Wisdom is replacing plastic with zero-waste school supplies
“Waste is a design flaw." That’s a quote from a start-up company in California that believes as guardians of...
LEED Platinum Sonoma Academy building takes cues from California’s landscape
Private college-prep high school Sonoma Academy has elevated its reputation for sustainability with its newly achieved...
LEED Platinum Akademeia High School caters to millennials
When Medusa Group Architects was tasked to design a high school in Warsaw, the Polish interdisciplinary...
“Story book of timber” designed for University of Arkansas
Dublin-based Grafton Architects and Fayetteville-based Modus Studio have won an international design competition...
O’DonnellBrown designs affordable, modular outdoor classroom
In a bid to support creative and independent learning in the outdoors, Glasgow-based architectural practice O’DonnellBrown has...
WOHA to transform polluted swamp into green university
For nearly 50 years, Bangladesh-based nonprofit BRAC has championed change for good, and now the NGO...
UK university unveils efficient, BREEAM-certified learning center
Years ago, Durham University decided to implement a 10-year plan to improve on-campus facilities for its student...
A clean-energy school in southern France draws power from the sun
The French city of N?mes recently welcomed the Ada Lovelace Secondary School, Occitania’s first-ever clean-energy...
Canada’s first net-zero carbon, mass-timber college building to rise in Toronto
The Centennial College in Toronto will soon make history with the addition of Canada’s first net-zero carbon,...
York University’s new green-roofed student center celebrates inclusivity
After overwhelmingly voting in favor of a second campus building devoted solely to student space, students at Toronto’s...
Kendeda, a net-positive Living Building, opens at Georgia Tech
After a visit to the Bullitt Center in Seattle, Diana Blank was inspired to fund a similar project in Georgia....
New BU academic tower will be 100% free from fossil fuels
To advance a Climate Action Plan to reach net-zero emissions by 2040, Boston University has recently broken ground...
A nearly century-old Copenhagen school gets an eco-friendly makeover
Danish architectural practice JJW Architects has used recycled bricks and Cradle-to-Cradle certified mortar to...
A fairytale-like school lab for math and sciences takes over a tiny London "turret"
Proving that inspiring design can be achieved in small spaces and on a budget, British architecture firm Hayhurst...
This student housing is the largest Passive House-certified building in the Southern Hemisphere
At nearly 70,000 square feet, Gillies Hall at Monash University in Australia has become the country’s largest...