Lush green roof camouflages the Chameleon Villa into the Indonesian tropics
True to its name, the Chameleon Villa is a residence that seamlessly blends into its forested surroundings in Bali...
Confluence Park’s new solar-powered pavilions collect rainwater and provide shade from the summer sun
San Antonio’s idyllic Confluence Park just became a little greener and more scenic, thanks to a collaboration...
This rammed-earth home features a beautiful, spiraling rooftop garden
Japanese firm Ryuichi Ashizawa Architects has unveiled a beautiful round home that is wrapped in a spiraling rooftop...
Gleaming, recyclable facade clads a solar-powered Dutch house
Move over, brick and mortar — a new house in Amsterdam is eschewing the traditional facade for a striking alternative...
“Delightfully surprising” green-roofed island home cascades down a rocky slope
Anchored to a pine-studded slope, the Bailer Hill house is designed to evoke a natural rock outcropping. Seattle-based...
Solar-powered mountain home is a sustainable prototype for Aspen development
Like in many places across the U.S., the real estate market is booming in Aspen, Colorado. And, as companies move...
Abandoned NYC warehouse is reinvented as LEED Gold-certified apartments
A new apartment complex infused with nature has taken root in New York City’s concrete jungle. Local design firm...
Green-roofed vacation home embraces old-growth trees in the San Juan Islands
When Prentiss Balance Wickline Architects was asked to design a vacation home on the San Juan Islands of Washington...
This modern solar-powered retreat is topped with a massive green roof
Outside the concrete jungle of São Paulo, Brazil is a solar-powered holiday retreat that fully embraces nature....
New Block design offers a low-cost and sustainable solution to urban infill
Los Angeles-based architecture firm Newman Garrison + Partners has unveiled New Block, a patented “green building...
Olafur Eliasson unveils his first building, a sculptural stunner in Denmark
The prolific Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson has unveiled his first building—a sculptural castle-like...
Steven Holl Architects’ LEED Gold-seeking museum is a beacon for sustainability
Environmental design and contemporary art go hand-in-hand in Steven Holl Architects’ recently completed The Markel...
Casa Bruma’s blackened concrete pavilions create a serene retreat in Mexico
Architects Fernanda Canales and Claudia Rodriguez completed a unique weekend home that consists of nine pavilion-like...
Architects propose a giant circular park in the sky for Asti, Italy
This giant green-roofed ring designed for Asti, Italy pairs a car park with a beautiful public space. The project,...
O2 Studio renovated an old Netherlands home into a gorgeous energy-neutral villa
In the Netherlands, an old home dating back to the 1960s has been given an energy-neutral makeover, and the results...
Hundred-year-old worker’s cottage transformed into a light-filled eco home
When Altereco Design was approached to overhaul a hundred-year-old worker’s cottage in Melbourne, the clients...
Designers envision innovative affordable housing for Sydney
The Sydney Affordable Housing Challenge, organized by Bee Breeders, calls for ideas that try to solve the affordable...
Interstellar cabins encircle Snøhetta’s otherworldly planetarium in Norway
An out-of-this-world design upgrade is coming to Solobservatoriet, the world’s largest solar observatory north...
Undulating green-roofed aquarium proposed for Vienna’s Schönbrunn Zoo
3XN and GERNER GERNER PLUS recently revealed their proposal for the design of a new aquarium for Vienna’s Schönbrunn...
Norwegian-inspired timber cabins unveiled for a landscape hotel in France
Visitors to Breitenbach will soon have the chance to stay one of several tiny timber cabins scattered across the...
Fruit trees grow on the roofs of this rammed earth home in Hanoi
Vo Trong Nghia Architects puts a fresh spin on the ancient art of rammed earth construction in the Dong Anh house,...
Green-roofed Argentinian home boasts a thermally efficient envelope
Buenos Aires-based IR arquitectura crafted a home that feels as if it grew out of the landscape. Set in a clearing...
The modern, light-filled MILU house sports a wildflower green roof
When the owners happened upon an early 20th-century house in Ghent, Belgium, the garden space and location sold...
Intuit’s new green-roofed campus is an indoor/outdoor dream office
Intuit’s new Marine Way Building (MWB) in Mountain View, California, aims to become an antidote to the trend...
This sinuous, green-roofed Media Library in France looks like it floats in mid-air
With a sinuous, meandering form that blurs the line between interior and exterior, the new Media Library in Thionville,...
Green-roofed Copenhagen sports center is open to the public 24/7
Copenhagen’s Ørestad City just unveiled a green-roofed multipurpose sports facility next to Bjarke Ingels Group’s...
Gleaming copper-colored steel wraps this solar-powered Dutch sports campus
You don’t need to be a sports fanatic to be taken with Sportcampus Zuiderpark—a €50 million sports park designed...
Riken Yamamoto unveils green-roofed designs for Taiwan’s Taoyuan Museum of Art
Taiwan’s Taoyuan City is often passed over for its glitzier neighbor Taipei, but a new proposed art museum could...
MVRDV redesign of Europe’s largest urban shopping center breaks ground in France
Construction has kicked off on Lyon Part-Dieu, MVRDV’s competition-winning design for Europe’s largest downtown...
Green-roofed Czech Forestry Headquarters seeks symbiosis with the forest
Imagine if your office was set in the middle of a forest — that’s the image Chybik + Kristof aims for in their...