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BEAUTY AND THE BEST More than just resource-efficient buildings, projects from Venezuela, Germany, Italy, and Canada recently chosen as recipients of the first global Holcim Awards demonstrate "sustainability" as integration with their larger urban, social, and technological context. They were recently selected from 15 finalists after a series of regional competitions with more than 3,000 submissions from 118 countries.
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TWO GREEN HOUSES Fifty-one-year-old Kengo Kuma, among the best-known Japanese architects of his generation, tends to use each of his residential commissions to explore a single building material. In a dense Tokyo neighborhood, for example, he designed the so-called Plastic House.
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More Environment That's LEEDership: California Targets Zero Formaldehyde — Healthy Building News, 2006.0614AIA Announces Show You're Green Awards — Dexigner, 2006.0614 Semiconductor Plant Aims For High Sustainability — ENR, 2006.0612 State's Newest Ethanol Plant to be Built in Portland — InsideIndianaBusiness.com Report, 2006.0612 Grow Your Own Treehouse: Thoughts on Ecological Architecture — World Changing, 2006.0612 Institute Urges Construction of Green Buildings — Taipei Times, 2006.0611 'Green' Hall, Blooming Town — Baltimore Sun, 2006.0611 Architects Show How to Green the 'Burbs' — Toronto Star, 2006.0610 Sustainable Architecture Can Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions — Washington Post, 2006.0610 AIA Announces "Show You're Green" Awards — American Institute of Architects press release, 2006.0609 Mayors Endorse Call for Greener Buildings — ContraCostaTimes.com, 2006.0609 Roof Top Gardens — A Roofer's Perspective — Building Envelope Forum, 2006.0609 Carbon Value Analysis Tool — World Resources Institute press release, 2006.0606 Mexico's 'Green Wall' Preserves, Protects Rio Grande — ENN, 2006.0606 Plants Take Root as Projects Wrap Up — Newspapers and Technology, 2006.0606 CAT Gets New Green Education Building — Green Building, 2006.0606 South Loop Comes Full Circle — NWI Times, 2006.0605 China: Costs from Pollution Exceed $200 Billion per Year — USA Today, 2006.0605 "Green" House Living Can Be Beautiful, Too — Journal Gazette, 2006.0604 Earth-friendly Homes Find Place in the Environment — Commercial Appeal, 2006.0604 Eco-Building Design, Materials Catch On — Arizona Star, 2006.0604 Sustainable Structures Save Utility, Maintenance Costs — The Monitor, 2006.0603 Home Designs That Earth Can Live With — Monterey Herald, 2006.0603 Make Sure You're Spending Greenbacks for Sustainable Green — Columbia Business First, 2006.0602 For Architects, Green Design Is in Full Bloom — Los Angeles Times, 2006.0602 Second Homes That Put Ecology First — New York Times, 2006.0602 Green Meets Beautiful — EDC, 2006.0601 Adding Green to an Existing Hotel — EDC, 2006.0601 2006 Excellence in Design Awards — EDC, 2006.0601 BPA Finalizes New Policy for Sales to Aluminum Companies — Bonneville Power Administration press release, 2006.0601 Naturally Green by Design — Wisconsin Natural Resources, 2006.0530 Green Ratings for Buildings — Business Standard, 2006.0527
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