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Lucy Wang

Lucy has been a freelance writer with Inhabitat.com since 2013. At Inhabitat, her writing mainly pertains to environmentally friendly architecture and design, with a strong focus on design projects that involve prefabrication, off-grid and renewable energy technologies, space-saving solutions as well as adaptive reuse/renovation. She has also been published on Lawn & Landscape Magazine, Landscape Forms’ Insite and Dwell.com.
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UNStudio to transform Gyeongdo Island into a sustainable tourism destination

UNStudio has unveiled a masterplan to transform South Korea’s Gyeongdo Island into a new, 470,000-square-meter...

a two-level home with wood siding, a pool and trees outside

Airy Santa Monica Canyon home embraces views of nature and art

Reclaimed materials, a world-class art collection and an indoor/outdoor lifestyle combine in this recently completed...

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An abandoned Chinese village is reborn as an interactive art destination

With 1 billion people estimated to be living in Chinese cities in 2050, China is seeing hundreds of thousands of...

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Green-roofed villa blends into a Costa Rican jungle landscape

Hidden in the lush mountains of Costa Rica is Atelier Villa, a green-roofed residence that Czech architecture firm...

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Babylon Bridge features hanging gardens over the Seine

Paris-based design studio Rescubika has unveiled a fantastical proposal for the Babylon Bridge, a pedestrian-only...

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LEED Platinum-certified Half Moon Bay Library targets net-zero energy

At three times the size of its predecessor with a recently minted LEED Platinum certification, California’s Half...

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Heatherwick Studio completes nature-filled EDEN apartments in Singapore

Greenery spills down the sides of EDEN, a nature-filled apartment building completed in late 2019 by British design...

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Montreal unveils plans for award-winning Biodiversity Corridor

Following decades of car-oriented growth that replaced swaths of greenery with asphalt, the city of Montreal is...

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Designers propose sustainable housing in response to COVID-19 lifestyle changes

For those lucky enough to keep their jobs during the global pandemic, a large portion have been working from home...

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Off-grid bamboo bungalow embraces nature in Thailand

When Mr. Phol asked Bangkok-based architecture studio TOUCH to design for him a private home in Thailand's north-central...

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Geothermal-powered dorm minimizes its carbon footprint in Quebec

Near Sherbrooke, Quebec, Montreal-based ARCHITEM Wolff Shapiro Kuskowski has recently completed the Mitchell Family...

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Ancient Mayan-inspired Casa Merida operates off the grid in Mexico

In the hot and humid Yucatán capital of Mérida, blasting air conditioning all day is commonly regarded as a necessity...

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LEED-seeking apartments house formerly homeless families in San Francisco

David Baker Architects has completed 222 Taylor, an affordable housing complex in San Francisco’s Tenderloin...

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Architects design COVID-19 mobile testing labs for underserved communities

Perkins and Will’s New York studio has teamed up with Danish firm Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects and multidisciplinary...

a grey building with a top floor that features a glass facade. on the lower level, a curved chunk of the facade is carved out to feature an open, window-covered entrance

Charles Library boasts one of Pennsylvania's largest green roofs

Contemporary, sustainable and welcoming, Temple University's new Charles Library in Philadelphia raises the bar...

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Self-sustaining retreat in Idaho is the perfect social distancing getaway

When a family sought reprieve from the rigors of urban living, they asked Salt Lake City-based architecture firm...

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CX Landscape proposes futuristic coastal park in response to climate change

Australia-based CX Landscape has unveiled designs for Sea Line Park, a conceptual project to link the eastern and...

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Architecture students design award-winning Passive House in South Dakota

In Brookings, South Dakota, a group of South Dakota State University architecture students designed and completed...

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This green wall uses upcycled clay tiles for natural cooling

In its latest project to creatively repurpose clay roof tiles, Indian architecture firm Manoj Patel Design Studio...

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Recycled materials and traditional techniques define this farmstay in India

At the edge of the Sasan Gir wildlife sanctuary in Gujarat, India, d6thD design studio has completed Aaranya, an...

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Pittsburgh’s MuseumLab for children achieves LEED Gold

MuseumLab, one of Pittsburgh’s most creative and innovative youth learning spaces, has earned LEED Gold a year...

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Old Polish barn transforms into a cool contemporary home

Poznań-based design studio mode:lina recently transformed a decrepit old barn into the Ślonsko Chałpa...

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Eco-friendly Everlasting Forest Pavilion champions circular living in Bangkok

For this year’s Bangkok Design Week, which took place in February 2020, Thai design firm Plural Designs created...

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This colorful prefab school was created in only 13 months

When Crossboundaries was tapped to design the Jinlong School, an educational campus with classrooms and...

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Spain’s first Passivhaus nursing home generates surplus energy

Madrid-based design studio CSO Arquitectura has completed Spain’s first Passivhaus-certified nursing home in...

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3XN unveils LEED Platinum-seeking Forskaren innovation center in Stockholm

Danish architecture firm 3XN has won a design competition for Forskaren, a new mixed-use innovation center for...

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Sustainable arctic sauna frames views of the midnight sun

In the home of the Northern Lights, Helsinki-based firm Toni Yli-Suvanto Architects has completed the Arctic...

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Luca Curci Architects designs a zero-energy smart city of the future

According to the United Nations, 5 billion people are projected to live in cities by 2030. In response to the growing...

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Healthcare skyscraper wins 2020 eVolo Skyscraper Competition

After receiving nearly 500 submissions from around the world, eVolo Magazine has announced the winners of the 2020...

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Portland welcomes first Living Building Challenge project

Pacific Northwest architecture firm Mahlum has made history with the certification of its new architecture...

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