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2015's ALU-award winner is an ingenious dynamic facade design by Henning Larsen Architects. Check it out and leave us your views...

Hotel Parister by Beckmann N'Thépé Architects is a converted office building that is purely Parisian. Elevational elements are traditional, while the interiors are modern and spunky. Conscious efforts to incorporate green elements make this 5-star hotel unlike most! Read on to know more...

Opening today, the zero-energy-building (ZEB) pilot project in Norway is conceptualized as a single family house with a garden, which sees a categoric amalgamation of architecture and technology - ensuring optimization of both, comfort and energy use. Check out the project here...

Moving ahead of Australian Green Star compliance, One Central Park (OCP) by Ar. Jean Nouvel is an innovative and environmentally ambitious landmark project that takes a broader approach to carbon conscious design and exceeds the highest standards of sustainable residential design. Check it out here…

Amsterdam-based design agency Tjep. envisions a cleaner yacht industry with the introduction of EAU, a concept electric luxury yacht with 100% electric propulsion and a modern aesthetic that will appeal to leisure boaters. Check it out here…

Quietly working their way up over the last six-seven years, sustainable fabrics are getting increasingly mainstream with several Indian fashion labels going green in novel avatars. Check out a few that we've profiled here…

Bengaluru's Gallery G - the foundation office for India's foremost modern artist, Raja Ravi Varma, is adorned in lush green foliage; a project by Purple Ink Studio

Occupy Wall Street: The Beginning Joe Rogan on Occupy Wallstreet:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjMcDXGkR8I Network -- Corporate Cosmology:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqEcLlp_Big THE CORPORATION [1/23] What is a Corporation?:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pin8fbdGV9Y What CNN doesn't want you see ever again:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_2aTzC_4kY Poll: Americans Distrust Governmenthttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylEEnEp0Lbg Elizabeth Warren: Death of the Middle Classhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBf70qX1sBw Dylan Ratigan (rightfully) loses it on air:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIcqb9hHQ3E GREEN WAR:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ864ucbR_4 Network - Mad as hellhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90ELleCQvew In the House, In a Heartbeat - John Murphy:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST2H8FWDvEACategory:News & Politics

A general introduction to the motivation behind the Occupy movement. This film is by no means an extensive documentary of their agenda but more of a general overview for anyone who doesn't understand 'what it's all about'. I hope this can help to re-address the, largely distorted view, that the mainstream media presents of the Occupy movement. Filmed at College Green, Bristol, UK.

Ar. Steven Holl juxtaposes forms and functions in a strong sustainable composition at the new building at Iowa University...

Is the concept of vertical cities, with its promise of reduction in auto-dependent communities, the next big 'green' initiative that the world is looking up to? Check out this conceptual study by Oxo Architects and leave us your feedback. http://globalhop.indiaartndesign.com/2015/02/creating-urban-oasis-in-sahara.html

Don't you think school buildings with built-in sustainability features serve as excellent education tools in themselves? Read about one such school in Ootacamund and leave us your views.

Eco-friendly retirement home by Spark Architects wins best future-experimental project at the 2015 World Architecture Festival

Design Forum International designs and builds two residential buildings in Delhi - on the premise of merging nature as an integral part of urbane living. Check out how natural ventilation and greenery can make a difference even to life in the urban forest. https://goo.gl/42NAQJ

What Oscar Niemeyer did for Brazilian architecture, a proposed sports complex by PLA, which has won the first prize at an international competition, will do for Tivoli Park in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Only hitch: It is mired in governmental regulations. Will it see the light of the day?

French design Stephanie Marin designs a modular kit that can make any kind of furniture - completely to your design and style! Check it out and leave us your views...

An "active villa" in Verona designed by Ar. Alberto Apostoli produces more energy than it consumes. Check out the subtle and ingenious combination of contextual architecture and innovative technology

Check out this community-driven urban farming concept that opts for a synergetic system in a quest for fresh, organic and uncontaminated produce.

Working with natural materials need not mean a compromise with contemporary settings. Check out this upbeat office and give us your views...