What if the architecture profession no longer aimed simply to “do less bad” but instead to “do more good”? That shift lies at the heart of the Living Building Challenge, a performance-driven standard administered by the International Living Future Institute that asks every project to operate as a resource-producing, self-sustaining part of its ecosystem.

The following five projects have met or exceeded the standard, showing not only what is possible today, but how the LBC framework invites us to rethink the role of the built environment in shaping a regenerative future.

1. PAE Living Building - Portland, Oregon