When an architect refers to "green building architecture", they obviously aren’t talking about the color of a building. Green building is a revolutionary initiative that seeks to bring sustainability as a consideration into the construction industry. Green building architecture does this by infusing design elements into a building and reducing the impact of its construction on the environment to ensure that, through the entire lifetime of the building, it will be able to offset the impacts tha...

Older buildings possess character; something that any residential architect could tell you is part of their attraction. This character is what encourages owners to look at an old building and think to themselves that they would enjoy refurbishing this building and making it into an architectural wonder, a mixture of new and old. Often owners of these buildings are enthusiastic about a renovation. Unfortunately, they may be unaware of the challenges that are encountered in these types of project...

There will come a time in the life of a residential architect that he will have the opportunity to work on an older building in order to fit the stylistic tastes of a client. In many cases, it takes a contemplation of the usability and viability of a renovation in order to fully appreciate the amount of change that can be done to an existing building.

A key thing that an owner needs to be aware of is the idea of adaptive reuse – reusing the building by changing the function.

Green commercial building is becoming one of the more popular forms of construction used by modern commercial architects mainly because of its view of the long term. Green Building is used to describe construction that is undertaken with a mind toward using resource-efficient and environmentally responsible processes throughout the life-cycle of the building. The aim of doing so is to strike a balance between construction and sustainable development. Green building is not an entirely new method...

Is green architecture really a “thing”? Yes, it is, and it is causing this question to be asked: Is green architecture for Show or Dough? With either answer, architects are responding and moving towards greener structures. Their clients want to cut energy costs and qualify for “energy-efficiency tax breaks” but also beautiful and functional buildings and homes. In private residential spaces, green architecture accounts for one-third of the market and that number continues to grow...