
LEED Gold-certified Azurmendi crowned “World’s Most Sustainable Restaurant”
Three-star Michelin restaurant Azurmendi has once again been crowned the “World’s Most Sustainable Restaurant”...

BREEAM-certified renovation for 70s modernist icon in Amsterdam
MVSA Architects has dramatically breathed new life into Amsterdam’s iconic Rivierstaete — a monolithic 1973...

Amsterdam’s new circular archives building sustainably generates all of its own energy
The city of Amsterdam has officially opened the Depot Amsterdam Noord, a new repository for the capital’s Stadsarchief...

Santa Barbara home is surrounded by wooden screens for natural climate control
Indoor-outdoor living never looked so good! This modern design by Shubin Donaldson takes full advantage of the...

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...

How termites draw on solar power for climate control
Termite mounds could hold clues to passive climate control, according to new research. Seven scientists scrutinized...

New on-demand energy system generates and stores power in one device
Your entire home could be powered, heated, and cooled with one system in the near future - thanks to scientists...

Yves Béhar's sleek Hive 2 thermostat looks like a polished mirror
Super designer Yves Béhar’s Fuseproject just gave the thermostat a modern makeover. The studio's new Hive 2...

Foster & Partners wins bid to design an incubator of creative talent for the Dubai Design District
Foster & Partners released design renders for the second phase of the Dubai Design District (d3), their latest...

Selcuk Ecza Headquarters looks like a small country village in Istanbul
The five-story building was built for a pharmaceutical company whose owners, an elderly couple, wanted to build...

Artificial snow is set to fall on Dubai's World Islands
Snow is a distant dream in a place like Dubai, where the wintertime temperature doesn’t typically drop below...

Solar Collectors Reduce Energy Requirements for Shenzhen's Shimmering Performing Arts Facility
The Cultural Center features levels connected by a large foyer. The different levels are linked with white ribbon-like...

Fan-Like Roofs and Slits Cool the Undulating Abedian School of Architecture in Australia
Built on a hilltop, the Abedian building varies between two and three levels and contains a floating mezzanine,...

The Khan Shatyr: World's Largest Tent Opens in Kazakhstan
Weather changes in Kazakhstan are extreme -- the climates drops down to -35 degrees Celsius in winter and can reach...