Sustainable Architecture - USA |
 | Our focus is to create inventive architecture that addresses the requirements of contemporary life while also revealing the mysterious poetic quality found in ancient architecture. |
 | Coates Design Architects is gaining a sterling reputation for offering innovative architectural and sustainable design services for a wide range of clients throughout the US. We pride ourselves on consistently exceeding our clients’ goals, on both large and small construction projects. |
Alaska |
Liz Olberding
Anchorage | Liz Olberding is an architect and LEED Accredited
professional. Based in Anchorage, Alaska, she works on projects with clients
from all over the US. |
California |
| Comet Studios | A dynamic consortium of professionals, offers full design services and specializes in Environmentally Conscious Planning and Design. |
| Common Sense Design | A small architecture firm located in Sonoma County, California. We work collaboratively to create innovative, non-generic buildings and places which are respectful of the local built traditions, thoughtfully integrated into the natural landscape, sited in harmony with the local climate, built with simple, natural materials, and which evoke a sense of playfulness. |
| Daniel Smith & Associates | DSA is an architecture firm in Berkeley, California specialized in Straw Bale Construction.
Project Gallery |
| Darrel DeBoer | A healthful, cost-effective approach to architectural design and detailing. |
| Ecological Design Institute | The Ecological Design Institute and Van der Ryn Architects create innovative design solutions that link nature, culture and technology to reintegrate the needs of human society within the balance of nature. Services: Green architecture and building systems, sustainable community planning, education and training programs, sustainable technologies research, publications. |
| Homestead Enterprises | Homestead Enterprises has offered complete architectural design services since 1973. Our goal is to create quality comfortable living environments that rely on non-polluting renewable energy sources. |
| Hubell & Hubell | Hubbell & Hubbell create places to heal the soul and renew the spirit through organic design and art solutions supporting sustainable ways of living. |
| Leger Wanaselja | An architecture and general contracting firm with a specialty in ecological design. Our work includes design, ground-up construction, and renovation. |
| Pugh Scarpa | Energy neutral housing projects and solar housing. |
| San Luis Sustainability Group | An award winning firm specializing in sustainable planning, green architecture and sustainable design as art. |
| Siegel & Strain | Siegel & Strain Architects is an innovative design firm with a commitment to environmentally sustainable design. |
| Symbios | A Holistic Design Company - dedicated to the artful integration of ecology, spirit and built form. Symbios blends sustainable building concepts, natural materials and modern methods of construction to produce "living environments" that are in positive and balanced relations to their surroundings. |
| Van der Ryn Architects | For over thirty-five years, we have been creating environments which enrich the human spirit, work with natural processes and respect the beauty and vitality of nature. Our approach, Eco-Logic Design, is a marriage of nature and technology, using ecology as the basis for design. |
| Morse and Cleaver Architects | Straw bale constructions. |
Indigo - Hammond & Playle Architects
Davis | As LEED certified architects, we stay true to 3 decades of ecological commitment by our principals, showing that green architecture can be implemented in a practical and cost-effective manner. We take advantage of the diverse ethnic and professional backgrounds of our staff members who hale from South America, Central Asia and both coasts of the United States. |
Colorado |
| Ecological Architecture |
Residential & commercial projects since 1982. Contextual based solutions w/ sustainable, solar, & natural materials. CA, CO, KS, MO, NM |
| Doerr Architecture | Offering beautiful, economical, ecological design. |
Graybeal
Architects
Carbondale | Graybeal Architects, LLC in Carbondale,
Colorado is a green architect committed to the creation of functional, unique
and livable spaces with low or no impact on our health and on our planet. We
take pride in cohesive, rooted architecture that reflects and blends with our
natural surroundings. |
Architectural Harmonics
Boulder | An alliance of professionals specializing in energy and resource efficient building design, construction management and land planning. Our projects combine thoughtful design and ecology, creating spaces that are harmonious, inside and out and celebrate the sanctity of life. |
Connecticut |
| Rountree
Architects | Rountree Architects is a design and consulting
firm founded in 1990, dedicated to promoting the use of clean, renewable energy. |
Florida |
Living Designs Group
Boynton Beach | An architecture and engineering firm
specializing in the integration of sustainable design elements for residential
and commercial projects. Whether your project is a luxurious resort with a complete energy independency, a land development with infrastructure for a new community, or simply a small home gently oriented with the sun, Living Designs Group will help you realize your desires. |
Georgia |
| The Epsten Group | Leading environmental architectural firm in Georgia. Special expertise in healthy home consulting, environmentally sound construction materials and specifications, energy and day lighting design, water conservation and treatment, and working with ecologically sensitive sites. Ms. Epsten’s design for an environmentally sound, affordable, prototype home has received national attention and an AIA award. The Epsten Group serves clients nationwide and abroad. |
