The idea of a Living Building, a high-performance building that produces its own power and cleans and reuses all of its water, is gaining momentum around the world. In an effort to oversee the global ...

Smith College’s Bechtel Environmental Classroom, a new 2,300-square-foot learning center set on 240 acres of land in nearby Whately, Mass., has achieved top honors for environmental sustainability, ...

The 50,000 sf Bullitt Center in Seattle is being constructed to be the greenest, most energy-efficient commercial building in the world, and meet the ambitious goals of the Living Building Challenge. ...

[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n the arid city of Bend, Oregon, where it rains up to 9 inches a year, is an aptly named house called Desert Rain. The owners of this home, Tom Elliott and Barbara Scott, sought to ...

The International Living Future Institute taps an architect to serve as technical director for its Living Building Challenge. Kathleen Smith will lead the International Living Future Institute's ...

Buildings are more than concrete, steel, and brick. They reflect our values. And so it is with a new graduate-student residence hall at Yale University’s Divinity School, seeking full certification ...

Yale’s Living Village, a state-of-the-art residential complex designed to give back to the natural environment more than it takes, has emerged as a key component of the Yale Planetary Solutions ...

The Living Village student-housing complex at Yale Divinity School (YDS) was built to foster community that exists in harmony with nature. Its bright, spacious hallways encourage residents to get to ...