# Five global projects show sustainable architecture can be beautiful

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/its-an-architects-dream-five-beautiful-eco-buildings-around-the-world/
- Published: 2026-11-14T13:00:46+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-14T17:12:45+00:00
- Original publisher: The Guardian (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/nov/14/architects-dream-five-beautiful-eco-buildings
- Topics: Climate, Culture, Science

## Key points

- Sustainable buildings can combine lower environmental impact with distinctive design.
- A Brazilian school stays cool without air conditioning, even at 45C.
- A Swedish timber centre saved a year in construction time.

## Summary

The article presents five buildings around the world as examples of sustainable architecture that can also be beautiful. It argues that this matters because construction produces more than a third of global emissions, making lower-impact design important to meeting climate targets.

Examples include a school in Brazil built with local timber and earth bricks, whose shaded, ventilated dormitories stay comfortable in temperatures up to 45C, and a bamboo gym in Bali spanning a 760 sq metre court without internal columns. A 20-storey Swedish cultural centre used locally sourced timber and saved a year of construction time compared with steel and concrete; the article also describes a university campus in Tasmania that adapted existing historic buildings rather than demolishing them, and an earth-built home in Wiltshire.

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