Betillon Dorval-Bory’s Anabatic Office Makes Use of Natural Winds to Keep Cool In a Hot & Humid Climate

Energy Harvesting Eco-leaf Shade Doubles as a Light Source at Night

The Eco-leaf is a solar shade concept that will lower your carbon footprint and brighten your living room. Eco-leaf’s unique energy harvesting design integrates proven-technologies like solar, E

Spain’s Solar Chamber Apartment Complex Takes a Cue from Le Corbusier

Mountainside Sunbrella House Keeps Cool With an Underground Well

OMA’s Green-Roofed Milstein Hall Unifies Cornell’s Architecture School Into One Stunning Structure

Red Hot Ferrari Store in Italy Relies on Passive Cooling to Keep from Overheating

Appalachian State’s Solar Homestead Brings Adaptability and Independent Living to the 2011 Solar Decathlon

Henning Larsen’s Viborg Town Hall Boasts a Sloped Plane of Gradated Greenery

C. F. Møller’s Colorful New Copenhagen School Takes A Nod from its Historic Neighbors

Terra Cotta-Colored Lupin Research Center Merges Western Tech with Eastern Philosophy

Zoka Zola’s Naturally Cooled Bamboo Hostel is a Giant Wind Scoop

Brilliant Brazilian Office Tower Marries Form with Efficiency

This beautiful mid-rise in Brazil will soon be the home of the Council of Administration of Santa Catarina. AUM arquiteto’s winning design not only achieves visual richness in a simple form, but it also

South African Wilderness Center Captures Rain in its Roof To Keep Cool

The Karoo Desert in South Africa contains more biodiversity than any other arid region in the world. The award-winning Karoo Wilderness Center by Field Architecture is designed to provide resources for

Sydney Pre-Fab School Sports Naturally Cooled Amoeba-like Facade

This unconventional façade has turned out to be a wise energy choice for the International Grammer School in Sydney Australia. Recently claiming an award for the best use of glass for energy efficiency,

Dazzling BMCE Dome Building Is Foster & Partner’s Very First Completed African Project

Marc Boutin’s Modern Frame House Showcases Passive Solar Design

studioMAS Transforms Farmland Into Picture-Perfect Sustainable Village

Green-Roofed Cluny House Showcases Low-Energy Luxury in Singapore

Raymond Smith’s Cool Modern Barnhouses Spurn Ailing South African Grid

Lovely Leaf House Topped by a Crown of Copper Leaves

Thai Vineyard Showcases Natural Materials and Passive Cooling

Ceramic “Ecooler” Screen is a Beautiful Passive Cooling System

If you pay the bills in your household, you probably know that cooling your home in the summer is one of the largest (and most expensive) drains on your energy bill. Well, Ecooler by Mey and Boaz Kahn is

6 Fascinating Underground Homes That Go Above and Beyond

700 Year Old Hobbit Cave Homes For Rent in Iran

FAREstudios’s Green Women’s Clinic Inspires Hope in West Africa

Some of of the greatest social and environmental challenges are focused around the issue of reproductive rights. Italian-based FAREstudios created a brilliant architectural solution to the issue by

Off-Grid Cliff House Harnesses the Elements for Self Sufficiency

Off the grid means many things to many people. The Cliff House on Muskoka Lakes, Ontario, interprets “off the grid” as grand self-sufficiency. Designed by Altius Architecture Inc, the

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