Michael Pawlyn: Using nature’s genius in architecture

www.ted.com How can architects build a new world of sustainable beauty? By learning from nature. At TEDSalon in London, Michael Pawlyn describes three habits of nature that could transform architecture and society radical resource efficiency, closed loops, and drawing energy from the sun.TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from [...]

Architecture For Humanity – Frontline

Architecture For Humanity is featured in this Frontline World report. The video features Purnima McCutcheon’s work with communities in India.

Mitchell Joachim of Terreform, on sustainable architecture

Mitchell Joachim of Terreform, a non-profit sustainable architectural design organization, on architecture, sustainability, treehouses, and how Terreform’s work encompasses all three of these topics. UpBeatnik aka Vic Aguilar

what do you call architecture aimed at creating energy efficient (green) homes?

Is there any college or course that teach that ?
Thank you

Welsh School of Architecture – Sustainability in Dubai

The Welsh School of Architecture and Atkins in the Middle East were awarded the 2008 Innovation Award for Early Stage Collaboration for their design of a low energy, low emission high-rise building in the United Arab Emirates.

Solar Power: The Evolution of Sustainable Architecture

Product DescriptionExamining the way in which natural systems have arisen through the sun’s influence, how humans have adapted to them and what today’s urban planners can do to respond to the challenge of a sustainable world, this book outlines the need to reconsider how we organise our lives in terms of energy, technology and architecture. [...]

World-class architecture – Inside Crystals at CityCenter.

Video taken from inside the world-class, eco-friendly Crystals retail and entertainment district at MGM MIRAGE CityCenter. Crystals stands as one of the finest pieces of architecture to ever grace the Las Vegas Strip and was awarded with Gold LEED Certification by the US Green Building Council. From using reclaimed water as art (see colored turbines) [...]

Victorian Architecture Awards

Victorian Architecture Awards
Winners set new precedent for combining sustainability with elegance. The ANZ Centre in Melbourne’s Docklands has been honoured twice at the Victorian Architecture Award’s ceremony this year.
Read more on InDesign

*Green California Architecture Firm* on Sustainable Design Legacy

www.lpainc.com (green california architecture firm)(architecture firm) (architecture firm legacy) (architect firm) (architect) (sustainable design) (integrated sustainable design) (lpa) (lpa inc) (leading architecture firm) (green architects)(dan heinfeld)(steve flanagan)(glenn carels)(wendy rogers)(james kelley)(leading architecture firms in California)(pioneer in the green architecture)(innovative design)(green architecture)(California green standards)(award-winning architecture firm)(Green design is good)(faia)(leed)(energy optimization)(LEED certification)(charles pruitt) How do you explain a [...]

The Future of Green Buildings, Sustainable Architecture, and Leed 2009

LEED 2009 is set to begin beta testing in February of 2009, with the full transition and launch of all new tests to happen by summer. One of the biggest changes to the LEED Rating system is the incorporation of regionalism, where there is a possibility of a project team earning extra points that are [...]