareness. The UT School of Architecture created a sustainable design program catering to ... Read More ...

Worth the green? [ Vancouver Business Journal ] Jul 11, 2008  Green is the name of the game these days and design and construction professionals are finding the upside and downside of pursuing Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification to be significant. Read More ...

Beijing architects given Lord's redevelopment work [ Expressindia.com ] Jul 2, 2008  London, July 2:: The architects behind Beijing's 'Bird's Nest' Olympic Stadium were awarded another high-profile sports commission on Wednesday when they ... Read More ...

Chapman Construction/Design Wins Green Business Award at Green Expo [ Chapman Press Release ] June 26, 2008  Chapman Construction/Design was recognized for its comprehensive environmental policies, initiatives, and sustainable practices. Read More ...

Taking Advantage of Rain Water In Your Garden [ CalFinder ] July 10, 2008  Rain gardens are a wonderful way to live greener while reducing the destructive runoff caused by heavy rains. The concept of rain gardens originated in the 1990s in Missouri. Read More ...

Architects vie for new Smithsonian [ Washington Times ] Jul 11, 2008  On Thursday, it posted a request for qualifications on FedBizOpps.gov, inviting licensed architects and engineers to compete for the prestigious commission. ... Read More ...

Sim Van der Ryn [ CNN ] Jul 4, 2008  London, England -- Sim Van der Ryn has been a leader in sustainable architecture for over 40 years. As well as creating a portfolio ... Read More ...

What's on London Festival of Architecture [ Independent ] Jul 9, 2008  Exploring the issues of green architecture and whether a complete shift in thinking is needed. Kinnarps Showroom, 12 Dryden Street, Covent Garden, ... Read More ...

LEED And Green Design [ NHPR ] Jul 9, 2008  We begin today with a look at a new tick in green architecture. 'Sustainability' has been the buzz word as architects and builders incorporate natural ... Read More ...

Bahay kubo principles form core of green architecture [ ABS CBN News ] Jul 7, 2008  'The bahay kubo is the perfect example of a green structure,' architect Eduardo Reformado, chair of the Green Architecture Movement told ... Read More ...

Top architects help to reshape Poland's capital city of Warsaw [ The Canadian Press ] Jul 11, 2008  And much of that new architecture is coming off the drawing boards of the world's master architects. Libeskind, Iraqi-born Zaha Hadid and Chicago-based ... Read More ...

Green roofing growing in US [ MLive.com ] Jul 10, 2008  by Linda Theil Alan Warren, The Ann Arbor NewsMaster gardeners plant a green roof at the A3C Collaborative Architecture building in downtown Ann Arbor. ... Read More ...

Preliminary library design due this month [ Oklahoma City Friday ] Jul 9, 2008  Based on a design workshop conducted by the architectural firm of LWPB Architecture of Oklahoma City and their consultant Richard+Bauer of Phoenix, ... Read More ...

Building Green In The Valley [ WHSV ] Jul 11, 2008  Gary Hendricks, who is the architect that gave the presentation says, 'to me what it means to go green is just doing construction right. ... Read More ...

Sapientia et Doctrina Green with Architecture [ Fordham University ] Jul 9, 2008  As a longstanding green architect, I've watched the city's design policies slowly change over the last quarter century. Rest assured, we New Yorkers are now ... Read More ...

Architecture Faculty and Students Travel to Beijing for International Collaboration with Tsinghua University [ U Texas News ] Jul 10, 2008  Fast swimmers aren't the only University of Texas students with Beijing on their minds this summer. The UT School of Architecture announced Wednesday that a group of UT students and faculty will be collaborating with their counterparts at the Chinese capital's Tsinghua University to design a system of urban green ... Read More ...

What's Green Doesn't have to be New [ NBC 29 News ] Jul 11, 2008  You don't have to be building new to make your house green. Being environmentally friendly can work for existing homes, too. Architect Charles Hendricks ... Read More ...

Magnolia library branch reopens, the last in Seattle's Libraries for All project [ Seattle Times ] Jul 12, 2008  The Magnolia branch of the Seattle Public Library reopens Saturday after extensive renovation, bringing to a close the city's decadelong Libraries for All project, the country's largest library construction project. Read More ...

Green architecture's new goal stylish sustainability [ Christian Science Monitor ] Jul 11, 2008  The cliché of ugly green architecture contains, like many old clichés, a seed of truth. Among sustainable designs that many have found abhorrent ... Read More ...


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