Elevated bamboo housing protects an Indian community from floods
After the catastrophic 2017 Northeast India floods ravaged the state of Assam, the nonprofit SEEDS (Sustainable...
A hotel suite inside a shipping container hovers over the landscape in Brazil
Brazilian architecture firm Bruno Zaitter arquiteto has once again given new life to a shipping container with...
Self-sustainable children’s center in Tanzania harvests water like a baobab tree
In northern Tanzania, a Swedish team of architects, engineers and a non-profit collaborated with local workers...
Stefano Boeri will revitalize Genoa with sustainable energy-producing urban design
A Stefano Boeri Architetti-led design team has won a competition to design a new urban project to transform the...
A striking new gateway to Copenhagen celebrates green transit and Danish design
Earlier this summer, Copenhagen officially opened Køge Nord Station, a stunning new transportation landmark that...
Zaha Hadid Architects completes futuristic, energy-saving airport in Beijing
China has officially opened the Beijing Daxing International Airport, a futuristic transit hub designed by Zaha...
Archstorming announces winning proposals for a school made of recycled plastic in Mexico
Architectural competitions platform Archstorming recently presented the winners of its “Tulum Plastic School”...
Rammed-earth walls make up a beautiful retreat hidden in the Zhejiang mountains
Hidden in the misty mountains of Zhejiang, a new eco-sensitive resort made from local materials entices visitors...
Ski atop the world’s cleanest waste-to-energy plant in Copenhagen
Six years after breaking ground, CopenHill — a waste-to-energy plant topped with a year-round ski slope — is...
Nearly 300 trees transform a football stadium into Austria’s largest public art installation
An extraordinary forest has taken root in an unexpected place—the Wörthersee football Stadium in Klagenfurt,...
Ecosistema Urbano designs a digitally integrated eco-campus for the University of Malaga
The University of Malaga in Spain will soon be home to a high-tech campus that will redefine the urban fabric with...
Spectacular installation in London turns scaffolding planks into sculpture
In the most ambitious of British Land’s Landmark installations to date, internationally renowned British designer...
Mirage Architecture envisions a solar-powered glass cube for Lithuania’s national concert hall
In response to an international design competition for Lithuania’s National Concert Hall in Vilnius, Iranian...
Travertine and teak sustainably ground a modern home into a harsh coastal climate
Built to look like an extension of the landscape, the Point Nepean Residence in the town of Portsea, Australia...
LEED Platinum Sitka captures the Pacific Northwest spirit with a lush, fog-enabled courtyard
Local architectural practice Runberg Architecture Group has raised the bar for sustainable design in Seattle with...
Kengo Kuma weaves bamboo and carbon fiber into a nest-like structure at the V&A Museum
At the 2019 London Design Festival, Japanese architect Kengo Kuma has crafted a new eye-catching outdoor installation...
LEED Gold-seeking wildlife center emphasizes energy conservation in Quebec
The Canadian city of Laval in southwestern Quebec has recently gained a new wildlife interpretation center with...
Taiga launches Orca, a 100% electric jet ski with a two-hour battery
Canadian company Taiga Motors, the creators of the world’s first electric snowmobiles, makes yet another splash...
MVRDV unveils pro-bono vision to reopen the lost canals of The Hague
In a bid to restore a lost part of nature to The Hague, MVRDV has unveiled a proposal to reopen the city’s 17th-century...
Central Park to undergo $150M LEED Gold-targeted redesign
To cap the Central Park Conservancy’s 40-year renewal of Central Park, the nonprofit has unveiled designs to...
Cutwork proposes innovative “just add water” housing for refugees
In a bid to alleviate the global refugee housing crisis, Paris-based design studio Cutwork developed a conceptual...
Old Paris railway site will transform into a carbon-neutral “ecosystem neighborhood”
An abundance of green will soon take over the heart of Paris with the transformation of the city’s old railway...
Award-winning sustainable retreat offers a stylish defense against fire
Australian architectural firm Steendijk’s Bellbird Retreat is proof that designing for fire safety doesn’t...
Sono Motors’ self-charging solar electric car will feature an air-purifying moss interior
German mobility startup Sono Motors recently unveiled the first interior renderings for the Sion, a fully electric...
MAD Architects unveils solar-powered Hyperloop transit system
The avant-garde architecture of Beijing-based MAD Architects has merged with Hyperloop’s futuristic transportation...
Sustainable tech powers the Corten steel-clad Cube in Denmark
When Danish architectural firm Christensen & Co. Architects was asked to design the new headquarters for the...
Studio Gang’s Solstice tower in Chicago is shaped by the sun
In Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood rises Solstice on the Park, a 26-story residential tower with an angular...
Snøhetta completes world’s northernmost energy-positive building
Snøhetta has once again raised the bar for sustainable architecture with its completion of Powerhouse Brattørkaia,...
LEED Platinum Co|Lab Building brings first-ever CLT structure to Virginia
Earlier this summer, William McDonough + Partners and HITT Contracting officially opened Co|Lab, an innovative...
Psychedelic installation in NYC spotlights environmental issues with immersive art
The call for environmental awareness and action has been given a new voice in a visually stunning art installation...