France’s Oldest Tree Sprouts Treehouse Chapels, Has Been Alive Since Louis IX

Urban Algae Farms Could Heat Buildings While Treating Wastewater

Macro of Ulva Algae photo from Shutterstock Pardon the potty talk, but wouldn’t it be great if every time you flushed the toilet you were actually generating heat for your home? That’s exactly

Patrick Nadeau’s Green Waters Bathroom Uses Hanging Plants to Treat Greywater

Luminous Windscape Pavilion Sways and Morphs With Each Passing Breeze in Lacoste, France

Gaelle Villedary’s Green Carpet Rolls Through Provincial Town in Southern France

Artist Baptiste Debombourg Makes a Magnificent Metal Mural With Half a Million Staples

Paradise Parking: Vintage Cars are Swallowed Up by Trees and Vines in France

Solar-Powered DomoLab in France is a Candy Cane-Colored Paragon of Sustainability

Maison Container Lille is a Bold Industrial Home Made of 8 Shipping Containers in France

Dome-Shaped Eco-Tourism Center in France is a Living Room in the Woods

Inca Architectes designed this dome-shaped eco-tourism center that feels like a cozy living room in the woods. Commissioned by the Department Tourism Committee of Seine et Marne to protect the Gorges de

The Fukushima Emergency Project Is a Pop-Up Shelter Providing Housing Relief for Disaster Victims

Learning from the issues that arose in the aftermath of the Fukushima blast in Japan over one year ago, students at the Architecture School of Bordeaux have developed the Fukushima Emergency Project

Jacob Sutton’s Ghostly Snowboarder Surfs the Alps in a Glowing LED Suit (VIDEO)

World-renowned fashion photographer and filmmaker Jacob Sutton shot this incredible film of a ghostly snowboarder wrapped in glowing low-energy LED lights swooshing through snow and trees at night. Sutton

The ZAP’ ADOS Skatepark is a Former Peanut Factory Wrapped in Bright Orange Mesh

French Cyclists Win the Right to Run Red Traffic Lights

While the vast majority of cyclists must adhere the same traffic laws as all other vehicles, and in some cases absurd bike-specific laws, bicycle activists in France have successfully campaigned for the

Beautiful Green-Roofed Barn Extension in France is Barely Visible From Afar

This barn extension in the Pyrénées Mountains has a gorgeous green roof that minimizes its impact on an incredible site overlooking the Adour de Lesponne river valley in France. When the client

6 Uber Cool Passivhaus Designs From Around the World!

French Artisan Takes Recycled Metal to the Dark Side with an Awesome Darth Vader Bust

French artisan Alain Bellino took his craft to the dark side when he welded a number of leftover metal pieces together to create this surprisingly realistic Darth Vader bust. Bellino saves and

MVRDV Unveils Plans for Zero Energy ‘Bastide Niel’ City District in Bordeaux

MVRDV Architects and the Urban Community of Bordeaux (CUB) have joined forces to design a brand new eco-community called Bastide Niel on the banks of the Garonne River. Spanning nearly 86 acres of