Glowing Red Garnets Pavilion Educates Travelers on Italy’s Timmelsjoch Road

Green Mountain Data Center is Buried Underground and Cooled By Norway’s Fjords

Ruby Sketch’s Compact Shipping Container Home Can Run Off-Grid for Two Weeks Sans Electricity

At Inhabitat, we love compact, modern designs that take advantage of efficient prefabricated building techniques, and Ruby Sketch‘s shipping container home certainly caught our eye with its

Dowling Studios’ Westside Road Residence is an Experiment in Green Living & Prefab Design

Henning Larsen Wins Commission for a Sustainable Urban District In Trondheim

This Low-Impact Cabin is Accessed Through a Hidden Retractable Staircase!

Seattle’s Firestation 30 is a Copper-Clad Green Community Beacon

Green Stream Linear Park: Vibrant New Public Space in São Paulo Could Help Alleviate Flash Flooding

Pixel Building: Australia’s First Carbon Neutral Building is Now Complete!

Interview: Adrian McCarroll on Building Villa Amanzi in an Open Tropical Environment

Studio H Receives $40,000 Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts!

Inhabitat would like to extend a super special congratulations to one of our favorite humanitarian programs, Studio H. The intensive high school design/build program has just received a hefty $40,000

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

Rochester Institute of Technology’s Global Village is a Green Social Hub

LEED Gold-Designed Sanford Consortium Brings Scientists Together to Advance Biomedical Research

MVRDV Apologizes for “Cloud” Skyscrapers that Resemble Exploding Twin Towers as Outrage Spreads

Last week MVRDV unveiled plans for “The Cloud” – two luxury condo towers in Seoul, South Korea joined by a pixelated “cloud” of protruding sections that bloom from the

The Cloud: MVRDV’s Twin Towers Look Eerily Similar to The World Trade Center

Grödians is a Vibrant & Energy Efficient Social Housing Community in Scotland

Israel’s Ramat Hanadiv Visiting Center is Buried Beneath Its Gardens

Ice Cube Raps About the Eames and Going Green 1949-Style

While rapper Ice Cube is certainly known for his lyrical stylings, what you may not know is that he studied architectural drafting before he got big. He also has a deep appreciation for design – and

Influx_Studio Wants to Turn Chicago’s Marina City Into an Algae-Producing CO2-Scrubbing Powerhouse

Steven Holl Wins the 2011 AIA Gold Medal!

Steven Holl, sculptor of air and light and principal at Steven Holl Architects was just named the 2011 American Institute of Architects Gold Medal Winner for his innovative designs and contributions to

Climate Smart Cape Town’s COP 17 Pavilion is Made of 1,884 Recycled Milk Crates

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

The Liina Transitional Modular Shelter Needs No Tools for Assembly

BIG’s Waste-to-Energy Ski Slope Incinerator Scrapped Due to Environmental Concerns

Last year, when BIG unveiled its fantastical ski resort on top of a waste-to-energy incinerator plant in Copenhagen, we were admittedly intrigued. But we weren’t at all surprised when the City of