AMO, the think tank within the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), has extended its expertise in planning into the design of the future energy infrastructure of the EU as part of Roadmap 2050: A Practical Guide to a Prosperous, Low-Carbon Europe. The project, proposing an EU-wide decarbonized power grid by 2050, launches in Brussels today to an audience of European leaders. (source architecture lab) Read more…

AMO, the think tank within the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), has extended its expertise in planning into the design of the future energy infrastructure of the EU as part of Roadmap 2050: A Practical Guide to a Prosperous, Low-Carbon Europe. The project, proposing an EU-wide decarbonized power grid by 2050, launches in Brussels today to an audience of European leaders. (source architecture lab) Read more…

This renewable energy generating tower located on the coast of Rio is one of the first buildings we’ve seen designed for the 2016 Rio Olympics, and boy, is it crazy! (source inhabitat) Read more…

Madonna is giving back to the country that gave her David, her son, in a big way by building an eco-friendly academy for girls in Malawi’s capital city, Lilongwe. (source inhabitat) Read more…

Norway is considered to have the best conditions in the world for utilizing offshore wind power. The coastline of stavanger, norway is the longest and windiest in europe and is largely unsaturated with turbines. the oil industry has given the country expertise in offshore foundations as well as investment capital to pursue this. (source designboom) Read more...

Shanghai will showcase the city's "tolerance, energetic and innovation" in a shikumen-style building in China's joint-provincial pavilion at the World Expo 2010, the Expo organizer revealed today. (source Shanghai expo) Read more…

Accessible only by boat, Formodesign's House On The Water, is a brilliant concept relying on the sea and the sun's rays to fulfil its energy and water requirements. Located off the coast of Greece's Zante Island, this concept home was conceived as a single family rental unit and is positioned so as to maximize its use of solar energy. (source dezona) Read more…

ZeroEnergy Design, a Boston based architecture and energy consulting firm, has designed the English Residence, located in the town of Orleans, Massachusetts. (source contemporist) Read more…

Local developer Ron Monahan stood outside the first of 12 homes he and his business partner plan to build in a new north Boulder subdivision and talked about his vision: "We're bringing this to the masses." (source architect) Read more…