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sustainable architecture

architecture that seeks to minimize the negative environmental impact of buildings by efficiency and moderation in the use of materials, energy, and development space and the ecosystem at large
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Summary

sustainable architecture is an academic discipline[1]. It draws 807 Wikipedia views per month (academic discipline category, ranking #221 of 1,010).[2]

Key Facts

  • Made from material: reclaimed lumber[3], denim[4], trass[5], linoleum[6], hempcrete[7], Roman concrete[8], Bambusoideae[9]
  • Subclass of: architecture[10]
  • Part of: sustainability[11]
  • Commons category: Sustainable architecture[12]
  • Said to be the same as: ecological building[13]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Sustainable architecture[14]
  • Different from: Architettura a basso impatto[15]
  • Uses: sustainable design[16]
  • Has goal: efficient energy use[17]

Why It Matters

sustainable architecture has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_sustainable-architecture_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{sustainable architecture}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/sustainable-architecture}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-12}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5h ago · Ottawajin · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oxford reference overview id → 20110803100544388
    Sitelink count → 26
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ca', 'ckb', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'et', 'eu', 'fa', 'fr', 'hy', 'id',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Oxford reference overview id: 20110803100544388, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/178019485|sustainable architecture (#178019485)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/"
  2. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0443451-udrzitelna-architektura
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0443451-udrzitelna-architektura, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259662|batch #259662]]"
  3. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Made from material → reclaimed lumber, denim, trass +4
    Instance of → academic discipline
    Part of → sustainability
    Said to be the same as → ecological building
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007290943705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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