Lotus 140 (2009)

Since the seventies, when the paradigm of sustainability was first introduced, gradually becoming part of general political thinking, architecture has responded by developing a range of solutions of varying credibility and quality before arriving at the present situation where the experiments of some communities, the designs of some architects and the still limited degree of experimentation with sustainable districts are intertwined.

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Anna Heringer
DESI, Rudrapur, Bangladesh, 2007-08
METI (Handmade School), Rudrapur, Bangladesh, 2005

Keio University Shigeru Ban + Hironori Matsubara Laboratory
Chengdu Hualin Elementary School, Chengdu, China, 2008

Arup Associates
Druk White Lotus School, Shey, Ladakh, India, 2002

Design Build Bluff
Rosie Joe House, Navajo Nation, Arizona, 2003-04

Rural Studio
Roundwood House, Greensboro, Alabama, 2007-08

Kere Architecture
Primary School and Extension, Gando, Burkina Faso, 2001, 2008
Secondary School, Dano, Burkina Faso, 2007

Earthship Biotecture
Phoenix Earthship, Taos, New Mexico, 2008

Hiroshi Iguchi
Millenniumcity, Chiba, Japan, 2008
 

Richard Ingersoll
Questione ecologica in architettura
 

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
7 World Trade Center, New York, 2002-06

Stefano Boeri
La Maddalena Ex Arsenale, Sardegna, 2009

William McDonough + Partners
Bernheim Arboretum Visitors Center, Clermont, Kentucky, 2005

Arup Associates
Citi Data Centre, Frankfurt, Deutschland, 2006-08

Glenn Murcutt & Associates and Troppo Architects
Bowali Visitor Centre, Kakadu National Park, Australia, 1992-94

Richard Murphy Architects
British High Commission, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2001-08

Lacaton & Vassal
Hall 7, Paris-Nord Villepinte, Paris, 2005-07

Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
National Assembly for Wales, Cardiff, Wales, 1998-2005

Alejandro Aravena
Torres Siamesas, Santiago de Chile, 2003-05
 

Giuseppe Dematteis
La sostenibilità territoriale dello sviluppo
The Territorial Sustainability of Development
 

R&Sie(n)
Hybrid Muscle, Chang Mai, Thailand, 2003

Kieran Timberlake
Cellophane House, New York, 2008

Loco Architects Manabu + Nez
Experimental House, Tsukuba, Japan, 2005

I/O Platform
SYNTHe Green Roof, Los Angeles, 2009

Sambuichi Architects
Inujima Art Project “SEIRENSHO”, Inujima, Okayama Prefecture, Japan, 2008

Foster + Partners
Masdar Masterplan Development, Abu Dhabi, 2007

OMA
Zeekracht Masterplan, The North Sea, The Netherlands

Shigeru Ban Architects
Nomadic Museum, New York, 2005, Santa Monica, Los Angeles, 2005, Tokyo, 2007
Artek Pavilion, Milano, 2007

Hiroshi Iguchi
Camouflaged House 3, Nagano, Japan, 2008

FAR frohn&rojas
Wall House, Santiago de Chile, 2004-07
 

Mirko Zardini
Diversi modi per diventare verdi, ecologici e sostenibili
Different Ways of Becoming Green, Environmentally Friendly and Sustainable
 

Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
Oxley Woods – Design for Manufacture, Milton Keynes, UK, 2005

Ecosistema Urbano
Eco-Bulevar, Vallecas, Madrid, 2004-07

ZEDfactory ltd
Beddington Zero (Fossil) Emissions Development, Sutton, London, 1999-2002

Thomas Herzog
Solar City, Pichling, Linz, Österreich, 1995

Amir Djalali con/with Piet Vollaard
Sustainability: A Historical Map