Future-forward design for the world you inhabit

Visit Inhabitat

PERMA KARPO LIBRARY: Good Green Design in the Himalayas

Posted on June 03, 2008

Green design is good design - or so we like to say here at Inhabitat - and it is always great to see a beautifully executed example that encompasses this philosophy. The Perma Karpo Library, designed by Arup for a small village in Ladahk (in the Indian Himalayas), is the perfect example of how good design, science and local knowledge have worked together to create a building that is as sustainable as it is beautiful. (more ) ...

Original article link


green design , sustainable