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Photos of five featured buildings, “Bosco Verticale,” Parkroyal on Pickering, Namba Parks, Ivry-sur-Seine, and the Chicland Hotel.
Literally Green Buildings

Literally Green Buildings

Happy 51st Earth Day! Followers of Artdog Adventures may remember earlier posts about environmentally-friendly architecture. I tend to post them around Earth Day. People sometimes talk about “green buildings.” But there’s “green” as in eco-friendly, and then there’s “green” as in literally green buildings. And some are both. What do I mean by “literally green buildings”? When I say “literally green buildings,” I mean green with plants. Lately, more and more architects think about plants from the very start of…

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The illustrated title says "Happy Earth Day Celebrating 50 Years."
Earth Day, fifty years on

Earth Day, fifty years on

Earth Day, fifty years on, looks a lot different from the early Earth Days I remember.  Followers of this blog may recall my claim to be “older than dirt” (as a gardener who composts, I can confidently make that claim). I also am older than Earth Day. As with many things in the 1970s, however, I came to Earth Day a bit late. Many schools in the US let out classes or didn’t count absences, if students left campus to participate in peaceful demonstrations…

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This image is part of a globe with the words "Earth Day."
Are we paying attention yet?

Are we paying attention yet?

The Artdog Quote of the Week Are we paying attention yet? We’re heading into the Final Decade (or less) of last-minute chances to pull ourselves out of the (literal) fire. I hope we’ll all take this idea that Every day needs to be Earth Day more to heart. The evidence is all around us. Are we paying attention yet? I fear not enough of us are.

Priorities

Priorities

The Artdog Quote of the Week  No long essay, today: It seems to me that this one speaks for itself, especially on the day after Earth Day. IMAGE: Many thanks to Green Heart at Work for this image.