Design & Lifestyle...

There are green architects, builders, and home designers all over the globe. Some more extreme than others; but all listed have done at least some great green work, some more suited to personal taste than others, and some in your actual area.

Following is a sampling of some of the best of the best green minded architects around. Or at least, some of my favorites. It's a good idea to browse different eco minded architects, when you're considering building, to snag some ideas.

At the end I'll post a resource for self searching.

Graeme North - New Zealand

Barley & Pfeiffer Architects - Austin

Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects - Seattle

KieranTimberlake Associates - Philadelphia

Robert Harvey Oshatz - Pacific Northwest

Leger Wanaselja Architecture - Berkeley, CA

Cobworks - Mayne Island, BC, Canada

Paul Morgan Architects - Melbourne

Specht Harpman - New York & Austin

Tumbleweed Tiny House Company - an anywhere sort of situation.

Upwall Architects - San Francisco, CA

McCutcheon Construction, Inc. - Berkeley, CA

DNA | daynightafter - Brooklyn, New York

Helicon Works - DC

One Earth Design - Taos, New Mexico

Locus Architecture - Minneapolis & San Francisco

Others:

At Green Home Guide you can search for a green architect in L.A, San Francisco, or NYC.

Green Architecture Resources for Clients from AIA

At Low Impact Living they have a searchable data base for the U.S.

You also might like: 22 Earth-Friendly Homes here of course, you'll see 22 more cool green architects.

[image via Locus Architects]