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A Financial Campus in Sydney Takes a Holistic Approach in its Pursuit of Sustainability

Woods Bagot's design for Axle, a new office campus for the Commonwealth Bank of Australia puts sunlight—and sustainability—front and center.

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“Heliomorphic Chicago” Tinkers With the City’s Iconic Buildings to Create a More Equitable Skyline

On view at the Chicago Architecture Biennial, the installation advocates for a return to a “collective urban form.”

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For This Solar Design Pioneer, Architecture Is Synonymous With Energy

Daylight isn’t the first urban-planning consideration, but it is among the most important. This pioneer in solar design has worked for half a century to spread the message.

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Students From Texas and Germany Team Up for Solar Decathlon 2015

The innovative design NexHaus, created by a team of students from University of Texas in Austin, Texas and Technische Universität München in Germany for the Solar Decathlon, is on display at the Orange County Great P

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The Mission District’s Zero Cottage Produces Its Own Energy

David Baker’s Zero Cottage is a passive house in a dense urban area.

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With New Zhengzhou Tower, SOM Looked to Early 20th-Century Solar Technology

The new tower by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill becomes the centerpiece of Zhengzhou, China.