Palm Springs’ Rosa Gardens Affordable Housing Achieves LEED Gold Certification

PREFAB FRIDAY: Interview with Leo Marmol of Marmol Radziner

<o A few years ago, I had the opportunity to talk one-on-one with Leo Marmol of Marmol Radziner about prefab architecture and sustainability. I asked him about his trajectory as a designer, and what

SOM Completes Its Twisting Al Hamra Tower in Kuwait City

Nottoscale’s Rondolino Prefab is an Energy-Efficient Home in the High Desert of Nevada

Interpretive Facility at Red Rocks Canyon Responds to the Untouched Side of Las Vegas

Henning Larsen’s Gleaming Crystal Towers Will Be a Sustainable Oasis in the Desert

Central Saudi Arabia is a difficult, if not impossible, location in which to create a new sustainable development. Summer temperatures can reach 120 degrees Farenheit, annual rainfall rarely exceeds 4

Solar-Powered Audubon Center Restores Nearby River and Immerses Visitors in the Phoenix Landscape

Sustainable Copper-Clad ASU College of Nursing Weathers Beautifully In the Arizona Sun

Wadi Rum Resort: Luxury Eco Lodge Built Right Into The Desert Cliffs

HOK’s KAUST Library is at the Heart of the Largest LEED NC Platinum Project Ever Built

Walter Cronkite School Of Journalism Is A Hard Hitting Energy Efficient News School

Off-Grid Rammed Earth House On Navajo Nation Catches The Wind

Arizona Life Science Building Has A Really, Really Big Shading Roof

Lattice-Pattern Dome is a Beacon of Passive Indigenous Design for New Parliament Building In U.A.E.

Eco Wellness Retreat Lets You Unwind in Beautiful Rammed Earth Guesthouses

Fantastic Xylophone Bicycle Bridge Plays Music As You Ride

One of the best ways to encourage positive behavior is to make it fun — which is why this amazing musical bicycle bridge by Yeon Jae Won + Soo Jeong Heo really struck a chord with us. An entry in

Jean Nouvel Unveils Sustainably-Designed National Museum of Qatar

Yesterday the Qatar Museum Authority and Jean Nouvel (Pritzker Prize-winning architect) unveiled plans for the new National Museum of Qatar. The cultural center is inspired by the desert architecture and

Rak Jebel Al Jais Mountain Resort Defies Nature

The Rak Jebel Al Jais Mountain Resort is a new master planned tourist village in the Emirate of Ras al-Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates. Designed by the Office for Metropolitan Architecture, this

Qatar Sprouts a Towering Cactus Skyscraper

The Minister of Municipal Affairs & Agriculture (MMAA) in Qatar is getting a brand new office building that takes the form of a towering cactus. Designed by Bangkok-based Aesthetics Architects, the

Off-Grid Residence Helps Preserve New Mexico Ranch

Pioneering the way for sustainable homes in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the Milder residence blends beautiful adobe architecture with elegant touches of modernism. Conceived by Boston-based Signer Harris

Sacred Sands: A Strawbale B&B Guest Retreat

We are all in need of some good old R&R from time to time, and the Sacred Sands Guest Retreat in Joshua Tree, California is just the sort of (green) destination to cure what ails you. This two guest

PREFAB FRIDAY: Marmol Radziner

Sustainable design and prefabrication are two of our central obsessions here at Inhabitat. So when they come together in one sleek package, we take note. Lest you think we have been ignoring or

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