
A skyscraper will purify Shenzhen’s air with aquaponic gardens
Zaha Hadid Architects has been crowned a competition winner for its proposed design of Tower C at Shenzhen Bay...

Green school in Bali shows students how to live sustainably
The goals of the Green School are anything but small, yet they are simple: take care of the local community and...

SUPERFARM design envisions an urban vertical farm that is energy self-sufficient
French design practice Studio NAB has proposed a large-scale vertical farm as a sustainable solution to urban population...

Aquaponic gardens bring life to an unused balcony in an architects' office
When a young architecture start-up in Vietnam went looking for office space, the Farming Architects team, led...

New library in Hanoi aims to show young children the benefits of aquaponics in an urban setting
While most libraries tend to be filled with nothing more than books, the new VAC library (an abbreviation of the...

HOK designs aquaponics facility to alleviate Kansas City’s food desert
Nonprofit Nile Valley Aquaponics is raising fish in a Kansas City food desert—and they’re creating jobs, providing...

Curvaceous algae-covered towers proposed for Hangzhou
Paris-based studio XTU Architects recently unveiled designs for a futuristic high-rise in Hangzhou that blends...

This self-sustaining Australian home harvests its own food, energy, and water
Building a self-sustaining home can involve a higher upfront investment, but it usually pays off in the long run...

Bitcoin mining powers Canadian man's innovative aquaponic garden
This indoor garden is heated by something totally unexpected: bitcoin mining. When software company owner Bruce...

Hanoi's koi cafe has a thriving ecosystem complete with an aquaponic garden
From the outside, this café in Hanoi, Vietnam looks fairly traditional with a tile façade that resembles fish...

This wild Brussels restaurant is topped with a tank of slithering eels
This tiny restaurant in Brussels is topped with an aquaponic farm that grows eels! Leopold Banchini Architects...

Transformable solar building changes shape to teach people how to live sustainably
How do you persuade people to adopt sustainable lifestyles? A team of Swiss architecture students believes in the...

Rooftop farms in Gaza provide a lifeline to the community
Meeting even basic needs can be a challenge for the nearly 2 million people that live in Gaza. An Israeli blockade...

Inspiring urban farm teaches kids how to grow their own organic food
A tree may grow in Brooklyn, but an amazing urban farm flourishes on Governors Island. An inspiring GrowNYC initiative...

Peek inside the zero-waste kitchen of the future
The kitchen of the future will be healthier for our planet and improve our family ties through food. That's the...