Tempe Transportation Center
This stop on Phoenix’s developing public transportation network caters to bus and light-rail riders, pedestrians, and bicyclists.

Photo courtesy Jenna M. McKnight

Arcosanti: An Urban Experiment
Paolo Soleri began construction on this experimental town in the Arizona desert nearly 40 years ago. Recently, we stopped by to check on the progress.

Photo © Jenna M. McKnight

The Parlor: Green Cuisine in Phoenix
An old beauty parlor in Phoenix, AZ, is transformed into a hip new restaurant offering rustic Italian fare. We speak with Aric Mei, the restaurant's owner.

Photo © Jenna M. McKnight

The Visionaire: A new, green high rise in New York
The Visionaire, designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, is the first high rise apartment building to receive a LEED Platinum rating.

Photo © Aleksandr Bierig

Green in a Concrete Jungle
Take a video tour of the U.S. Postal Service's recently unveiled green roof on top of its Midtown mail processing facility in New York City. At 2.5 acres, it's the city's largest green roof, and it serves as an "urban retreat" exclusively for postal employees.

Image courtesy Mae Ryan

My New York: Bryant Park
GreenSource's managing editor Jane Kolleeny takes us on a tour of Midtown Manhattan's Bryant Park, a great example of urban revitilzation.

Image courtesy Jane Kolleeny

The Center for Sustainable Living
Watch our video walk through of the grand opening of the Omega Center for Sustainable Living in Rhinebeck, New York, slated to be the first building to meet the Living Building Challenge

Image courtesy Cody Adams

A Discussion with Werner Sobek
GreenSource editor Jane Kolleeny sits down with Professor Werner Sobek of the Institute for Lightweight Structures and Conceptual Design to discuss green building, transforming Western attitudes, and the importance of being "eco-chic."

Image courtesy Cody Adams

Living Building Challenge: Jason McLennan
GreenSource sits down with Jason McLennan, the president of the Cascadia Green Building Council and creator of the Living Building Challenge, a sustainable building guideline that he says outpaces LEED standards.

• View a matrix comparing cost, climate, and building type derived from a recent study by the Living Building Challenge

Image courtesy Cody Adams / Sebastian Howard