13 Nov Thomas Heatherwick in Bali and around the world
I was invited to the Heatherwick studio one afternoon in London and Thomas showed me things that blew my mind. He showed me a process...
16 Aug Building with Consciousness: Bamboo Housing in Mexico
Lucila Aguilar, a green architect and friend of mine from Mexico, recently sent a series of photos into my Whatsapp inbox that made my day. She...
19 Sep Autodesk’s Making the Future team came to Green Village
This is not an old Balinese painting, in fact, it’s the latest in bamboo architecture, scanned by the incredible Autodesk team who came here to Bali to...
19 Sep ArchDaily talks to John Hardy
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=122&v=JL0B0z8halQ[/embed] What has been developed in Bali goes far beyond just "innovative architecture" or "architecture in bamboo." Instead, Hardy, his family, and his colleagues are attempting...
19 Apr How do you build a sacred space?
Beautiful TED talk from the architect of a Ba'hai temple. To design the Bahá'í Temple of South America, architect Siamak Hariri focused on illumination — from the...
15 Feb A heritage, sustainable hotel in Jaisalmer, India (1 of 2)
I didn’t have any expectations when I heard there was a heritage fort hotel in Jaisalmer. But I was blown away when I got to...
16 Feb A dream of 108 houses to go with Green School
Living in Green Village is a unique opportunity to let your kids walk to school through the forest rather than commute 45 minutes or more...
15 Feb How to build a tiger proof house
John went to visit the earthen round houses of Yuchang. Amazing houses, closed on the outside with no windows until the 3rd floor because of stories of tigers...
07 Nov Travels in China with the Sustainable Rural Construction Forum
It was a shock to be invited to speak at a conference on rural sustainability in a small village in China, but I was strangely drawn...
17 Nov The Bamboo Architecture of Green Village
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKRoVmPls8s[/embed] Geobeats video on the Green Village. Green Village in Bali, Indonesia is an architectural gem - a dream like setting. Built by the design team, Ibuku,...
