Green Building in Germany

Seen from the outside, surPLUShome is a shiny black glass cube.More ...

According to an estimate by the Architekturexport network, five per cent of German architects’ offices are active abroad.More ...

The effects of climate change represent one of the major challenges of our times for architects and urban planners.More ...

In the Masters programme ClimaDesign at the Technical University of Munich, architects and engineers in the fields of civil engineering, electrical engineering and physics learn how to build houses that are at once beautiful, comfortable and good for the environment.More ...

The future of dwelling is alive. That is the belief of three architects from Stuttgart who are banking on a completely new building support structure: plants firmly rooted in the soil. More ...

In contrast to these, the German Society for Sustainable Building (Die Deutsche Gesellschaft für nachhaltiges Bauen / DGNB) wanted to extend evaluation beyond merely the criterion of environmental compatibility. More ...

An almost ordinary apartment building in the midst of a Berlin tenement district has become an absolute hit – because eco-friendly timber-frame buildings are all the rage.More ...

When one wishes to build ecologically and sustainably, attention focuses on building with wood.More ...

Planning for climate change, construction in times of rising energy prices, environmentally-compatible living close to one’s workplace – the need for ecological urban planning today is undisputed.More ...

Sustainable construction involves more than effective insulation and the use of alternative energy sources.More ...

The Sonnenschiff (Solar Ship) in Freiburg is a pioneer project in "green" construction. It is the brainchild of architect Rolf Disch, one of Germany's leading exponents of environmentally responsible building.More ...

The days when ecological construction meant building wooden huts are long gone.More ...