
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...

Henning Larsen wins bid to design a sustainable business district for Shenzhen
Danish architectural firm Henning Larsen Architects has won an international competition for the design of the...

LEED Platinum housing for the homeless takes over a formerly vacant L.A. lot
Los Angeles-based design practice Michael Maltzan Architecture has transformed a vacant suburban lot into the...

This library shows how beautiful sustainable design builds community
This gorgeous new library just an hour’s drive from downtown Toronto is a true civic center with its welcoming...

Sustainable fitness center combines good looks and an eco-friendly mantra in California
How much do you remember about your college gym? Not much most likely. Many university fitness centers are unremarkable,...

Inhabitat’s Top 9 Interviews of 2014
In the past year Inhabitat had the privilege of speaking with a variety of talented designers, architects and thinkers....

INTERVIEW: How These Pretty Rainwater Gardens Could Vastly Improve Water Quality in NYC
What it looks like when a combined sewage overflow happens (notice the greyish water overtaking the cleaner water)....

Pierce’s Park Combines Art, Play, and Stormwater Management into a Stunning Urban Oasis in Baltimore
Located on what had once been an underutilized and largely paved pass-through space along the city's Inner Harbor,...

Steinway & Sons to Transform Parking Lot Into Green Stormwater Solution in Astoria
Famous piano maker Steinway & Sons is giving its massive parking lot a lush green facelift with the help of...

NYC DEP Unveils Plan to Add Stormwater-Filtering Green Infrastructure to Bed-Stuy Streets
The NYC Department of Environmental Protection recently announced plans to install green infrastructure in eastern...

Bronx Green Infrastructure Project Will Prevent Almost 2 Million Gallons of Stormwater from Entering Sewers
The newly completed installation of a green infrastructure project in the Edenwald section of the Bronx will prevent...

Chicago Unveils the “Greenest Street in America” with Permeable, Smog-Eating Pavement
Last week, Chicago officials held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on "the greenest street in America," a two-mile stretch...

Germantown Sustainable Urban Science Center is a Green Roofed Living Laboratory in Philadelphia
The site, a former brownfield, had to undergo extensive remediation in order to bring it up to acceptable standards....

Stunning Icelandic Institute is an Ice-Frosted Eco Citadel
The institute's volume is inspired by the bodies of insects as well as the nearby Mount Keilir, which is mirrored...