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...
Energy-efficient affordable housing project opens in South LA
As part of its ongoing effort to house Los Angeles’ homeless, local design practice Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects...
Benjamin Fleury creates affordable, modern apartments with a low-energy footprint in Paris
Local architecture practice Benjamin Fleury has completed a residential complex with 26 affordable apartments in...
A vacant lot in New Orleans is converted into resilient and affordable housing for war veterans
New Orleans-based firm Office of Jonathan Tate has unveiled a modern residential complex for combat veterans and...
Eco-friendly prefab social housing in France is built from wood and straw
Earlier this year, the commune of Nogent-le-Rotrou in northern France gained a new social housing development that’s...
Experimental timber prototype champions sustainable modular housing for the masses
Mexico City-based architectural firm Dellekamp Schleich designed a modular timber home as an inspiring prototype...
This development offers sustainable, affordable housing and tiny homes in Colorado
The small resort-town of Telluride in the Colorado Rocky Mountains is known for its world-class skiing, remote...
Low-income housing in flood zones traps families in harm’s way
Nearly one out of every 10 low-income housing projects is in a flood zone. In Houston, residents of a government-subsidized...
COBE unveils LEED Gold-seeking affordable housing units in Toronto
Danish architectural firm COBE has unveiled a new mixed-use residential development in Toronto designed for LEED...
Energy-efficient ‘tiny tower’ home is organized like a full-scale skyscraper
Philadelphia-based firm ISA has unveiled a stunning, 1,250-square-foot home that spans over a six-level steel tower....
Derelict building is wrapped in tin foil to protest lack of affordable housing in Warsaw
Polish-born artist Piotr Janowski has become well-known for turning buildings and even entire locomotives into...
High-rise living in Utrecht to be transformed by a sustainable vertical village
A trio of high rises are expected to outreach Utrecht, Netherlands' tallest building and be a beacon of sustainable...
LOT-EK upcycles 140 shipping containers into an apartment complex in South Africa
A massive, modular residential building has risen in Johannesburg, South Africa with aims of revitalizing Maboneng...
BIG completes low-income “Homes for All” project in Copenhagen
Beautiful yet affordable design-led apartments have been quickly completed in the northwest part of Copenhagen...
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...