Solar-powered luxury home celebrates contemporary style at Lake Huron
On the banks of Lake Huron in a remote Canadian town, South African architecture firm SAOTA completed a contemporary...
Prefab apartment proposal wants to make city living more sustainable
Rotterdam-based architecture firm AEMSEN has recently unveiled BARBIZON, a design proposal for sustainable apartments...
Green-roofed Hive home opens and closes with the sun
Ahmedabad-based Openideas Architecture has completed Hive, an adaptable and sustainable family home that...
Energy-neutral school in Utrecht enhances biodiversity
At the Winkerlaan in Utrecht, Dutch architecture firm EVA architecten has completed SO Fier, an energy-neutral...
Wellesley’s Global Flora greenhouse can generate all of its own energy
Boston-based architecture firm Kennedy & Violich Architecture has flipped the script for energy-intensive greenhouses...
Gardens grow on all floors of Saint-Gobain’s crystalline HQ
On the outskirts of Paris, French architecture firm Valode & Pistre has completed a new headquarters — a...
UNStudio unveils “future-proof” energy-generating education building for TU Delft
UNStudio has unveiled designs for Echo, a new multipurpose academic building for TU Delft that will not only generate...
LEED Platinum Stockman Bank harvests rainwater and solar power in Missoula
In Montana’s historic downtown Missoula, a Stockman Bank branch has recently earned LEED v4 Core and Shell Platinum...
This timber home weaves around pine trees for reduced site impact
A cluster of timber boxes make up Haus Koeris, a new eco-friendly home by architecture firm Zeller & Moye....
Maggie’s Leeds Centre provides a calming refuge for cancer patients
U.K. charity Maggie’s has expanded its free cancer support system with the completion of Maggie’s Leeds Centre,...
Luxury prefab Costa Rican home features dramatic wing-like roof
In a remote jungle on the hilltops of Costa Rica's Santa Teresa province, San José-based architecture firm Studio...
Breathtaking Coral Greenhouse raises environmental awareness for the Great Barrier Reef
Acclaimed British sculptor and marine conservationist Jason deCaires Taylor has recently completed the Coral Greenhouse,...
Snøhetta completes stunning Norwegian cabins for glacier hikers
The breathtaking landscape of Luster in the western part of Norway has recently been joined by Tungestølen, a...
Arrival’s zero-emissions buses are designed for social distancing
U.K. startup Arrival has unveiled the Arrival Bus, an eye-catching electric bus crafted to not only improve public...
Abandoned wine factory is transformed into a luxury hotel by the sea
On Greece’s idyllic Kourouta beach, Athens-based k-studio has converted a derelict wine factory from the 1920s...
NBBJ to design Tencent’s futuristic “Net City” in Shenzhen
Global design firm NBBJ has won an international competition to design Net City, a 2-million-square-meter masterplanned...
Passive House-certified development offers affordable housing in South Bronx
New York City-based Curtis + Ginsberg Architects has completed Park Avenue Green, the largest Passive House development...
Discover the powers of nature in Denmark’s newly opened NATURKRAFT exploratorium
Last week, Denmark’s NATURKRAFT officially opened to offer the public a new space for experiencing the “physical...
Explore eerie wonders at the Museum of Underwater Art
Four years after its initial conception, Australia's Museum of Underwater Art has finally opened to the...
Research facility minimizes its carbon footprint to attract international talent
Spain’s coastal city of Badalona has recently welcomed the Centre for Comparative Medicine and Bio-Image, a new...
Prefab, floating waterlilliHaus is completely self-sustaining in Brazil
Brazilian construction company SysHaus has recently installed a new prefab home that generates its own energy as...
A puzzle-inspired sliding facade improves this building’s energy efficiency
In the Ballard neighborhood, close to Seattle’s downtown, local architecture firm Graham Baba Architects has...
3XN’s green-roofed offices to sport an elevated cycling path in Stockholm
Danish architecture firm 3XN has won a design competition for Kvarter 15 (District 15), a new office that will...
Ecocapsule launches SPACE for semi off-grid living
Slovak company Ecocapsule has just debuted their newest egg-shaped micro-unit — SPACE, a tiny mobile...
Tiered timber tea house embraces a Chinese ginkgo forest
On the outskirts of the Chinese city of Jiaxing, European architecture practice MADAM has completed the Gingko...
Naturally cooled funicular offers spectacular views of the French Alps
In 2019, French design agency Atelier 360 gave the iconic Les Arcs - Bourg Saint Maurice funicular a dramatic makeover...
Solar-powered Lowell Justice Center will be Massachusetts’ first LEED Platinum courthouse
Half-an-hour north of Boston, the Massachusetts city of Lowell has recently welcomed the new Lowell Justice Center,...
Timber lake kiosk will gradually disappear into landscape
Berlin-based noa* (network of architecture) has replaced an aging swimming hut with the new Lake House...
Gensler upcycles an old warehouse into creative offices in Austin
At the heart of East Austin, an old and uninviting warehouse has been transformed into a creative office building...
Silver Oak becomes world’s most sustainable winery
After a devastating fire ravaged the Silver Oak Winery in California’s Napa Valley nearly 15 years ago, the owners...