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Sustainable architecture is architecture that seeks to minimize the negative environmental impact of buildings through improved efficiency and moderation in the use of materials, energy, development space and the ecosystem at large. Sometimes, sustainable architecture will also focus on the social aspect of sustainability as well.
Peter Busby (born 1952) is an architect and managing director at Perkins & Will Architects, with a background in philosophy and a history of advancing sustainable design. [1] Throughout his career, he has advocated for sustainable building strategies and integrated green building infrastructure that serves to educate the users of his spaces. [2 ...
McDonough's architecture firm's designs are mostly categorized as green architecture or sustainable architecture, often using solar and passive energy efficiency techniques. This type of architecture is not known for its distinctive visual style but instead for minimizing the negative environmental impact of a building.
Peter Calthorpe (born 1949) is a San Francisco–based architect, urban designer and urban planner. He is a founding member of the Congress for New Urbanism, a Chicago-based advocacy group formed in 1992 that promotes sustainable building practices. For his works on redefining the models of urban and suburban growth in America Calthorpe has ...
Ken Yeang (6 October 1948) is an architect, ecologist, planner and author from Malaysia, best known for his ecological architecture and ecomasterplans that have a distinctive green aesthetic. He pioneered an ecology-based architecture (since 1971), working on the theory and practice of sustainable design.
He was part of the principal team of architects that conceived and designed The Eden Project [3] [4] and is a regular keynote speaker at events on innovation and environmental sustainability. His best selling RIBA book Biomimicry in Architecture [ 5 ] was published in 2011 and a revised second edition, with a foreword by Ellen MacArthur , was ...
Each year, the award honors five architects who "contribute to a more equitable and sustainable development and create an innovative and participatory approach to meet the needs of societies," [1] whether they are experts in economics, construction, or self-development actors for whom sustainability is synonymous with social and urban equity.
Sustainable Community Solutions international competition award (the American Institute of Architects & International Union of Architects, 1993) National Award for Sustainable Design (AIA Architecture and Energy Program, 2001) Top 10 Green Buildings (2002) from the AIA for his Bank of Astoria project in Manzanita, Oregon. [5]