MVRDV completes massive, mountain-like vertical village for 5,000 residents in India
A mountain-like residential development has risen in Pune — India’s eighth largest city and one of the fastest-growing...
LOT-EK upcycles 140 shipping containers into an apartment complex in South Africa
A massive, modular residential building has risen in Johannesburg, South Africa with aims of revitalizing Maboneng...
Boring Company confirms plans to use excavated dirt for low-cost housing bricks
Will Elon Musk foray into affordable housing next? Earlier this week, he said on Twitter that The Boring Company...
How Habitat for Humanity recycles the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree to build homes for those in need
We contacted Habitat for Humanity to get the full story behind what happened to the ghosts of Christmas trees...
Passive solar Trinity Apartments is a trendsetter for eco-friendly social housing in Australia
The Trinity Apartments set itself apart not only for its design and environmentally friendly features, but also...
INTERVIEW: Inhabitat Talks to Housing Reclaimed Author Jessica Kellner About Debt Free Homes
INHABITAT: What inspired you to write Housing Reclaimed? Jessica Kellner: I was inspired to write Housing Reclaimed...
The Casa Caja "Box House" by S-AR is a model for low-cost concrete housing
An offshoot of S-AR, Comunidad Vivex aims to combat the shortage of high-quality affordable housing in Mexico by...
Buckminster Fuller's sparkling Fly's Eye Dome unveiled in Miami
Buckminster Fuller's patented prototype for low-cost portable dome housing, designed in 1965, has just been reproduced...
D.C.'s Affordable Net-Zero Empowerhouse is Moving to Philadelphia
The building won the inaugural award for affordability at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon in...
Tiny Moose Road Residence Frames Stunning Views of Ukiah Valley in California
The house is constructed on steel stilts and oriented to form three large apertures towards the most attractive...
Geodesic DOM(E) is a Self-Sufficient Prefab Home for All Seasons
The building has an self-supporting internal structure made from laminated timber with metal mounts, 200mm insulation...
56 Recycled Plastic Bottles Illuminate Liter of Light's Pavilion at the Shanghai Biennale
Although they only work during the day, in poor areas where informal housing lacks the daylighting we take so much...
Extraordinary 'Bamboo Stalactites' Sprout Mushrooms in Liter of Light's Shanghai Biennale Pavilion!
Liter of Light's founder Illac Diaz commissioned Stephen Lamb from Touching the Earth Lightly to design their Shanghai...
Plastic Formwork System Provides Quick and Quality Housing for Those in Need
Every year, nearly seventy million people, or 200,000 a day, move from rural areas to urban cities. In South Africa...
Containers of Hope: Cool Costa Rican Shipping Container House Only Costs $40,000
You might remember Saxe as the architect who built his mother this gorgeous bamboo retreat with a moon skylight....
