
Snøhetta's Norwegian Wild Reindeer Centre Pavilion was Inspired by the Robust Landscape
Norway is perhaps best known for its coastal fjords, but the northern landscape has much to offer in its interior...

INHABITAT INTERVIEW: Green Architect & Cradle to Cradle Founder William McDonough
INHABITAT: What inspired you to write 'Cradle to Cradle' (the book) and launch the Cradle to Cradle system? William...

Colorado man builds state's most energy efficient house
Passive House is a globally-recognized building design technique that promises huge cuts in energy use for any...

Elderly man spends 53 years building an incredible cathedral by hand
This extraordinary cathedral made from salvaged materials has steadily risen over the past 50 years in a quiet...

INTERVIEW: Home Improvement Legend Bob Vila Talks to Us About Green Building
Bob Vila’s name has been synonymous with home improvement since he helped launch This Old House in 1979. After...

7 Winter home improvement tips to save you money and energy in the cold season
Just because we've had record high temperatures in the past several years and general worrisome warming trend doesn't...

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...

Enproyecto Arquitectura's Spanish Coastal Stone Cabin Holds More Than a Few Surprises
Located on the outskirts of a small agricultural village, the house is surrounded by cherry fields and is graced...

BOOK REVIEW: Shigeru Ban's 'Humanitarian Architecture' focuses on emergency response design
The first half of book is comprised of four essays and conversations that Ban had with Bad Pit and fellow educator...

Undulating Croatian sports center is an urban design masterpiece
The campus is sited on a slope, so access is provided by flights of stairs. Complementing the upper adjacent park...

Oregon Man Lives Inside 727 Airplane Home in the Middle of the Woods!
Rather thanturning the plane into something like a modern house, Campbell is reusing much of the original equipment...

Hand Over is raising funds to provide sustainable housing in Cairo's slums
An astonishing 47 percent of Egypt's slums are in Cairo, where 6 million inhabitants are living in a chronically...

Towering Magic Mountain Lodge is a Hill-Like Hobbit Highrise Straight Out of Middle Earth
The Lodge sits on a diverse forest region in northernPatagonia and is a base camp at the Hulio Hulio preserve for...

How to build a Passive House off-grid, and without foam
Carefully keeping the surrounding Ponderosa Pines safe, which provide critical shading in the summer, we dug out...

Incredible Transforming LEGO Apartment Packs 4 Rooms Into 1
[youtube width="537" height="327"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juWaO5TJS00&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] Christian...