Indonesian Microlibrary uses prefab FSC-certified timber
In the Indonesian city of Semarang, international architecture firm SHAU has completed Microlibrary Warak Kayu,...
Architects design gorgeous forest-enveloped home with lounge space on its green roof
Brazilian firm, MF+ Arquitetos have unveiled a beautiful wooden home design with a massive open-air lounge on its...
Curvaceous pair of towers mimics Malaysia’s dramatic topography
International design firm SPARK Architects recently completed a pair of condominium towers with rippling facades...
Solar-powered Villa H is a modern glass-fronted home in the Dutch dunes
Natural materials converge in the beautiful, tailor-made Villa H (Villa Hupkes) tucked into Rotterdam’s dune...
Naturally-ventilated glass building looks like a shimmering urban mirage
This office building in Geneva features a complex glass facade that makes it look like a shimmering urban mirage....
Ekaterinensky Congress Center glows like a lantern on the Kuban River in Russia
The building combines orthogonal and curved surfaces with aglass curtain facadethat follows the sinuous plan of...
Concrete brise soleil keeps this glass-enveloped building cool in sweltering Ghana
One Airport Square is a striking building featuring a very unique structure on its façade: a criss-crossing brise...
How thousands of rough wooden logs protect this pavilion from solar radiation
The Uruguay Pavilion has been built with recycled and reused materials only, ready to be reclaimed once the Expo...
Twisted Timber Shell Wraps Around a Parking Attendant’s Pavilion in France
Surrounded by a boring asphalt parking lot outside the city center, the wood structure stands out as a surprising...
Li Xiadong’s Beautiful Wood Liyuan Library Wins the First Moriyama Prize
The library, which is located in the tiny village of Huairou, gives the local villagers a serene reading space...
Santiago Calatrava’s Spectacular New Building is a Living, Moving Creature From Out of This World
That's not a futuristic spaceship or a sci-fi movie set - it's the latest building by world-renowned Spanish architect...
Tiny 100% Solar-Powered Maison Reciprocity House Shines at the Solar Decathlon Europe
The home is based on designing row house neighborhoods that have a minimal environmental impact. Built as an affordable...
MYCC Builds Gorgeous Prefab Wooden JP House in Just Five Days
JP House stands on a hill overlooking Tragacete, a municipality famous for a rich mimbre (wicker) culture and crafts....
Santa Eugenia Social Housing Aptly Deals With an Unfortunate Solar Orientation
When Bailo Rull ADD+ took on this project, one of the main problems they had to solve was how to design a social...
London’s Energy-Efficient Jodrell Laboratory Houses the World’s Largest Fungi Collection
The Jodrell Laboratory extension, dubbed 'The Wolfson Wing', achieved a BREEAM 'Excellent' mark and was designed...
Passive Bamboo Residence Keeps Cool With Pixelated Green Brise Soleil Facade
Along with Group 8’s Coral House, the Bamboo residence was part of a plan to redesign the former industrial neighborhood...
Juergen H Mayer Architekten Complete Beautiful Organic Apartment Complex in Berlin
J. MAYER H. Architekten is putting the finishing touches on a new sustainable residential infill in Berlin just...
Monconseil Sports Hall is a Luminous Naturally Daylit Gymnasium in France
The long building serves as a venue for sports that include like basketball, handball, volleyball and gymnastics...
Barcelona’s Beautiful Martinet School Boasts a Sun-Shielding Ceramic Facade
The building features a beautiful ceramic tile façade that shields the southern corridors, providing passive protection...
Torre Plaça Europa: Social Housing in Barcelona Made With 100% Recyclable Materials
R+B Arqts had five innovation criteria in mind while designing this social housing project. First, they wanted...
Green-Roofed Sebrae HQ Harnesses Passive Design to Keep its Cool in Brazil
The office building is deceptively simple from a distance, appearing as a 3-story vertical grid of screened windows...
Wave-Shaped Aragon Convention Center is Flooded With Daylight
The Convention Center of Aragon is a dynamic multi-use space that was designed to serve a variety of functions...
Prickly Porcupine Office Cleared for Construction
Passive solar design meets pointillist pincushion in this stunning porcupine-inspired office recently cleared for...
3HLD’s Marvelous “Bandaged” Medical Center
Zagreb-based 3HLD has just won an international closed competition to design a new private medical center in the...