Contemporary A-frame home soaks up lakeside views in Mexico
On the edge of Lake Avándaro in the Mexican town of Valle de Bravo is House A, a beautiful, contemporary home...
Triple-skin facade brings daylight, fresh air and beauty to a tropical home
Hanoi-based design studio Nghia Architect has completed Maison A, a beautiful home that brings to life the cherished...
This home gently wraps around towering 80-year-old coconut trees
Bombay-based firm Abraham John Architects deftly crafted a beautiful home to carefully sit near 19 80-year-old...
A lakeside sauna boasts mystical views and a gleaming facade
Norwegian design practice Feste Landscape / Architecture recently completed the Soria Moria sauna, a sculptural,...
An angular timber cabin is hidden inside an ancient mountain forest
Rising like a tree out of rich volcanic ash soil is the Shangri-la Cabin, the first structure in a series of mountain...
An energy-efficient modern church references Utah’s mining history
Salt Lake City-based design practice Sparano + Mooney Architecture designed a church for West Valley City, Utah...
This sustainable home in Chile is designed as an ‘unplugged’ retreat for a family of six
From luxury retreats to minimalist cabins, more and more people are looking for places where they can truly go...
Breezy, prefab cafe blends contemporary and traditional styles in Thailand
BodinChapa Architects designed Pasang, a contemporary, prefab cafe built with modular elements near the verdant...
This weekend home in Mexico blends in with the forest landscape
Mexican architecture firm AM30 Taller de Arquitectura has inserted a site-specific weekend home into a forested...
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...
Gorgeous barn is built of reclaimed, century-old oaks from the site itself
In 2017, Dutch design firm HilberinkBosch Architects found out that seven of their century-old oak trees were in...
Soak in views of the Indian Himalayas at this bamboo-clad hotel villa
Perched high in the mountains of Uttarakhand, India sits The Kumaon, a rustic yet elegant hotel with breathtaking...
Y-shaped German hostel looks at sustainability from all angles
A newly opened youth hostel in Bayreuth, Germany offers much more than just a clean bed and shower—the 180-bed...
Tower of Winds embraces impermanence with a striking kinetic facade
The Tower of Winds reimagines common water reservoirs as structures in constant evolution. Designed as a competition...
Kenya’s Bird Nest is a breathtaking safari suite in the African wilderness
If we ever won the lottery, this breathtaking Bird Nest in Kenya is where we’d like to spend the night. The award-winning...
Rammed-earth walls clad an observation tower to blend into a Belgian nature reserve
Mother Nature has reclaimed a former gravel extraction area in Maasvalley Riverpark, a 2,500-hectare nature reserve...
Amazing low-cost, off-grid Lifehaus homes are made from recycled materials
This amazing home by Lifehaus blends low-cost off-grid appeal with with holistic living and luxurious details....
This tiny off-grid cabin in the UK is clad with reclaimed slate tiles
This rustic writer's retreat in UK's Snowdonia National Park is covered with local stone and slate tiles reclaimed...
Elegant Australian home shows the beauty and toughness of rammed earth
Rammed earth may be an ancient building material, but the modern homes that use compact earth are anything but...
Scientists create super-strong bricks from mars-like soil
Future Mars dwellers may actually be able to use locally-sourced materials for their buildings. Four University...
Mian Farm Cottage is a lush getaway from city life with an on-site farm
Tucked in a grapefruit grove in Vietnam sits the Mian Farm Cottage, a remodeled home that features ample green...
Old shipping container recycled into solar-powered learning lab in Colombia
Computer Aid International first approached Squire and Partners in 2014 for a more cost-effective and enjoyable...
Solar-powered EcoPods are flat-packed tiny homes with a low environmental footprint
"We recognize a window of opportunity to develop a network of pop up eco-resorts using locally-sourced materials,...
Taliesin West students built protective desert shelters using mostly local materials
The project was initially conceived as individual exercises where Daniel Chapman, Mark-Thomas Cordova, Jaime Inostroza,...
Off-grid Njoro Children’s Library in Tanzania keeps naturally cool with compressed earth
Since the Njoro Children’s Library is located in a fairly remote area on the lower slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro,...
Remote eco-cabin is a gorgeous seaside getaway in New Zealand
The Seaside Retreat may be small, but the remote cabin commands magnificent views of the Bay and the distant Rocky...
Off-grid healthcare housing is powered entirely by solar in Burundi
Braverman created the self-sufficient Village Health Works Staffing Housing project as part of a wider masterplan...
Top 6 Creepiest Buildings for a Frightful Halloween
Check out the 6 Creepiest Buildings for a Frightful Halloween: GEOtube is a Building That Grows its Own Weblike...
Hide from the world at this mirrored sauna that disappears into the woods
The Cadyville Sauna is simple but smart like Hisel's other designs. The structure was built from local western...
Tiny isolated cabin in Norway is only accessible by foot or horse
Architecture firm Snøhetta built a stunning remote cabin that is only accessible by foot or on a horse. Located...