Idaho |
| Robert Bissett, ASAI | Green designer specializing in Monolithic domes, log houses and strawbale. 28 years experience. Using ArchiCAD and internet nationwide. |
Illinois |
Nathan Kipnis
Chicago | Nathan Kipnis Architects, Inc. is one of Chicago’s
and the North Shore’s premier green, sustainable architectural practices
specializing in energy conscious, environmentally responsive designs. |
Kansas |
| Ecological Architecture | Aspen, Colorado & Lawrence, Kansas residential & commercial projects since 1982. Contextual based solutions w/ sustainable, solar, & natural materials. CA, CO, KS, MO, NM |
Maryland |
| Sandra Leibowitz, Sustainable Design Consulting | A range of services customized to project goals & parameters. |
| Terra Logos EcoArchitecture | TerraLogos is dedicated to helping its clients achieve healthier, more energy efficient and ecologically sound projects, including small renovation, new construction or community revitalization. We offer a full range of services |
Massachusetts |
| Jasonoah Design-build | Jasonoah Design-build's goal is to create healthy, inspiring, and ecologically appropriate architecture using both standard and innovative building techniques. |
| Solar Design Associates | Solar Design Associates (SDA) is a group of architects and engineers dedicated to the design of sustainable buildings and the engineering and integration of renewable energy systems that incorporate the latest in innovative technology. Since its founding in 1974, the firm has earned an international reputation for the pioneering integration of renewable energy - especially solar-generated electricity - with environmentally responsive building design. The firm offers a wide diversity of services to private, commercial, research, and utility clients. |
Minnesota |
| Shelter Architecture | Shelter Architecture is a Minneapolis, Minnesota based firm with a focus on sustainable, beautiful and valuable design. |
Missouri |
| TMA Architects | Tim
Montgomery has +thirty years experience in a broad range of architecture, engineering and project management for commercial facilities and residential design - specializing now in sustainable, “Green” design and rehab. He is a USGBC LEED AP. and has won awards for sustainable design.
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New Mexico |
| Dennis Holloway | Pioneering passive solar sustainable architecture, ground-breaking architecture for Native American Tribes and Pueblos done in traditional native idioms. |
| Edge Architects | EDGE is an award-winning architecture firm committed to sustainability and environmentally appropriate design. Their designs typically focus on the use of alternative materials (straw bale, Rastra block, pumice-crete cob, adobe, etc.) with a passive solar orientation and often incorporate independent systems such as photovoltaic electric, catch water, and grey water re-use. |
Living Designs Group
Taos | An architecture and engineering firm specializing in the
integration of sustainable design elements for residential and commercial
projects. Whether your project is a luxurious resort with a complete energy independency, a land development with infrastructure for a new community, or simply a small home gently oriented with the sun, Living Designs Group will help you realize your desires. |
New York |
| Harvey Cohn Architects | Harvey Cohn provides a full range of architectural services to clients with an emphasis on energy conserving and environmentally responsible design. |
| Secret Base Design | Architectural company with experience in straw bale construction. |
| David Bergman | We see sustainable design as an inseparable part of good design. Green principles are woven into all our projects, incorporated so that they enhance rather than compromise design. The project history includes a wide range of commissions from urban planning and large scale development to houses and additions to apartment, loft and house renovations and commercial interiors as well as the design of custom and production furniture. |
North Carolina |
| Innovative Design | Raleigh, NC, based architectural firm, specialized in sustainable architecture. Many years of energy-efficient, high performance, environmentally sensitive design. Day lighting expertise. |
Oregon |
OH Architecture
Portland | Solar and sustainable design services. |
Utah |
| Ark-Ology | Ark-Ology is a full service design firm centered on providing a quality service to each client. My focus is designing environmentally friendly homes around you and your family. |
Vermont |
| William Maclay Architects & Planners | An architecture and planning firm specializing in the design of buildings that take care of human needs and aspirations while incorporating energy and resource conservation, optimal indoor air quality, healthy building design technologies and environmentally responsive land use planning. |
Virginia |
| Hays + Ewing Design Studio | Hays + Ewing Design Studio is a full-service architecture firm integrating principles of ecology and modern design in commercial, cultural, residential and institutional projects. |
| Environ Design Collaborative | Architecture - Greenbuilding - Consulting |
| Oesch Environmental Design | Architecture and building construction management services. Practicing ecological, sustainable, regenerative environmental design / solar, straw bale, green oak timber frame, living earth roof systems. |
| Sunbiosis | Charlottesville VA based architect offering sustainable design, sustainable consulting services, sustainable buildings, green architecture. |
