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Green-roofed home embraces valley views and daylight

On the steep banks of the Dyje River in the Czech town of Znojmo, Brno-based architecture firm Kuba & Pilař...

large housing complex with walls of glass on each floor

Modernist Bata shoe factory transforms into geothermal-powered homes

Toronto-based design firm BDP Quadrangle has fulfilled a long-held dream of the late Sonja Bata of Bata Shoes fame...

A sleek one-story home with glazing and black bricks covering the facade. To the right is a garage with wood paneling and a car parked inside. In front of the home is a lush green lawn and garden.

Chic geothermal-powered home embraces indoor-outdoor living

Dutch design studios Bedaux de Brouwer and i29 have blurred the boundaries between indoors...

gray and light timber building surrounded by forest

This nature center proves zero-energy is possible even in wintry Minnesota

Environmental stewardship comes alive in spectacular fashion at the new Westwood Hills Nature Center, an interpretative...

fire pit near glass home

LEED Platinum-seeking home in Cincinnati asks $3.25 million

Near the border of Ohio and Kentucky, a stunning sustainable home has hit the market for $3,249,000. Designed by...

a C-shaped structure with a facade of vertical timber slats rests atop a solid lower story with a white facade. bright LED lights illuminate the home. a swing hangs from the second floor overhang.

Geothermal-powered timber home glows by an Austrian lake

Locally procured materials and energy-efficient building systems make up the Wohnhaus am Eichenberg (Residence...

multiple levels of plants inside a greenhouse

Wellesley’s Global Flora greenhouse can generate all of its own energy

Boston-based architecture firm Kennedy & Violich Architecture has flipped the script for energy-intensive greenhouses...

V-shaped brick building with gabled roof

Geothermal-powered dorm minimizes its carbon footprint in Quebec

Near Sherbrooke, Quebec, Montreal-based ARCHITEM Wolff Shapiro Kuskowski has recently completed the Mitchell Family...

glass building with a hilly green roof

LEED Gold-targeted library and community park has otherworldly appeal

Toronto-based architecture firm RDHA has completed the Springdale Library and Komagata Maru Park, a new inclusive...

gabled home with metal roof and weathered steel siding

Modern farmhouse targets net-zero energy in Vermont

On a hillside meadow in rural Vermont, local architecture firm Birdseye has completed Bank Barn, a new residence...

long building with glass walls on a hill

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”...

curved wood building with many windows

Geothermal-powered education center anchors Louisville’s new Waterfront Botanical Gardens

A notorious old landfill in Louisville, Kentucky is being transformed into the new Waterfront Botanical Gardens,...

a landscape with trees and a body of water in the background. a house with patio and large windows sits to the left of the landscape

Stunning House on the Rocks uses geothermal power

On Finland’s windswept Turku archipelago, Helsinki-based design practice and log house kit purveyor Pluspuu has...

an interior shot of the house. to the left are two modern looking mustard yellow chairs, with a small wooden table between them and two windows behind the chairs on the wall. a long rectangular artwork is on the wall behind them. to the right you can see into another room with a kitchen and purple chair.

Stunning, sustainable lodge blends into beautiful landscape

Romanian architecture firm BLIPSZ has created a near-autonomous holiday home that combines the charms of rural...

rendering of dark buildings with seemingly bent facades

Net-zero community planned for Hamburg will rely on geothermal and solar energy

The formerly industrial borough of Harbugh in Hamburg, Germany will soon get a strikingly modern and eco-conscious...

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