Modern rammed earth home embraces the desert landscape
Named after the way light bounces off of its angled walls and ceilings, Dancing Light is an award-winning dwelling...
Architects recycle shipping containers into a breezy Dhaka home
In Dhaka, Bangladesh, local architecture firm River & Rain transformed four shipping containers into a light-filled,...
Weathered steel trees wrap around a solar-powered school building
Delft-based architectural office cepezed recently completed a solar-powered branch for Graafschap College in Doetinchem...
Historic Luxembourg building is metamorphosed into an eco-friendly powerhouse
Paris-based Vincent Callebaut Architectures has placed first in POST Luxembourg’s international design competition...
Historic warehouses transformed into a swanky boutique hotel in New Orleans
New York City-based architecture and interior design firm Stonehill Taylor tapped into New Orleans’ storied past...
Foster + Partners-designed Apple Store glows like a paper lantern in Macau
Foster + Partners has unveiled a new Apple Store in Macau — and it’s very different from the all-glass buildings...
Zaha Hadid Architects unveils Sberbank Technopark for Russia’s ‘Silicon Valley’
Zaha Hadid Architects has just received planning permission for their design of Sberbank Technopark at the Skolkovo...
Zaha Hadid-designed Morpheus Hotel with world’s first high-rise exoskeleton opens in Macau
Macau has officially opened the doors to Morpheus, a sculptural, 40-story luxury hotel that also boasts the “world’s...
Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects wins bid for carbon-neutral Solvay HQ in Brussels
Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects has won an international competition for the design of global chemical company...
MVRDV will transform the Tirana Pyramid, a former communist monument, into an education center
Albania’s controversial Tirana Pyramid—a former monument to the country’s communist leader—will finally...
Trio of LEED Platinum-targeted glass skyscrapers revealed for Tel Aviv
Israel’s capital city of Tel Aviv will soon add extra shine to its skyline in the form of three glass skyscrapers...
The Science Place is Australia’s first new LEED Gold educational building
The Science Place at James Cook University recently became Australia’s first educational building to achieve...
Intuit’s new green-roofed campus is an indoor/outdoor dream office
Intuit’s new Marine Way Building (MWB) in Mountain View, California, aims to become an antidote to the trend...
A glowing glass “lantern” turns this energy-efficient office into a beacon
Abscis Architecten's Notary Office is a new building that exudes simplicity and tranquility with a environmentally...
Renzo Piano reveals designs for Toronto courthouse targeting LEED Silver
Renzo Piano Building Workshop (RPBW) teamed up with NORR Architects & Engineers to design the new Toronto Courthouse,...
Industrial gasholders transformed into luxury modern residences in London
Work has officially completed on the Gasholders residential development in London’s King’s Cross, and the adaptive...
Y-shaped German hostel looks at sustainability from all angles
A newly opened youth hostel in Bayreuth, Germany offers much more than just a clean bed and shower—the 180-bed...
Copper-clad Copenhagen landmark boasts Denmark’s most energy-efficient laboratories
Copenhagen’s recently completed Maersk Tower boasts the nation’s most energy-efficient laboratories, where...
Giant twisting staircase revealed in Schmidt Hammer Lassen-designed solar-powered office
Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects has unveiled designs of a new sustainable office campus in Oslo for the Norwegian...
Geothermal-powered Halifax home uses automation for energy savings
Omar Gandhi Architect completed a handsome luxury home in Halifax that’s both modern in appearance and in its...
Green-roofed San Francisco townhouse features an indoor swing
Feldman Architecture completed Fitty Wun, a luxury townhouse in San Francisco that embraces the clients’ “work...
Old stables morph into a curvy eco-conscious home
Minimal environmental impact was a guiding design principle behind True North, a home built from the bones of 19th...
Abandoned house transformed into a gorgeous sanctuary on a remote Chinese mountain
This rustic sanctuary nestled in a remote village in China combines modernity and vernacular design to extraordinary...
Undulating green-roofed resort gets green light for coastal Turkey town
A new health and wellness resort planned for a Turkish coastal town appears to lift out of the ground into a series...
Perkins + Will overhauls a boring concrete warehouse into beautiful LEED Gold offices
At first glance, it’s hard to imagine that this gorgeous light-filled building was once an uninspiring concrete...
Breathable skin to wrap around stunning light-filled Book City in Shenzhen
Arts and culture aren’t thought of as Shenzhen’s strong suits, but the manufacturing megacity is making quick...
This green-roofed cultural center in Sweden doubles as a vibrant public square
This green-roofed cultural center in Sweden blurs the line between the indoors and outdoors. Designed by Sweco...
Peek inside Bloomberg’s sustainable new headquarters in London
Former Mayor of New York City Michael R. Bloomberg’s eponymous company is moving into the heart of London with...
Jean Nouvel’s Cyprus tower is a pixelated, perforated plant paradise
Nouvel’s tower in Cyprus, which his firm calls “White Walls,” is a radical departure from a traditional high...
Students collaborate with starchitect Daniel Libeskind to design university building
Dramatic interlocking volumes and sharp angles define the new green-roofed Central Building at Leuphana University...