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Wood lattice walls ventilate this beautiful Costa Rica home

Perched in the mountains of Nosara, a surfing paradise on the Nicoya Peninsula of Costa Rica, Casa Guayacán boasts...

Montaña House, [baragaño], prefab, Madrid, wooden house, minimalist interior, green architecture, traditional architecture, natural light, polycarbonate panels, fireplace, local artisans, slate roof

It took only five hours to assemble this modern prefab house in Spain

It took less than four months to build this modern prefab home in a factory, and only five hours to assemble it...

Albergo Villa Marta, Villa Marta, Tuscany, hotel suite, chapel, green conversion, O2 Studio, green architecture, storage space, local artisans, green conversion

Sleep like an angel in this renovated 18th-century church in Tuscany

Traveling through Tuscany can be a spiritual experience - especially if you spend the night sleeping beneath the...

ecuadorian weaving, ecuadorian architecture, vernacular architecture, indigenous architecture, totora cube, Woven house in Ecuador, Archquid think-act tank, Totora's Cube, Ecuador, multi-use space, Totora plant, traditional weaving techniques, green architecture

Woven “Totora Cube” in Ecuador explores new materials for indigenous architecture

We love experiments in vernacular design and sustainable materials, including this fascinating project from Ecuador....

Banholt farmhouse, green renovation, farmhouse, the Netherlands, Jeanne Dekkers Architecture, courtyard, spruce, green extension, timber cladding, local artisans, locally sourced materials, green architecture

Old Dutch farmhouse gets a modern makeover with locally-sourced materials

Architect Jeanne Dekkers converted this brick farmhouse in the Dutch village of Banholt into a beautiful family...

PET Lamp, local artisans, Abyssinia lamps, natural materials, hand-made lamp, lamp design, pendant lamps, green design, Milan Design Week

PET Lamp’s Abyssinia pendants are made by Ethiopian crafters out of discarded plastic bottles

Following their workshops in Colombia and Chile, LED Lamp brought their skills to Ethiopia, where they developed...

Butaro Doctor Housing, MASS Design Group, local materials, local artisans, doctor housing, rwanda

MASS Design Group’s Butaro Doctor Housing Wins Green Accolades in Rwanda

The Butaro District Hospital serves over 400,000 people and it was built from local materials by local craftspeople...

Pragrup, Bapagrama Stone House, thatched roof, local material, local artisans, India, school, recycled wood, Architecture, Green Materials, Recycled Materials, Recycling / Compost

India’s Bapagrama Stone House is a Tranquil Temple Made From Local Natural Materials

This 1,200-square-foot guest house is located in Bangalore, and it's surrounded by untouched nature. The house...

Qatar Rio+20 Pavilion, qatar pavilion, temporary pavilion, sustainable pavilion, rio+20, rio20Grimshaw Architects

Falcon-Inspired Qatar National Pavilion Lands at Rio+20

The Qatar delegation to Rio+20 hired Grimshaw Architects to design a temporary pavilion for the United Nations...

ilide, green lamps, handmade lamps, milan furniture fair, milan design week, Italian LIght DEsign, energy efficient lighting, green design, sustainable design, salone milan, locally sourced materials, salone del mobile 2012

ILIDE to Debut Gorgeous Handmade Local Lamps at Milan Design Week

ILIDE (Italian LIght DEsign) is a new lighting company that will make its debut next week at the 2012 Milan Furniture...

The Bank, Starbucks, Amsterdam, eco coffee shop, green renovation, adaptive reuse, historic renovation

Starbucks Transforms Historic Amsterdam Bank Vault Into Custom Hyper Local Coffee Shop

This Friday, March 9th, Starbucks will open its first European concept store located in a renovated historic bank...

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