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Beat the heat: how a new type of eco home is helping tackle global warming
Paul Miles
3rd April, 2012
As climate change speeds up, the question of how to adapt our homes to hotter temperatures is becoming increasingly important. Now, a pioneering project on the island of Tenerife has been set up to address those concerns. Paul Miles reports more...
The community-owned, timber-framed, self-heating village shop
Maddy Harland
26th January, 2010
In an economic climate where village shops are closing, woodsman Ben Law has helped his village open a new shop with a difference more...
PHOTO GALLERY: Visionary architect unveils eco designs
Christine Ottery
24th December, 2009
An exhibition in Beijing reveals architect Paolo Soleri's latest radical green city concept more...
First tower made of living trees
Ecologist
4th September
Tree structure will stand without support within 8-10 years says designer more...
Will modern-day flaneurs help rebuild fragmented communities?
Nika Stella-Sawicka
1st September, 2009
In the age of high-speed travel, walking - alone or in groups - is the foremost way to reconnect to cities, our environment and one another more...
Visionaries: Carolyn Steel
Ecologist
1st April 2009
In many ways, Carolyn Steel was born to be an architect: as a child she used to dream of buildings.more...
Park life - reassessing the value of public spaces
News
18th March, 2009
Most councils value their public parks at a mere £1, says the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment more...
Regional Destruction Agency: Why SWRDA would rather demolish than make sustainable
Simon Fairlie
8th January, 2009
The South West Regional Development Agency is letting down planet and people despite promises to redevelop the former site of Morland leather works 'sustainably'. more...
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