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to the left is a dark gray structure with plants growing over it and at the base where a pool of water is located. to the right is a white building with reflective glass walls.

Restored Georgian townhouse has rainwater-fed green roof

The Sun Rain Room is an extension and restoration of a two-story Grade-II listed townhouse designed and constructed...

a view of the entire Union Flats housing community, surrounded by green trees and mountains in the background

The Union Flats is a LEED Platinum-certified housing community

Prefab architecture and energy efficiency go hand-in-hand at The Union Flats, one of the largest completed modular...

A labeled diagram of a floating campus.

New floating campus in Manhattan showcases vision of the future

What will the future look like? If it looks anything like the vision created by 3deluxe, the future designs will...

the exterior of the library's glass facade with roller blinds viewable inside

"Embroidered filtering skin” helps library regulate light

French design practice Serero Architectes Urbanistes has recently completed the new Bayeux Media Library, a light-filled...

a far view of the entire house. a field is in front of the building. a lane of bright green lawn leads up to a structure covered in solar panels. to the right is a textured gray semi-cricle structure. in the background are mountains and trees

Stunning, sustainable lodge blends into beautiful landscape

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

multilevel, red metal shipping container home with large outdoor deck

This container home in Brazil helps its residents disconnect

The 2,766-square-foot Hanging House was designed by the architects of Casa Container Marília in the rural area...

glass building with white, latticed facade

White, latticed exoskeleton wraps a LEED Platinum office in Madrid

On the side of a large roundabout in Madrid, Spanish architecture firm Rafael de La-Hoz has realized the eye-catching...

timber building with angular roof

Green-roofed sports center adds sculptural appeal to the Augustow riverfront

Polish architecture firms PSBA and INOONI have recently completed a strikingly angular water sports center in the...

aerial view of stepped terraces on a red home

A rich vegetable garden grows atop a unique home in Vietnam

In Vietnam’s coastal region of Quang Ngai, a one-of-a-kind home with a roof topped with fresh vegetables has...

aerial rendering of green roof-covered buildings in a city

MVRDV's garden “oasis” in Utrecht includes a green-roofed convention center

MVRDV has unveiled designs to transform the underutilized area on the west side of Utrecht’s central station...

two-story brick and wood home

Solar-powered Dutch home produces all of its own energy with surplus to spare

When Marjo Dashorst and Han Roebers set their sights on designing a sustainable home in Zutphen, a municipality...

tall glass building at sunset

ZHA completes LEED Gold-targeted building with world’s largest atrium in Beijing

In China’s capital city, Zaha Hadid Architects has completed the Leeza SOHO tower, a 45-story skyscraper that...

white building with staggered exterior lit up at night

BIG’s LEED Gold-seeking school in Arlington features a cascade of green terraces

After five years in the making, BIG has completed The Heights, a new public school building in Arlington, Virginia...

infinity-sign-shaped building with green roofs

LAVA designs carbon-neutral LIFE Hamburg with an edible green roof

LAVA (Laboratory for Visionary Architecture) has teamed up with urban agricultural collective Cityplot to design...

elongated home with angular volumes lit up at dusk

Green-roofed addition brings a mid-century home into the 21st century

There are few things we love more than witnessing the transformation of something old into something new — and...

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