Microsoft-backed carbon capture startup uses limestone
Scientists estimate that the globe needs to capture between 10% and 20% of the carbon from the atmosphere to keep...
Believed tomb of Jesus Christ is far older than previously thought
Scientists have discovered that the tomb in which Jesus Christ is believed to have been buried after his crucifixion...
World’s first ‘negative emissions’ power plant opens in Iceland
Go, Iceland! On Wednesday, the nation flipped the switch on the world’s first power plant that eliminates more...
Ancient papyrus scroll offers insight into Great Pyramid of Giza mystery
Ancient Egyptians moved more than 170,000 tons of limestone to construct the Great Pyramid of Giza, one of the...
Geothermal-powered Lake Austin Home is tuned in to nature
Local studio A Parallel Architecture designed the award-winning Lake Austin Residence, a beautiful luxury home...
1-acre permaculture farm in Australia feeds 50 families
This family in Australia completely shifted the way they source their food - with remarkable success. When wife...
Historic Missouri church rises from the ashes with an eco-friendly twist
When the 2011 catastrophic fire ravaged the historic Westport Presbyterian Church in Kansas City, much of the church’s...
Armenia’s first BREEAM-certified building is an earthquake-resistant international school
Deep in the forested mountains of the Armenian town Dilijan—colloquially called “Little Switzerland”—stands...
University of Pennsylvania’s green-roofed New College House targets LEED Silver
Located at a major campus gateway, the 198,000-square-foot New College House (NCH) facade combines the University’s...
17th Century Parisian apartment with a hidden slurry pit transformed into an open plan studio
For centuries, the abandoned ground floor space was used as a corridor connecting a large apartment to the grounds’...
The Armadillo Vault’s hundreds of limestone slabs are held together without glue
ETH Zurich’s Block Research Group worked in collaboration with engineering firm Ochsendorf DeJong & Block...
Magical New Zealand cave is illuminated by luminescent glowworms
Jeffers, who is an official Hobbiton photographer, frequently captures incredible landscapes for tourism companies....
Old shabby barn is reborn as a stunning, near net-zero modern home
Built with a similar footprint to the original 19th century barn, the 4,500-square-foot Thistle Hill Farm home...
Bucolic UK renovation hearkens back to simpler, greener times
The architects demolished the existing buildings, using some of their outlines to create a series of new walls...
Spectacular University of Chicago addition marries limestone, metal and glass
The building on University of Chicago Laboratory School's maincampus reinterprets the 1904 limestone facade of...
Prefab wooden dome home spins like a UFO to let sunlight in from every angle
[youtube =http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v79fSKmg9B8&w=537&h-302] The wooden dome house is constructed largely...
Yunak Evleri is a 5-star hotel built into ancient Turkish caves
Many caves were carved out of the soft limestone cliffs in the region of Cappadocia, whose history dates back to...
Breathtaking images capture the magical shine of glowworms in a limestone cave
Glowworms aren’t the only organisms capable of producing and emitting light. Bioluminescence can be found in...
TreeHouse Memorial City becomes the highest rated LEED Platinum Core and Shell Building in Texas
The 14,700-square-feet building was design in collaboration with Acumen Design. The building exterior is clad with...
Limestone Skyscrapers salvage mining sites with beautiful design
The presence and dissolution of limestone carves beautiful and scenic landscapes into the earth and creates formations...
The Everglades were fracked and you didn’t even hear about it
Earlier in 2014, Texas-based Dan A. Hughes Co. wasfined $25,000 for acid fracking near the everglades. Though the...
Compact Karst House offers a contemporary twist on classic countryside living in Slovenia
Built for a young family, the 990-square-foot, two-story home features a pitched concrete roof and is clad in light-colored...
BIG Unveils Cascading Public Square For England’s Battersea Power Station
The project is helmed by a Malaysian development consortium and it was inspired by Malaysia's landscape and geology...
Pombal Castle’s Magnificent Visitor Center is a Limestone Monolith in a Medieval Fortress
Comoco Arquitectos were commissioned to design the visitor center and landscaping, including the revitalization...
Baskets Full of Local Limestone Make Up the Façade of This Stunning House in Poland
Located in a region known as Polish Jura, which is dominated by rocky hills, cliffs and valleys, the building seems...
Modern Wood-Clad House Uses Limestone Walls for Passive Cooling in the Italian Alps
From afar, Casa Prè de Sura fits the local alpine vernacular with its traditional gable roof and vertically laid...
26 Years, 9 Tons of Limestone, and a Whole Lot of Love Went into this Magical Fairytale House
Bear in mind that Chris started working on his home back in the 1980s, which may seem like the dark ages to our...
Abandoned Mines Make the Perfect Homes for Eco-Friendly Data Centers
Underground clouds? Welcome to the future - data centers are starting to look at abandoned limestone mines as potential...
North Peak House Goes Above and Beyond Austin’s Green Building Standard
The two-story North Peak House is located at the edge of a neighborhood bordered by sloping woodlands on the south...
Park 567 Opens as Part of Chicago’s Elevated Bloomingdale Trail & The 606
Park 567 opened to the public on September 13th and is the second above ground park to be completed as part of...
