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Harvest Pavilion Collects the Bounty on an Eco-Farm in China

Harvest Pavilion Collects the Bounty on an Eco-Farm in China

Zaragoza’s Green-Roofed Ronda Office Features a Rolling Rainbow Facade

Zaragoza’s Green-Roofed Ronda Office Features a Rolling Rainbow Facade

CUBE TUBE is a Pixelated Office & Restaurant in China

CUBE TUBE is a Pixelated Office & Restaurant in China

GMP Architekten Unveils Plans for Naturally Daylit Changzhou Culture Center

GMP Architekten Unveils Plans for Naturally Daylit Changzhou Culture Center

Kengo Kuma’s Xinjin Zhi Museum Has a Pretty and Practical Perforated Facade

Kengo Kuma’s Xinjin Zhi Museum Has a Pretty and Practical Perforated Facade

Glass House Mountain House Celebrates the Environment on Australia’s Sunshine Coast

Glass House Mountain House Celebrates the Environment on Australia’s Sunshine Coast

Vennesla Library’s Ribbed Prefab Design Features Energy Efficient Strategies in Norway

Vennesla Library’s Ribbed Prefab Design Features Energy Efficient Strategies in Norway

Brooks + Scarpa Unveil Plans for Light-Filled, Saw-Toothed Industrial Building in Mexico

Brooks + Scarpa Unveil Plans for Light-Filled, Saw-Toothed Industrial Building in Mexico

Renzo Piano’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Expansion Opens This Week In Boston

Renzo Piano’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Expansion Opens This Week In Boston

The Ptuj Archaeological Museum is Blanketed With a Giant Green-Roofed Tent

The Ptuj Archaeological Museum is Blanketed With a Giant Green-Roofed Tent

Chicago’s Poetry Foundation is a Striking Daylit Space Worthy of an Ode

Chicago’s Poetry Foundation is a Striking Daylit Space Worthy of an Ode

Sou Fujimoto’s House N Captures Sunlight and Fresh Air in a Series of Nested Boxes

Sou Fujimoto’s House N Captures Sunlight and Fresh Air in a Series of Nested Boxes

Shigeru Ban Unveils Plans for a Naturally Daylit Art Museum for Aspen

Shigeru Ban Unveils Plans for a Naturally Daylit Art Museum for Aspen

Tulip-Like Gymnastics Hall in Utrecht Provides Privacy But Maintains Natural Daylighting

Tulip-Like Gymnastics Hall in Utrecht Provides Privacy But Maintains Natural Daylighting

Sipopo Congress Center’s Lace Envelope Shields it from the Hot Equatorial Guinea Sun

Sipopo Congress Center’s Lace Envelope Shields it from the Hot Equatorial Guinea Sun

China Celebrates the Opening of Its Gorgeous Daylit Tianjin West Railway Station

China Celebrates the Opening of Its Gorgeous Daylit Tianjin West Railway Station

Monconseil Sports Hall is a Luminous Naturally Daylit Gymnasium in France

Monconseil Sports Hall is a Luminous Naturally Daylit Gymnasium in France

Malmö’s New Hyllie Train Station Hovers Like a UFO Over the Tracks

Malmö’s New Hyllie Train Station Hovers Like a UFO Over the Tracks

Coop Himmelb(l)au Completes Its Curvaceous Martin Luther Church in Hainburg

Coop Himmelb(l)au Completes Its Curvaceous Martin Luther Church in Hainburg

Cocage: Japanese Stepped Mountain Home Incorporates Light, Wind, Water & Shadows

Cocage: Japanese Stepped Mountain Home Incorporates Light, Wind, Water & Shadows

Kodaira Shi: Toyko Residence is Covered in a Tent to Create a Private Shaded Garden

Kodaira Shi: Toyko Residence is Covered in a Tent to Create a Private Shaded Garden

Spherical iGuzzini Headquarters Shaded by a Massive Prismatic Fabric Screen

Spherical iGuzzini Headquarters Shaded by a Massive Prismatic Fabric Screen

Ian MacDonald’s Meadow House Melts Into the Canadian Landscape

Ian MacDonald’s Meadow House Melts Into the Canadian Landscape

Situated one hour’s drive north of Toronto in a rolling pasture, Architect Ian MacDonald‘s Meadow House is a kind of modernist extension of the land. Profiled in Azure Magazine, the contemplative

Vanishing Mosque Does Double Duty as a Public Plaza

Vanishing Mosque Does Double Duty as a Public Plaza

Shigeru Ban’s Elegant, Efficient Metal Shutter Houses

Shigeru Ban’s Elegant, Efficient Metal Shutter Houses

Henning Larsen Unveils Winning Design for Campus Roskilde

Henning Larsen Unveils Winning Design for Campus Roskilde

California’s First LEED Platinum School Teaches With The Environment

California’s First LEED Platinum School Teaches With The Environment

A LEED School allows children to learn in a environmentally thoughtfull space.

Sundolier Robot Pumps Sunlight Indoors for Powerful Daylighting

Sundolier Robot Pumps Sunlight Indoors for Powerful Daylighting

What if you could light your entire building using no electricity, or artificial lights – but just the natural light from the sun? Conventional sky-lights do this well in certain types of

Stunning Zinc-Skinned Office Wins 2010 ZeroFootprint Award

Stunning Zinc-Skinned Office Wins 2010 ZeroFootprint Award

ZeroFootprint holds an annual competition for renovated buildings that showcase the most successful, holistic retrofitting projects of the year. This year’s eco retrofit winner was just announced

Stunning Green Roofed Apartment Building Rises in Amsterdam

Stunning Green Roofed Apartment Building Rises in Amsterdam

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