Marco Casagrande’s Gorgeous Bamboo “Cicada” Pavilion Snakes its Way Through Urban Taipei

Influx Studio Unveils Spiraling Garden Museum With a Cork-Screw Green Roof for Taipei

HWKN’s Artscape is a Green-Roofed Museum That Emerges From The Ground for Taipei

OODA’s Twisted Cubic Taipei City Museum of Art Harvests Rain and Sun

New i2R E-Paper Doesn’t Require Electricity for Reading and Can be Reprinted Over 250 Times

Is reading green? With one option in the form of paper and the other channeling electricity through the latest gadget, it’s easy to begin to feel a little green guilt about one of your favorite

Swooping Green Land Bridge Design Turns Abandoned Taiwan Railway into a Lively Hub

Paradise Lost But Found Again at Abandoned Taiwanese Factory Turned Greenery Filled Oasis

Beautiful Betel Nut Shipping Containers Are An Accidental Study In Sustainable Architecture

Sun Moon Lake’s Green-Roofed Visitor Center Melts Into its Surroundings

Neo Solar Power Headquarters Has a Striking Blue Folded Facade

In designing Neo Solar Power Corporation's headquarters, J. J. Pan & Partners, Architects & Planners (JJPP) drew inspiration from the most obvious place: the company's product.

A Bamboo Forest Wraps This Beautiful Taiwanese Home

Futuristic Solar Skyscraper Wins the Taiwan Tower Competition

Stunning Star-Shaped Taiwan Tower With Built-In Wind Turbine

Wave-Shaped Solar Cruise Ship Terminal Envisioned for Taiwan

BIG Unveils Gigantic Cube Building with a Rooftop Park

Pixelated Apartment Complex Maximizes Light and Green Space

World’s First Solar Powered Soccer Ball Could Help the Blind Play Soccer

Just in time for the World Cup, Greendix, the company that makes these nifty leaf-shaped solar panels has unveiled photos of their revolutionary solar powered soccer ball! Even cooler? The ball’s

The Green Book: World’s Lightest E-Reader Unveiled

Want an e-reader that’s lighter, smaller, and more streamlined than either the iPad or the Kindle? You can have one — if you speak Chinese. Taiwanese company Green Book Inc. recently unveiled

Designer Unveils Cocoon Furniture Spun by Silkworms

Designer Rock Wang has unveiled an incredible line of furniture created by silk worms spinning fibers around a bamboo form. Each piece takes 5 days of spinning to create and the result is a 100% natural

EcoARK Pavilion made from 1.5 Million Plastic Bottles

Here at Inhabitat we’ve showcased a host of amazing structures made from repurposed bottles, but we’ve never a project as polished and sleek as this. The Far Eastern Group sponsored this three

Toyo Ito Breaks Ground on Taichung Metropolitan Opera

Taichung, a city in central Taiwan, has broken ground on a new metropolitan opera house that it hopes will make the region known for its culture. Designed by Toyo Ito, the Taichung Metropolitan Opera

Taipei 101 To Be World’s Tallest Green Building

Taipei 101, famous for being one of the world’s tallest buildings, is set to get some major eco-upgrades in an effort to save money, reduce its impact, and gain the much coveted title of

MAD Unveils Taichung Convention Center With Solar Eco-Skin

Like a cluster of pleated, venetian blind-esque volcanoes, this new convention center in Taiwan has “skin” that will naturally ventilate the structure and generate energy from solar power.

Taiwan Breaks Ground on a Trio of Green-Roofed Skyscrapers

Taiwan recently broke ground on a trio of interconnected energy-efficient skyscrapers topped with lush rooftop gardens. Designed by Los Angeles-based NBBJ Architects in collaboration with Fei & Cheng

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