Learn the details about how the John Ball Zoo’s new meerkat habitat exhibit earned Platinum Certification under the Living Architecture Performance Tool rating system.  

Ten diverse innovations in living architecture - ranging from technologies and research to project certification and policy - plus trends and recommendations for future endeavors. 

The widespread use of living architecture can help us build more bridges between the artificial and natural worlds, opening up new possibilities for urbanites to connect to nature and support conservation.

Over the past 20 years, a wide range of economic, social and ecological benefits have resulted from integrating agriculture and architecture into new and existing building projects. This is a quick review of eight main benefits of these projects with examples from North America and around the world.

Edward O. Wilson gave meaning to Eric Fromm’s term “biophilia” and his many contributions will continue to shape the design world for decades to come.

Some of the hard lessons of the pandemic hold promise for the green roof and wall industry, and for society as a whole, and may help designers respond to the new wave and waves to come.