Passive solar house embraces indoor-outdoor living in sustainable comfort
Just 15 minutes from New Zealand’s capital is an environmentally conscious house that enjoys the best of city...
Green-roofed beachfront home fully embraces its coastal surroundings
Topped with green roofs and surrounded by walls of glass, the Beach Front Gardens homes in Costa Rica were designed...
Tiny house in Tokyo funnels light indoors with a curved roof
After spending a decade commuting to teach at Tokyo’s Waseda University and Art Architecture School, architect...
Studio NAB wants to boost urban biodiversity with an insect hotel at a bus stop
Waiting for the bus is usually a drag, but what if the experience could instead become an opportunity to be closer...
TREDJE NATUR proposes angled timber housing that meets UN’s sustainability goals
Copenhagen-based architectural firm TREDJE NATUR has unveiled an urban housing proposal that ticks all the right...
Architects envision a sustainable future for a Finnish island at risk of rising sea levels
In response to concerns that Luonnonmaa, an island on the Finnish West archipelago coast, could succumb to the...
Desmond Tutu Clinic welcomes HIV patients with a striking sawtooth roof
In the Cape Town township of Masiphumelele, approximately 30 percent of the residents are infected with HIV. To...
Twisting brick facade fronts an innovative courtyard house near Chicago
In a Chicago suburb full of traditional gabled rooflines, California-based architectural firm Brooks + Scarpa has...
Old ruins are transformed into a cozy, off-grid guesthouse in France
From afar, this quaint guesthouse seems like a pile of rubble — but take a closer look and you’ll find a tiny...
Solar-powered prefab cabins keep naturally cool in Portugal
When a client approached Lisbon-based architectural practice Studio 3A for a small residential project in the seaside...
Ingenhoven breaks ground on a hedge-wrapped “green heart” in Düsseldorf
In May, German architectural firm Ingenhoven Architects broke ground on Kö-Bogen II, a sustainable mixed-use development...
A magical field of solar-powered lights takes over a California landscape
Internationally acclaimed Britain-based artist Bruce Munro recently unveiled his largest site-specific project...
A massive urban vineyard will envelop a new research center in Milan
International design and innovation firm Carlo Ratti Associati (CRA) has won first place in the C40 Cities Climate...
Innovative micro-house uses digital fabrication on low-cost timber construction
Can digital fabrication unlock a new frontier in low-cost timber construction? All signs point to yes in the IBA...
Imperial War Museum’s Passivhaus-targeted archive breaks world records for airtightness
Britain’s Imperial War Museum has recently gained a new high-performance archive facility in Cambridgeshire,...
TRS Studio turns shipping containers into low-cost Pachacutec housing
Improved housing could soon be coming to Pachacutec, a dusty shantytown on the outskirts of Lima. Peruvian architectural...
LEED Platinum UCSB student housing harnesses California’s coastal climate
The University of California Santa Barbara boasts not only a beautiful campus near the ocean, but also recently...
An energy-optimized extension pierces a renovated brick bungalow
Having outgrown their single-story bungalow, a family approached Ghent-based architectural firm WE-S architecten...
Escape to the Azores at this charming eco resort by the sea
Looking for a summer getaway that checks the boxes for chic and environmentally friendly style? Meet Lava Homes,...
MAD unveils an “energy-saving” snowflake-shaped terminal for Harbin Airport
MAD Architects has unveiled a snowflake-shaped design for Terminal 3 of Harbin Taiping International Airport that...
Korvaa is the world’s first headphones “grown” from bio-based materials
Move over plastic and aluminum — the headphones of the future may be built from fungus and biosynthetic spider...
Sculptural Slab House creates “ecological corridors” in the Brazilian mountains
Belo Horizonte-based Tetro Arquitetura e Engenharia has completed the Inclined Slab House, a contemporary residence...
A Melbourne worker’s cottage gets revamped into a solar-powered family home
When a young family with two children approached Melbourne-based practice Gardiner Architects for a renovation...
“Self-shaping” Urbach Tower twists itself into a unique, curvaceous shape
Wood warping typically creates unwanted and undesirable effects, yet the creators behind a unique new landmark...
RRA unveils mountain-inspired ski resort that emphasizes nature and community
Oslo-based architectural firm Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter (RRA) has won first place in Alpinco Gondoltoppen AS’...
A Mumbai industrial complex becomes a modern, mixed-use campus
In the Mumbai suburb of Vikhroli, Indian architectural firm Studio Lotus and GPL Design Studio have given a disused...
Green-roofed infill rental fills a gap in Vancouver’s housing crisis
In light of Vancouver’s housing crisis, local architectural firm Haeccity Studio Architecture has transformed...
UNStudio envisions a “Garden City of the 21st Century” for India
UNStudio has unveiled designs for Karle Town Center (KTC), a new innovative tech campus in Bangalore, dubbed the...
A chic, nature-filled office building in Tokyo boldly brings the outdoors in
In Tokyo, a new office tower stands out from the concrete jungle with its embrace of nature. Designed by prolific...
A modern reusable pavilion is sustainably designed to pop-up almost anywhere
Combining art, architecture and technology, Los Angeles-based architectural firm Montalba Architects recently completed...