Olafur Eliasson’s Crystalline Harpa Concert Hall Officially Opens in Reykjavik!

Surrey Crowdsources Inspiration For New $30 Million Green Library on Facebook

Surrey City Centre Library, British Columbia’s latest architectural landmark, was designed with the input of hundreds of community members. Local firm Bing Thom Architects made space for the public

Divine Jaffa Apartment in Israel Restores Vaulted Walls to Their Former Glory

Super Futuristic Noain City Hall is a Plant-Covered Building That Boasts Passive Energy Saving Systems

London’s Striking Modern Tourist Information Centre Harvests Rainwater and Geothermal Energy

Gorgeous Underground Museum Hides Below Buenos Aires’ Government House

Amazing Amsterdam Office Built Entirely From Wood Shipping Pallets

Original 1959 Airstream Restored Into Architect’s Fantastic Mobile Studio

Abandoned Beret Factory Transformed Into a Stunning Multimedia Center

Architem’s Trois-Rivières Amphitheater Has a Facade That Ripples Like Red Waves

The Nieuw Leyden House’s Branch-Like Facade Meanders Like A Canyon Wall

Seoul’s New Solar-Powered GT Tower Boasts a Mind-Bending Wavy Facade

Giant Zig Zag Glass Canopy Envelops New College of Arts In Nantes, France

A Gorgeous Green Roofed Building for Kyaoi Garden University

LED Light Fixtures Create the Illusion of Daylighting

Daylighting is one key to keeping our mental states balanced when we’re indoors, but sometimes it’s impossible to bring sunlight into interior places. Luckily, one innovative designer is

Chalupa Architekti Unveil Green Roofed Czech Embassy for DC

The award to design the new Czech Embassy in Washington DC was recently given to Prague-based Chalupa Architekti. Deeply rooted in its connection to its surrounding environment, the new embassy is marked

Element Prefab Housing by MOS Utilizes Fibonacci Growth Patterns

Lessons We Can Learn From Old Buildings And Apply to New Ones

Buildings consume 76% of electricity generated; they create 48% of our greenhouse gases; a quarter of our waste in landfills comes from construction. Yet we continue to tear down perfectly good ones and

3HLD’s Marvelous “Bandaged” Medical Center

Zagreb-based 3HLD has just won an international closed competition to design a new private medical center in the seaside town of Split, Croatia. With the keen eye of design surgeons, 3HLD has taken what

New Green Complex in China by Steven Holl

Architect Steven Holl always appeals to our sustainable side, capturing our imagination with beautiful designs that incorporate both social and environmental responsibility. His new design for a mixed use

SOLATUBE SKYLIGHTS

Skylights are a great addition to any house, as they bring in more natural light – cutting down on artificial light electricity costs, as well as promoting good health for a home’s occupants.

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