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Ostara by Baluchon, Baluchon tiny house builder, France tiny house, Toulouse tiny house, French style tiny house, rustic tiny house, Ostara tiny house, tiny house on horse farm,

Enchanting tiny home combines rustic French charm and modern luxury

Rustic French charm and modern luxury come together in this beautiful tiny home on wheels. France’s tiny house...

Styria Arhitektura, Vrhe House, barn renovation, ambienti, barn homes, green renovations, barn renovations, interior design, wood architecture, slovenian architecture, locally-sourced materials, green barn renovations, green design, barn design, loft designs, moveable walls, sliding walls, repurposed materials, repurposed barns,

Architects transform 150-year-old Slovenian hay barn into a stunning contemporary home

Slovenian firm Styria Arhitektura worked pure architectural magic by transforming a 150-year-old hay barn into...

Folkk, Nova Iskra, traditional Balkan products, green home products by Balkan artisans, green homeware Kickstarter campaign

FOLKK puts a sustainable twist on handcrafted products by Balkan artisans

A group of Belgrade-based designers are on a mission to revive the centuries-long craftsmanship of Balkan artisans...

Inhabit treehouse by Antony Gibbons Design, Woodstock treehouse, New York treehouse rental, Antony Gibbons Design treehouse, Inhabit Treehouse, Inhabit Treehouse in New York, Inhabit Treehouse Woodstock, reclaimed materials treehouse,

Dreamy treehouse hidden in Woodstock offers magnificent Catskills views

A perfect getaway surrounded by nature is hidden away near the town of Woodstock. UK-based Antony Gibbon Designs...

Layer House by Robson Rak Architects and Interior Designers, Robson Rak Architects and Interior Designers, Layer House in Victoria, Layer House Australia, Australia sustainable architecture, rammed earth houses, rammed earth contemporary home, rammed earth and timber architecture

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...

LASSA Architects, underground house, holiday home, Greece, green roof, Villa Ypsilon, green architecture, courtyards, swimming pool, locally sourced materials, concrete

This amazing underground house in Greece frames views of an olive grove

This underground holiday home in Greece is topped with a green roof that offers panoramic views of the Peloponnese...

Tower House in Woodstock, John Kahn set designer, house made from repurposed materials, Catskills house

Muppet set designer's Tower House is a psychedelic escape made from repurposed materials

This one-of-a-kind house near Woodstock has a history that is as unique as it is. John Kahn, the home's creator,...

Pointe Cabin by Superkül architects, Pointe Cabin on Lake Simcoe, retreat within a retreat architecture, prefabricated cabin, factory built cabin, pre built cabin, prefabricated architecture, timber cabin in Ontario

Prefabricated lakeside cabin is a beautiful exercise in restraint

Family reunions can be loud affairs, a fact that one Torontonian family patriarch with ten energetic grandkids...

House of 33 Years, prefab, Japan, Assistant architects, steel frame, locally sourced materials, green architecture, prefab housing, pavilions, courtyard, installations

Japan's House of 33 Years was once two separate buildings in two different towns

The past and the future coexist in this daylit house in Nara, Japan. Tokyo-based architecture studio ASSISTANT...

Camboo Bamboo Landmark Design Challenge, Camboo in Cambodia, Camboo design by Luca Poian Forms, Enneper minimal surface in architecture, gridshell pavilion sustainable design, bamboo gridshell architecture

Gorgeous bamboo gridshell combines Cambodian design with mathematical forms

Mathematics is beautiful, a truth not lost on architects. Luca Poian Forms designed a gorgeous bamboo pavilion...

O-office Architects, work studios, plant house, green work-studio, green offices, garden office space, green work space, plants for office space, locally-sourced materials, timber and glass buildings, Guangzhou plant house, Chinese architecture, plant infused buildings, garden space, urban gardens, greenhouse, reformed greenhouse

Abandoned greenhouse transformed into gorgeous glass office filled with trees

Architecture firm O-office converted an old abandoned greenhouse in Guangzhou, China into a dreamy glass office...

Waterdown Library and Civic Center, Waterdown Library and Civic Center by RDHA, Waterdown Library and Civic Center in Ontario, beautiful library architecture, sustainable libraries, energy efficient library design, library and civic center design

This library shows how beautiful sustainable design builds community

This gorgeous new library just an hour’s drive from downtown Toronto is a true civic center with its welcoming...

MICR-O by Superimpose, MICR-O pavilion, MICR-O pavilion in Hangzhou, Sun Commune in Hangzhou, Sun Commune farming, MICRO camp farming, farming pavilion in China

Sun Commune pavilion teaches urban kids about sustainable farming in China

For a country like China, where one-fifth of the farmland is contaminated, raising awareness about sustainable...

Shigeru Ban, Emergency shelters, disaster shelters, cardboard home, bamboo home, emergency cardboard home, Shigeru Ban Architects, shelter design, disaster shelters, disaster structures, humanitarian design, temporary architecture, cardboard architecture, temporary shelter, shelter structures, bamboos structures, locally-sourced materials, Ecuado, bamboo shelters, Pritzker Prize architects, affordable housing, cardboard housing, green design, humanitarian architecture

Ingenious cardboard and bamboo emergency shelters by Shigeru Ban pop up in Sydney

Pritzker Prize-winning Japanese architect Shigeru Ban is widely known and respected for his 20 year career in designing...

Cloud House by Matthew Mazzotta, Cloud House in Springfield, artful rainwater harvesting, rainwater art installation, environmental art in Springfield, Cloud House rainwater, Cloud House makes it rain,

Cloud House makes it rain on demand with creative water harvesting system

You won’t have to do a rain dance to make it rain at the Cloud House—sitting in one of its rocking chairs should...

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