
French housing project “I Park” has a double-skinned green facade
Located in Montpellier, a historic city near the south of France on the Mediterranean Sea, “I Park” is a housing...

UNStudio unveils “future-proof” energy-generating education building for TU Delft
UNStudio has unveiled designs for Echo, a new multipurpose academic building for TU Delft that will not only generate...

A massive pollution-fighting green wall engulfs this Dutch city hall
When the Dutch city of Venlo decided to become the world’s first region to fully adopt Cradle to Cradle (C2C)...

UNStudio’s sculptural Canaletto Tower is a neighborhood in the sky
UNStudio just completed construction on London's Canaletto Tower, which functions as a cluster of vertical communities....

A puzzle-like aluminum façade wraps around Bergen’s National Academy of the Arts
Snøhetta’s recently completed National Academy of the Arts in Bergen is wrapped in an innovative prefab façade...

This new Berlin apartment building literally purifies the city's air
Daniel Libeskind's first residential project in Berlin is a spectacular faceted building that literally purifies...

A lacy skin fills this Kenyan apartment building with sunlight and fresh air
This modern apartment building in Mombasa, Kenya is wrapped with a lacy structural skin that allows natural light...

World's largest vertical garden blooms with 85,000 plants in the heart of Bogota
Behold: the largest vertical garden in the world. Located in Bogota, Colombia, the Santalaia building is completely...

Posh new Vietnamese hotel with a lush green facade brings guests closer to nature
Vietnamese firm Vo Trong Nghia Architects completed construction earlier this year on the Atlas Hotel in historic...

This Tower of Biodiversity is designed to spread seeds throughout Paris
Maison Edouard François took a new approach to their tower design. When planning cities, many in France have worried...

Parametrically designed Louverwall house maximizes winter sunlight
The residence has a daylit cafe that occupies the west-facing part of the ground floor, while the second and third...

Green Renovation: Leafy Waterfall-like Façade Transforms a Musty Old Building into a Lush Light-Filled Home
Like in many of Hanoi's older homes, shutters and security bars closed off the original house from natural light...

Solar-powered Xinhee Design Center is inspired by human skin and bones
The office spaces are organized around a central atriumfrom which six structures extend out like arms. Each of...

Microlibrary built with 2,000 recycled ice cream buckets tackles illiteracy in Indonesia
The project was realized as the first built prototype of a series of small libraries planned for several locations...

This 55-foot-tall residential green wall will be the largest of its kind in New York
The 32,000-square-foot building will house seven residences with prices ranging from $5.75 million for a half-floor...