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)...
Sculptural, energy-saving office boasts the “smartest building advances in Germany”
In the heart of Berlin, Danish architecture firm 3XN has recently completed Cube Berlin, a striking new office...
Recycled shipping container cafe utilizes passive cooling in India
Southeast of New Delhi, in Greater Noida City, Rahul Jain Design Lab (RJDL) has transformed recycled shipping containers...
First CLT Passive House project in Boston breaks ground
Move over steel and concrete — a pioneering cross-laminated timber (CLT) project that’s set to break ground...
Glowing rabbit made of 3D-printed polycarbonate pops up in a Dutch pond
Early last year, Dutch artist Titia Ex presented the North Holland town of Heemskerk with an unusual gift — a...
MVRDV to revive complex with BREEAM-certified “groundscraper”
MVRDV has unveiled designs for a BREEAM Excellent-certified office building in Amsterdam as part of a redevelopment...
Check out Glasir, the tree-shaped urban farming solution
In a bid to revolutionize agriculture, New York City and Bergen-based innovation studio Framlab has proposed...
Marc Thorpe designs live/work buildings built from earth bricks
New York-based architecture studio Marc Thorpe Design has unveiled renderings for the Dakar Houses, a series of...
CLT gives a sustainable community center in Copenhagen a welcoming feel
In the Copenhagen suburb of Brønshøj, local architectural practice NORD Architects has completed the Parish Center,...
Odor-free Sepura makes home composting easier than ever
If you’ve ever wanted to start composting at home but got put off by the hassle and the smell, the Sepura could...
LEED Gold-targeted office mimics High Line via lush greenery
New York City’s award-winning High Line has attracted yet another sculptural building to its side — 512 West...
Sustainable city block in Hamburg goes for gold in energy-efficiency
In Hamburg’s HafenCity district, German architecture firm blauraum Architekten has recently completed the KPTN,...
South Africa's first interior 6 star Green Star awarded to Formfunc
The Green Building Council recently awarded South Africa’s highest possible Interiors Green Star v1 certification...
LEED Gold-targeted Ottawa library will honor local history
After nearly a year of public input by Canadians from coast to coast, Toronto-based Diamond Schmitt Architects...
Abandoned amusement park to gain new life as a nature park in Suzhou
In Suzhou, China, an abandoned amusement park is being transformed into a 74-hectare nature park that will include...
Tropical greenery surrounds a sustainable, solar-powered home in Singapore
In Singapore, a lush veil of tropical plants has enveloped a sustainable home for a family of five. The house,...
LEED-Platinum learning lab is a beacon of sustainability
In a bold move to embrace environmental education, Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine recently welcomed the Roux...
World’s first car-free IKEA store to open in Austria
IKEA Austria has announced plans to open the world’s “most innovative and green” IKEA store — a car-free,...
Climate-adaptive park in Copenhagen wins Arne of the Year Award
One of Copenhagen’s newest green parks, the Sankt Kjelds Square and Bryggervangen, has just received Copenhagen’s...
Light-filled home makes the most of affordable, sustainable materials
Proving that building on a budget doesn’t have to mean compromising on aesthetics, Uruguayan architecture practice...
Calamus unveils “world’s safest” e-bike at CES 2020
India-based startup Calamus recently unveiled the Calamus One Ultrabike, an electric bicycle that they claim...
Century-old building is reborn as a LEED Platinum home in San Francisco
When architect Jonathan Feldman of Feldman Architecture began remodeling his home in San Francisco in the early...
myfood’s smart greenhouses can grow nearly 900 pounds of produce a year
At CES 2020, French startup myfood presented a smart greenhouse that it says can grow up to 400 kilograms (880...
Seaweed pavilion encourages environmental conservation at WEF
In the landlocked Swiss town of Davos-Klosters, German designer Julia Lohmann has brought multi-sensory elements...
ZHA unveils LEED Gold-targeted OPPO headquarters in Shenzhen
Zaha Hadid Architects has won an international competition to design Chinese tech giant OPPO’s new headquarters...
Egyptian pavilion proposal for 2020 Venice Biennale targets climate change
According to the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency, climate change and poaching are putting approximately 70...
Buhais Geology Park opens in UAE's Sharjah Desert
British architectural firm Hopkins Architects has completed the Buhais Geology Park Interpretative Centre,...
UNSense to develop a 100-home “real-life testing environment” for the future of housing
UNSense, an arch-tech startup launched by UNStudio, has announced plans to develop an adaptive neighborhood of...
LEED Platinum-targeted Santa Monica apartments are powered by solar energy
Los Angeles-based design practice KFA Architecture has recently completed Pico Eleven, a new multi-unit residential...