Architects like Francis Kere are championing sustainable, passive cooling designs for schools in hot climates, reducing the ...

Measures that improve passive survivability rely on climatic resources and the physical properties of materials; in the realm of cooling, these include cool night air and wind for use in advective ...

With techniques such as cross-ventilation and materials such as clay, architects around the world are adapting schools to ...

The Rwanda Institute for Conservation Agriculture (RICA) has been awarded the 2025 Veronica Rudge Green Prize in Urban Design by Harvard University, in recognition of its groundbreaking campus design ...

Passive solar architecture is a design strategy that optimizes a building’s energy efficiency and long-term sustainability. By relying on a building site’s solar orientation and climate ...

When prize-winning architect Francis Kere was growing up in Burkina Faso he spent his schooldays in a gloomy classroom that ...

QR3D is Singapore’s first-ever multi-story 3D printed house built with a passive cooling void by local architecture firm Park + Associates.

A key feature of the project is its facade, which responds to climate and context through the strategic placement of windows ...

The focus is on integrating living systems—such as evaporative cooling, water filtration, and climate-responsive solutions—into the programming itself, redefining interior design as both aesthetic and ...

Buildings coated in a cement-based paint that “sweats” could help keep communities cool during the hottest days of the year. The substance is known as CCP-30, and its creators say initial ...

Parker built that Kendall home way back in 1984, but its “passive cooling” approach never really caught on as South Florida continued to boom. At least until now.

According to the study, the passive cooling tech relies on a three-layer setup that includes a solar reflector, an evaporator plus emitter, and insulation.