| Watershed | We seek to integrate functional, spatial, cultural, artistic, and technical concerns in a way that engages the larger ecosystem while elevating the architectural expression of buildings as well as the quality of the community. |
Washington |
| Coates Design Architects | Coates Design Architects is gaining a sterling reputation for offering innovative architectural and sustainable design services for a wide range of clients throughout the US. We pride ourselves on consistently exceeding our clients’ goals, on both large and small construction projects. |
| Robert Harrison Architects | Our practice is based on principles of "lyrical sustainable design" - conserving energy and resources; using healthier materials and finishes; reducing long-term costs; and making poetic places. We believe that fundamentally "green" design is just "good" design. It makes sense economically, ecologically and spiritually. Full range of architectural and interior design services for residential and small commercial renovation and new construction. |
| One-World-Design | One World Design is a design firm which specializes in sustainable natural building - especially straw-bale construction. We've worked all over the world using the ecology, climate, materials and culture of the particular sites to collaboratively develop warm, safe, delightful buildings which meet local needs. |
| The Berger Partnership | Regardless of whether achieving LEED certification is a project goal, we take our role as stewards of the environment seriously and continuously strive to achieve balance between program (people) and site (nature). We bring an ethic of sustainability, ecological awareness, resource efficiency, and regenerative design to all of our projects. |
Wisconsin |
| Roald Gundersen | Roald Gundersen is a registered architect specializing in greenhouses, other solar designed structures, and the use of straw-bale insulation and on-site materials. |
No state specified |
| Arkin-Tilt | Ecological planning and design. |
| Living Systems | Michael Frerking has 27 years experience in energy and resource efficient design and construction. He specializes in Cast Earth, a revolutionary new building material that is earth-friendly, durable and beautiful. On this site you will find information on Cast Earth, Michael's projects and services, and methods of financing alternative construction. |
Sustainable Architects - Canada |
White and Gilbride
Ontario | Our commitment to design excellence results in innovative and timeless buildings that imitate nature's efficiency, diversity and elegance. We provide full architectural, renovation, interior, furniture, planning and land use design service. |
Breathe Architect
Ontario | Breathe Architect Inc. is a unique architectural firm fusing expertise from a variety of interrelated disciplines to develop affordable and environmentally sensitive manifestations. Holistic and nature-centered approaches combine to revolutionize building design and construction conventions. |
Archibio, Eco-Housing Consulting Group
Québec | A non-profit organization founded in 1991. Our activities feature design and consulting work, workshops, lectures and written material. We have experienced all types of alternatives over the years including Cordwood Masonry and Straw Bale Construction. We have developed a unique Straw Bale Insulated Concrete Slab system, a green Living Roof system and a Composting toilet for owner-builders. Professional consulting work is offered under supervision by Michel Bergeron |
Broadway Architects
British Columbia | Green architecture, healthy housing, sustainable communities. |
Solterre Design
Nova Scotia | Solterre Design is an architectural design firm established in 1992 that strives to reduce the environmental impact of our projects. |
ASH - Autonomous & Sustainability Housing
Alberta | Our firm specializes in the design and consulting of, and lectures/seminars on: healthy housing & green buildings, including strawbale projects. |
Sustainable Architecture - Europe |
UK |
| Campbell-James | Specialisations in: Environmental and Visual Impact Assessments / Ecological / Energy Design / Audits and Management, Low Energy Structures for New Build & Refurbishment, NHER, SAP Ratings & Certification, Stock Profiling, Multi-residential Building Energy Analysis, Office Environmental Design, Schools Energy Management, Sustainable Solutions, Waste Management... |
| Feilden Clegg Bradley | A substantial design-led practice with offices in Bath and London and a workload across the whole of the United Kingdom. The practice has designed a range of building types with particular strengths in education, housing and offices for end-users. Environmentally appropriate design is an area of unique expertise typified by a new headquarters for Greenpeace in London, the New Environmental Office for the Building Research Establishment in Watford and the Earth Centre in Yorkshire. |
| Inveresk Architect Builders | A design-led, one-stop shop, providing complete design and construction services for sustainable buildings. Fundamental to our approach is the design and construction of buildings which will harmonise with the environment in a way that makes them appear to grow naturally from their surroundings. We design our buildings with the consideration of features, such as contours, materials, flora, solar orientation, wind direction and rainfall. |
| Dom Cox | Member of the Association for Environment Conscious Building. |
| The Gaia Group | The Gaia Group comprises three companies who share an approach to ecological design at all scales of the built environment from materials through systems, buildings and landscape to urban design and town and country planning. |
