As green building technologies advance at monumental pace, architects around the world are following suit, offering progressively innovative interpretations of sustainable trends. Practices like AD100 firm Lake|Flato are leading the charge with comprehensive design philosophies that go beyond LEED certification to answer fundamental questions about how and why we build responsibly. The Texas-based firm perhaps best exemplifies this in its design for the Dixon Water Foundation, the first Living Building Project in the Lone Star State. Inspired by the work of Lake|Flato, among others, we decided it was just the right time to take a look at the firms making waves in eco-friendly architecture in the U.S. and abroad. AD is naming six new and notable projects that are exemplary for their innovative designs and singular dedication to building for a better, more sustainable world.