Giant "Lily Pads" will capture stormwater at Brooklyn's largest public-housing complex
When Hurricane Sandy made landfall in October 2012, the Brooklyn neighborhood of Red Hook didn't stand a chance....
8 groundbreaking Buckminster Fuller semifinalist designs that are changing the world
[gallery_extend] 1. African Design Center trains next wave of African architects The African Design...
7 impressive homes built to resist natural disasters
[gallery_extend] 1. Indestructible concrete beach house by Aamodt/Plumb Architects Beach-goers often...
SHoP designs 50 solar-powered schools for earthquake-damaged regions in Nepal
[gallery_extend] SHoP Architects designed the schools to be as flexible and adaptable as possible to...
Handsome earthquake-resistant school uses natural cooling in Thailand
[gallery_extend] The and energy-efficient Baan Huay Sarn Yaw School is a long rectangular volume comprising...
INTERVIEW: HOK's Yann Weymouth Discusses Designing the Hurricane-Resistant Salvador Dalí Museum
This article was originally published in October of 2011. Earlier this year we reported on the opening of the...
INHABITAT INTERVIEW: Water Architect Koen Olthuis on Floating Buildings & Hydro-Cities
Architect Koen Olthuis of Waterstudio.nl has been fascinating the Inhabitat editors for years with his innovative...
Shigeru Ban's Temporary Concert Hall Made of Paper Opens in L'Aqila, Italy
[gallery_extend] The concert hall, built from steel, glass, cardboard, concrete and clay sacks, seats...
