Casas Melhoradas explores sustainable and affordable housing in Mozambique
Mozambique is one of the poorest countries in the world—and its capital, Maputo, suffers from infrastructural...
Victorian-era townhouse converted into 14 light-filled micro-apartments
The popularity of micro-apartments has really taken off over the years as cities continue to seek affordable solutions...
New Block design offers a low-cost and sustainable solution to urban infill
Los Angeles-based architecture firm Newman Garrison + Partners has unveiled New Block, a patented “green building...
Yale architecture students designed and built this handsome home for the homeless
Since 1967, first-year Yale architecture students have designed and built buildings to better the community —...
Cube Haus seeks to solve the housing crisis with affordable prefab homes
Many large cities are struggling with severe housing issues, and one new startup is proposing an architectural...
Boring Company confirms plans to use excavated dirt for low-cost housing bricks
Will Elon Musk foray into affordable housing next? Earlier this week, he said on Twitter that The Boring Company...
Designers envision innovative affordable housing for Sydney
The Sydney Affordable Housing Challenge, organized by Bee Breeders, calls for ideas that try to solve the affordable...
The affordable, carbon-positive CORE 9 house can generate more energy than it uses
With its CORE 9 home, architecture firm Beaumont Concepts aims to redefine how affordable sustainable housing is...
$300M live-work campus gets green light to replace former juvenile jail in NYC
Green spaces, affordable housing, and over 300 jobs are coming to the south Bronx. The Peninsula, a mixed-use development...
New 3D-printed house can be built in less than a day for just $4,000
One billion people on Earth lack access to adequate housing — but that could change if ICON and New Story are...
7 simple designs that solve modern problems – and don’t cost a fortune
Clean water. Affordable housing. Renewable energy. These are just a few of the pressing needs that can be met by...
DFA’s flood-proof towers could survive six feet of sea level rise in New York City
New York-based architecture firm DFA just unveiled plans for 19 cylindrical apartment towers that can survive six...
Local residents help build pre-fab bamboo social center that can be constructed in a week
Mexican studio Comunal Taller de Arquitectura is proving yet again that bamboo is a miracle material when it comes...
Tiny homes made of concrete pipes could be the next big thing in micro housing
The micro-housing trend has really taken off over the last decade, and a new age of tiny urban homes is now upon...
Kansas State students built this charming affordable home for low-income families
A group of fifth-year architecture students at Kansas State University teamed up with local firms El Dorado and...
IBUKU unveils modular bamboo homes for garbage collectors in Bali
Bali-based IBUKU explores the fantastic potential of bamboo as a sustainable building material - and we've featured...
Net-zero prefab home stacks together and expands like children’s blocks
Wish you could expand the size of your home without breaking the bank? A group of architecture students from the...
Students build a low-cost yet high-quality sustainable home from recycled materials
Affordable and sustainable housing is possible—and Studio 804’s many projects are proof. Working together with...
Shipping-container development designed for Los Angeles’ homeless population
A Los Angeles neighborhood will soon be home to a new shipping container development created for individuals transitioning...
Life-saving LifeArk snaps together like LEGO to provide emergency off-grid housing
Architect Charles Wee didn’t have grand plans to save the world—but that’s exactly what his incredible LifeArk...
True North Detroit is an affordable live-work community made from prefab Quonset huts
A number of grassroots initiatives and organizations are revitalizing Detroit as a testing ground for urban innovation....
The SHED Project’s affordable micro-homes pop up in just one day
London’s housing crisis is one of the worst in the world, but an innovative new initiative could help alleviate...
Nation’s tallest timber building to rise in Portland
The nation’s tallest wooden high-rise will soon take shape in Portland, Oregon. Funded by a $1.5 million-dollar...
London’s Marston Court transforms shipping containers into emergency housing for the homeless
A newly-constructed emergency housing development in London's Ealing borough provides 34 temporary apartments to...
Ingenious cardboard and bamboo emergency shelters by Shigeru Ban pop up in Sydney
Pritzker Prize-winning Japanese architect Shigeru Ban is widely known and respected for his 20 year career in designing...
Ancient green building technique helps ease West Africa housing crisis
Semi-arid regions of Africa face unique obstacles in their efforts to address a growing housing crisis. For years...
Students use rice husks to build affordable homes in the Philippines
Rice husks used to be considered a waste product good for nothing but fire or landfills, but now enterprising companies...
Students design beautiful homes for mass-production at just $20,000 each
High-quality design and affordability don’t have to be mutually exclusive—just ask the architecture students...
Mark Zuckerberg, Priscilla Chan donate $3.6 million to stem SF housing crisis
Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive of Facebook, and his wife, pediatrician Priscilla Chan, are donating millions...
CargoTek taps shipping containers for affordable UK homes and offices
Shipping containers can be a great solution for creating temporary, easily transportable spaces. London-based company...