Green neighborhood

Image 2 of 11 from gallery of K + S Selected to Design New “Skärvet” Neighborhood in Växjö. Photograph by K + S

As more and more people move to urban areas, cities are faced with greater responsibility when it comes to countering our planet’s changing climate. Luckily, some of the world’s most brilliant minds reside in cities, engineering unprecedented practices and tactics to make our urban sprawls more sustainable.

The City of Sydney is committed to delivering innovative urban design projects that improve the quality of the public domain for residents, workers an

the ’mechanical garden’ creates an urban ecosystem by preserving the site’s industrial heritage and adds green, natural public spaces.

Green inverted roof for a rural-urban residential neighborhood

As Australian cities grow and transform, we need to ensure we are not building the slums of the future by making buildings so tall and tight they turn our streets into stark canyons. Sydney's Wolli Creek, where buildings dominate and tower over a transport hub, is an example of where this is happening. It is now considered one of the city's densest areas.

A century-old idea is being reborn, and it offers smart answers to the demands of today’s market

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The Boston Globe recently published a story about an upcoming ecovillage in Newburyport, Massachusetts. This new project is an example of the growing trend of ecovillages popping up across the na…