| ZedFactory.com - Bill Dunster Architects | Developer of BedZed, a new urban product, capable of creating zero emissions development on most brownfield sites. BedZed includes four different generic urban conditions, terraces with front gardens, mixed development mews, pedestrian only mews, and covered arcade with rooftop penthouses. |
| Scottish Ecological Design Association | SEDA - the Scottish Ecological Design Association - promotes an understanding of the Earth's eco-systems and ecological design concepts. The design of materials and products, projects and systems, environments and communities which are benign to living species and planetary ecology. |
| John Guilbert Architects | Aim to create buildings which lift the spirit, express a sense of care and delight, and are sensitive to the environment. |
| Inveresk Enertia Representative | The Inveresk Group is a diversified architectural and construction group offering a range of design and construction services with an emphasis on low environmental impact architecture and construction. |
| Gale & Snowden | Ecological and energy efficient architects, details of projects and links to other organizations involved with the environment. |
| Mark Orme Architects | Innovative and practical design solutions. Private residential, housing and commercial, community and education buildings. Expertise in environmentally conscious building techniques including passive solar design, the use of sustainable materials, clean energy systems, super insulated timber frame construction and recycled water systems. |
| Sarah Wigglesworth |
Specialists in low energy and sustainable building that inventively use
readily available building materials. |
Gordon Clarke
Architects
Gloucestershire |
Ecological and Organic Architects and landscape designers specialising in
high quality sustainable projects. |
Dennis Sharp Architects
London & Hertford |
DSA specialise in Eco Architecture and have won awards for their work in this field from the Civic Trust as well as the European Union. |
Ireland |
| SolEarth | Ecological architecture firm based in Dublin. |
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MosArt | MosArt has researched, designed and built the very first passive house in Ireland which is also situated in Wicklow. The partnership comprises of Tomas O Leary a Landscape Architect who is currently living in the passive house and Art McCormack, an Architect / Landscaping Architect |
France |
| Architecture et Environnement | Un groupement d'architectes/urbanistes du languedoc-roussillon. |
| Archi Libre | L'auto-construction de batiments, realisations, materiaux, techniques |
| Centre De Terre | Le mur chauffant basse température en terre crue : une solution au développement du solaire et de la démarche HQE... |
Sustainable Architects - Australia |
| GCA Architects | We are at the forefront of designing passive solar energy efficient buildings. Since the late 1970's, we have designed over 564 Energy Efficient buildings, won over 25 Housing Industry Awards using the proven principles and benefits of Energy Efficient Design. |
| EcoProjects | A multidisciplinary company committed to a more ecological and sustainable future for our building industry. |
Sustainable Architects - India |
| Chitra Vishwanath |
Chitra Vishwanath, a Bangalore based architect who designs homes as well as
commercial buildings with environmentally sound and cost effective materials. |
Sustainable Architecture Resources |
| Architects, Designers, Planners for Social Responsibility | A national non-profit organization of architects, designers, planners and related professionals. We are committed to correcting the imbalance between the need to provide for the common defense and the need to promote the well being of all our citizens. ADPSR’s efforts are directed towards arms reduction, protection of the natural and built environment and socially responsible development. |
| Eco-Home Network | Newsletter: Ecolution. "Bookstore has all types of information on ecological living, and don't miss The Homes for the Future: A Tour of Sustainable Living in Southern California." |
| Bau-Biologie USA | The German term "Bau-biologie" means "building biology" or "the relationship between buildings and life". IBE's main purpose is to educate; to help people realize that health hazards, may exist in their homes and workplaces, even though they may not be aware of them, and that ignorance of these hazards may not only have an effect on their health, but in a wider sense, on the survival of this planet. |
Building Biology and Ecology Institute
New Zealand | The objective of the BBE is to promote a holistic approach to sustainable Architecture and Healthy Building for architects, builders, house owners, the building industry and building authorities in residential and commercial environments. The BBE in New Zealand has developed strong ties with consultants in
specialized fields such as manufacture, distribution, design, permaculture, feng shui, vedic design,
electro biology, environmental medicine. |
Agricultural Green Solar Network
Germany | Web portal for solar, energy saving, ecological, sustainable building |
Sustainable Architecture at Auroville
India | Great information resource with many pictures of the sustainable architecture of this large Indian ecovillage. |
| Sustainable ABC | Sustainable Architecture Sustainable Development Building and Culture: A unique compendium of links and content oriented to the global community of ecological building proponents. |
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