Buildings
Look and learn
Despite the time and costs involved, wider acceptance of monitoring is gaining momentum. Hattie Hartman and Laura Mark report
Richard Meier completes 'green' Czech office
[FIRST LOOK + DRAWINGS] Richard Meier & Partners Architects has unveiled this LEED Platinum-rated office block in Prague
McGarry-Moon completes rural home
[FIRST LOOK + DATA + DRAWINGS] Northern Ireland-based McGarry Moon Architects has completed this countryside home which took four years in the making
Associated Architects unveils Worcester boat house
[FIRST LOOK] Associated Architects have completed a £2.5 million boathouse for King’s School Worcester, on the river Severn
Baca bags planning for flood resilient home in Oxfordshire
Baca Architects has scooped planning permission for a timber-clad home on an Oxfordshire flood plain
Work begins on HHbR's London co-housing scheme
[FIRST LOOK + PLANS] Construction has started on this £1.6 million ‘co-housing’ scheme on a backland plot, in Stoke Newington, London, designed by Henley Halebrown Rorrison (HHbR).
AKA Community win planning for ‘Invisible house’
[FIRST LOOK] Net-zero ‘Invisible house’ begins work on greenbelt land in Greater Manchester
India without aircon
Chadwick International and Buro Happold have dispensed with air conditioning at Xchanging’s new offices near Bangalore, says Hattie Hartman
Tom Jenkins' reveals new studio in C16th ruin
[FIRST LOOK + PLANS + DATA] Tom Jenkins has revealed new photographs of this studio on the coast of Fife in Scotland
Architype scoops another Passivhaus planning win
[FIRST LOOK + DATA + DRAWINGS] Architype has won planning for a Passivhaus Archive and Records Centre in Hereford
FootprintWire
FootprintWire 17.05.13
Today’s green news: Skyscraper proposal has wind turbines embedded in its facade
Green news
London has UK's lowest levels of solar panel installation
London has ranked the lowest in UK solar panel uptake figures
Footprint blog
Architects hit out at updated Plan of Work for ‘sending the wrong message on sustainability’
In a move to incorporate the Green Overlay to the Plan of Work into the new plan, the RIBA may have missed the boat on sustainability
Green books
Green events
Footprint's 5 things to do this week
This week’s events include a talk at the RIBA by Charles Correa and and a debate on sustainability within the creative industries
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