Students propose a biomimetic solution to reduce post-harvest food waste in Nigeria
As one of sub-Saharan Africa’s largest producers of tomatoes, Nigeria grows up to 1.5 million tons of the fruit...
Rural, modular home in Mexico allows for a wide variety of configurations
Mexico City- and Berlin-based Zeller & Moye has unveiled a unique modular home that allows for multiple horizontal...
MASS Design crowns a 1920s houseboat with a timber luxury lookout
After meticulously renovating a 1920s houseboat into a home for two, a pair of clients reached out to multidisciplinary...
Electric-powered X Shore boats combine sustainability with luxury Scandinavian design
Promising minimal maintenance, lower operating costs and a gorgeous modern design, Swedish company X Shore is making...
REPII House offers expansive modular space with sleek design elements
Modular design is nothing new and continues to grow in popularity as well as functionality. The design has been...
A massive, egg-shaped bird observatory features reusable natural materials
Bird lovers in the Netherlands now have a new way of watching their feathered friends thanks to the recent opening...
SOM unveils designs for first-ever human settlement on the moon
Just a few months ahead of the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM)...
BIG unveils a sustainable floating city in response to rising sea levels
BIG and a coalition of partners have unveiled Oceanix City, a visionary proposal for the world’s first resilient...
This countertop dishwasher promises to wash your dishes in just 10 minutes
Living in a tiny apartment — or tiny home — no longer needs to mean giving up the luxury of a dishwasher....
Glass building in China is filled with soaring timber pillars in the shape of trees
Beijing-based firm LUO Studio has unveiled a beautiful, all-glass headquarters for an eco-farm operator in China's...
Solar-powered cabin is designed for ultimate flexibility and mobility
Buenos Aires-based firm IR Arquitectura has created a brilliant modular cabin designed to offer not only exceptional...
Experimental prefab home eschews fossil fuels in Geneva
In the centrally located town of Lancy in Geneva, Switzerland, a compact and experimental timber home bucks the...
Yves Béhar designs compact, prefab homes to tackle the housing crisis
Yves Béhar has designed everything from high-tech wearables to voice-activated, transforming furniture — now,...
3XN unveils a sustainable redesign for the Sydney Fish Market
Danish design practice 3XN has revealed its competition-winning redesign for the Sydney Fish Market, a waterfront...
This tiny shipping container home adapts to your needs
The tiny-living movement is thriving for a variety of reasons. An emphasis on minimalism, financial benefits and...
Olson Kundig solar sail proposal could power up to 200 Melbourne homes with clean energy
Acclaimed architecture practice Olson Kundig is best known for its spectacular residential works in the Pacific...
This striking, bright-red modular home connects to its surroundings through contrast
While some architects use various strategies to blend their design into natural surroundings, Santiago-based firm Felipe...
This prefab movable house can be assembled anywhere
On the go? Not a problem. This movable, prefab house from Swiss studio Rahbaran Hürzeler Architekten can be built...
Airbus is putting spacious sleeping pods in airplane cargo holds
Finally, airlines have found a way to give you more space to stretch out on flights, but there's one catch: you...
This “boat” on wheels turns city dwellers into urban adventurers
Urban adventurers, prepare to set sail: A temporary installation in Utrecht, the Netherlands is transforming its...
Meet the Monocabin, a tiny home rental mere steps from the Aegean Sea
Milan-based Mandalaki Design Studio has created the gorgeous all-white Monocabin - a prototype for micro-living...
BIG and WeWork reveal plans for interactive WeGrow kindergarten in New York City
International startup WeWork is expanding beyond its co-working roots with a public kindergarten in New York...
This Mexico City home is built around a gorgeous vertical garden
The verdant Villa Jardín in Mexico City uses vegetation to unify its indoor and outdoor spaces. Architecture firm...
The rustic exterior of this abandoned barn hides a surprising space to get away from it all
This neglected old barn in Norway will soon host visitors from all around the world, thanks to a recent makeover...
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...
This beautiful home in Portugal was inspired by a child’s drawing
This gorgeous monolithic house in Portugal, designed by Filipe Saraiva Arquitectos, uses modular design to stay...
Modular Lego Lunch restaurant built from recycled shipping containers pops up in Lithuania
A modular fast food restaurant popped up in Siauliai, Lithuania, to provide a healthy communal space that can be...
Modular shed-like addition turns a 1930s bungalow into an open, light-filled home
A 1930s California Bungalow in Sydney received a modern shed-like addition that maximizes the usability of the...
Fully-furnished shipping containers form unique prefab hotel in Manchester
Architecture firm Chapman Taylor just unveiled images of the recently completed Holiday Inn Express at Manchester’s...
Modular Cylinder House weaves its way through a forest in France
This remarkable Cylinder House designed for Lyon, France, takes modular architecture to the next level. Cyril Lancelin,...