Green architecture is taking over the world, and for good reason. We are increasingly seeing the use of green architecture in not only eco-friendly building designs but also large-scale projects with self-sufficiency at their core. These green wizards put the environment before everything else in their creations. Due to this collaboration with nature, the results are breathtaking with an unmatchable aura of mother nature looking down upon each project. Here are our five favourite green architects from around the globe.
Amanda Sturgeon
A vocal advocate of sustainable architecture, Amanda Sturgeon has won the Women in Sustainability Leadership Award. Her Biophilic design, which pushes humans to have maximum connectivity with natural elements of the world, shows passionately in her projects. She says that a building that imitates nature or acts in the way nature would is the perfect one.
Peter Busby
He is Canada’s most cherished green architect and one of the most famous ones of our time. The head of a large international architecture firm in San Francisco now, he has been a part of many sustainable projects for a long time such as Dockside Green in British Columbia, which is known for its green initiatives such as biomass gasification, car sharing program, and the water treatment system. Busby continues to push for such constructions as he believes that green design and good design go hand-in-hand. He is also the co-founder of the Canada Green Building Council, which supports the same idea.
Norman Foster
This reputable British architect doesn’t need an introduction. His firm, Foster + Partners, is the biggest in Britain with a huge international presence. It has won multiple awards, attesting to the architectural genius that is Foster. Surprisingly, even though Foster is a green architect, he is also a tech-head and one of the creators of high-tech architecture.
Richard Buckminster Fuller
You may have heard of him as “Bucky,” which is what they fondly call him in professional circles. Buckminster is known far and wide for popularizing the geodesic dome design. He is known as one of the best green architects for his sustainable designs. He is a humanitarian at heart and seeks to solve the two biggest problems in the world, according to him—hunger and homelessness.
William McDonough
McDonough is the recipient of the Presidential Award for Sustainable Development, among many others. His supremacy is far-reaching. One of his credited creations includes the Adam Joseph Lewis Center, which is so ahead of its time and sustainable that it makes 30% more than its requirement and shares it with the community.
Now if that’s not the definition of “sustainable,” we don’t know what is!
