Transformed caravan's mobile music studio to help refugees
Although we've seen quite a few cool caravan conversions, Swedish studio Snask's latest project brings music to...
Off-grid beach retreat is 'carved' into the dunes of Cape Cod
Brooklyn-based firm Studio Vural has unveiled an incredible concept design for an off-grid beach retreat, which...
A clean-energy school in southern France draws power from the sun
The French city of Nîmes recently welcomed the Ada Lovelace Secondary School, Occitania’s first-ever clean-energy...
Costa Rican surf hotel gets stunning new athletic center
Costa Rica-based architectural firm Studio Saxe has just completed work on a beautiful, light-filled athletic center...
Green design at Te Mirumiru center honors Maori history
Architecture encompasses a lot of things. It’s art. It’s function. It’s culture. The Te Mirumiru Early Childhood...
3D-printed home inspired by a wasp's nest is made of local clay
There's very little doubt that 3D-printing could be huge in the future of design, and architects from around the...
1971 Airstream gets glossy modern makeover, off-grid power
Although we’ve covered some gorgeous Airstream renovations over the years, there’s always one project that...
Low-impact summer retreat boasts solar panels and a green roof
Seattle-based firm Heliotrope Architects has just completed work on a gorgeous summer home located on Orcas Island,...
LEED Platinum high-rise in Toronto promotes sustainable living
Aqualina at Bayside, a new multistory residence in Toronto, has just earned LEED Platinum certification — a first...
Green-roofed Stonecrop home rises from rural English landscape
London-based architecture firm Featherstone Young recently completed Stonecrop, a new home in Rutland,...
LEED Gold-certified Azurmendi crowned “World’s Most Sustainable Restaurant”
Three-star Michelin restaurant Azurmendi has once again been crowned the “World’s Most Sustainable Restaurant”...
Roaming shipping container museum brings contemporary art through Panama
Panamanian architect Héctor Ayarza has figured out a cool and sustainable way to bring art to the masses. His...
Sophisticated backyard cottage built with 90% reclaimed wood
When Anna and Donovan Watt purchased a beautiful home just outside of Seattle, they tasked Seattle-based Targa...
The Expandable House helps adapt to rapid urbanization
Singapore-based design firm Urban-Rural Systems has developed an innovative housing prototype that fights...
1850s barn in Italy becomes a modern, sustainable family home
Located at the foot of UNESCO World Heritage site Alpe di Siusi in the Italian province of South Tyrol, Messner...
Solar-powered home embraces tree canopy views in all directions
In the coastal township of Barwon Heads, Australian architecture firm Peter Winkler Architects has completed the...
Powerbarn is a bioenergy plant offering power to 84,000 families
In the rural commune of Russi in northeast Italy, Italian architecture firm Giovanni Vaccarini Architetti has converted...
Eco-friendly spiritual living at Holy Wisdom Monastery
A basket of bread comes around, and the person next to me removes a chunk, holds it up and says, “Bread of life.”...
“Temple of Poop” grows a flowering rooftop with human waste
Latvian design and build workshop Zeltini has made answering the call of nature into an environmental statement...
Minimalist, charred-timber tiny cabin is only 129 square feet
Belgian firm dmvA Architects has unveiled a sophisticated and sustainable tiny cabin clad in charred timber. Just...
Canada’s first net-zero carbon, mass-timber college building to rise in Toronto
The Centennial College in Toronto will soon make history with the addition of Canada’s first net-zero carbon,...
York University’s new green-roofed student center celebrates inclusivity
After overwhelmingly voting in favor of a second campus building devoted solely to student space, students at Toronto’s...
Local earth bricks form this inspiring co-working space in Ouagadougou
unlimitedJCA, the pro-bono branch of Prague-based design studio Jakub Cigler Architekti, has completed JUMPHUB,...
This modern art museum was once a cheese factory in Arkansas
In Bentonville, Arkansas, a giant factory that once processed cheese for Kraft Foods has been given new life as...
Rooftop farm grows on award-winning Denizen Bushwick building
After five years of design and construction, ODA New York has completed Denizen Bushwick, a 1.2-million-square-foot...
Rundown lodge near the Nile River is now a solar-powered eco-resort
Once known as one of Uganda's most popular hotels, the Nile Safari Lodge had fallen into disrepair over the years....
Sweden’s tallest timber building could save 550 tons of CO2
Scandinavian-based architecture firm C.F. Møller Architects has raised the bar for sustainable architecture with...
Hydroelectric art gallery will generate enough wave power to be 100% self-sustaining
London-based architect Margot Krasojevic has just unveiled a futuristic art gallery that runs on hydroelectric...
Geothermal-powered education center anchors Louisville’s new Waterfront Botanical Gardens
A notorious old landfill in Louisville, Kentucky is being transformed into the new Waterfront Botanical Gardens,...
BAS breaks ground on energy-efficient Discovery Building to study climate change in Antarctica
To establish Britain as a world leader in the fight against climate change, the British Antarctic Survey (BAS)...