Water World: A giant rainwater cistern is transformed into the centerpiece of an Australian getaway
January 2009
Australia’s Paul Morgan Architects creatively incorporated a rainwater cistern into a vacation home. It not only supplies water for a number of uses and provides effective passive cooling in the summer; it also plays an important role in the house’s design and structure.

Photo © Peter Bennetts

Off the Wall: Trombe walls at a visitor’s center bask in the sunshine
December 2008
Lord, Aeck & Sargent reinvent a method of passive solar heating popularized in the 1960s for a project in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Photo © Jonathan Hillyer

Natural Healing: An Exemplary Healthcare Environment Hits the Road
November 2008
Anshen + Allen’s exhibition “Greening the Patient Experience” offers an object lesson for making healthcare design more sustainable.

Photo © Desroches Photography

Park(ing) Garages
October 2008
This month, we profile a Portland, Oregon, firm’s solution for getting a church’s underground parking structure into the green spirit.

Photo © Michael Mathers

Daylighting for Deep Interiors
September 2008
This month, we profile a Kansas City, Missouri, renovation project by BNIM Architects and the unique solution that the firm devised for letting natural light penetrate deep into a million-plus-square-foot warehouse.

Photo © Farshid Assassi