Ever since Gehry's Bilbao Guggenheim opened, the museum scene turned into a world of crazy starchitect one-upmanship, with lots of flash and not a lot of sustainability. Childrens' museums are a little less flashy and more green; the Brooklyn Childre... [more]

Read the rest of Merrill Environmental Center: the Greenest Building Ever?http://www.inhabitat.com/wp-admin/ohttp://www.inhabitat.com/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=better_feedptions-general.php?page=better_feedPermalink Add todel.icio.us diggP... [more]

A LEED-certified chemistry building on the MSU campus. Courtesy MSU.There's nothing like conflicting information to give you a headache. Or maybe it's the building where I work, a structure built in the 1970s. According to a Michigan State University... [more]

Photo by IncaseThere are tons of serviceable materials discarded from construction and renovation projects every day. Sometimes, a thoughtful or enterprising individual will find a way to reuse a particular material in a new construction project. L... [more]

Caption: Protesters disrupt a Community Board meeting to voice their disapproval of Park51. Image credit: Islamophobia WatchThe controversial mosque being built near NYC's Ground Zero may have angered some, but an announcement that the facility will ... [more]

We've been eagerly following the development of San Francisco's new Transbay Transit Terminal, and now we're excited to announce that the $4 billion project by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects has just broken ground! In attendance at the groundbreaking ... [more]

Image credit: Great British RefurbTreeHugger is no stranger to fancy new LEED platinum residences, but the fact remains that we must do something about our existing housing stock if we are ever going to get CO2 cuts on the scale needed. Luckily, peop... [more]

The new Hollenbeck Community Police Station, LA's largest police facility, provides the city with a memorable landmark that celebrates green building. The building's high design principals have a practical application, showing an open face to the com... [more]

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Architect Michelle Kaufmann has launched a new set of prefab, zero-energy home designs called the Zero Series. Worldchanging considers Kaufmann a friend -- we've also covered her work before (see stories on her Glidehouse here and here; a story on ... [more]