Architecture / Design / Landscape

The Greater DFW Recycling Alliance and the North Texas Corporate Recycling Association are accepting nominations for the inaugural North Texas Recycling Awards until June 30.

June 10, 2014

By Julie Thibodeaux

The University of North Texas' Zero Energy Lab, built in 2012, is designed to test the efficiency of the latest sustainable energy technologies on a residential scale. Photos courtesy of UNT.

June 9, 2014

The State of the Prairie Conference will be held May 29-May 31 in Fort Worth.​ Tours of the Tandy Hills Natural Area, a 160-acre prairie remnant in Fort Worth, pictured above, will be held on May 29. Photo courtesy of Don Young.

May 26, 2014

Last month,  80 turbines were installed on the roof of El Centro College in downtown Dallas. Photos courtesy of El Centro College.

May 19, 2014

Bill Neiman, owner of Native American Seed, at his seed-cleaning facility in Junction. The former Flower Mound resident became an advocate for landscaping with Texas natives while operating a nursery in Argyle. Courtesy of Callie Richmond/Texas Tribune.

May 12, 2014

This 13-acre site in Richardson is one of the few remaining remnants of blackland prairie in Texas. A local developer has plans to build high-end homes on the property. Photo courtesy of Eric Reed. Additional photos by Karl Thibodeaux.

Laura McCavit of Stonewall Gardens in Dallas, worked with Tony Napolillo, Sun Club program manager, to purchase solar panels recently installed at Stonewall Gardens in Dallas. 

The Sun Club is accepting applications for its 2015 grants until June 15. 

Photos courtesy of the Sun Club. 

May 6, 2014

April 29, 2014

Gary Olp, founder of GGO Architects, was awarded the Green Source DFW Sustainable Leadership award for For-Profit Professional in March. Green Source DFW quizzed him recently on the evolution of his practice and green architecture in North Texas.