Weathered steel trees wrap around a solar-powered school building
Delft-based architectural office cepezed recently completed a solar-powered branch for Graafschap College in Doetinchem...
The Science Place is Australia’s first new LEED Gold educational building
The Science Place at James Cook University recently became Australia’s first educational building to achieve...
Beautiful bamboo archways add dramatic flair to a Xiamen restaurant
Our favorite Vietnamese architecture firm is nearing completion on a gorgeous bamboo restaurant in Xiamen, China....
Iceland’s Ion Hotel offers dramatic views of the Northern Lights
So as not to detract from the surrounding landscape, the Ion Hotel was built to look like an extension of the land,...
Behnisch Architekten breaks ground on green-roofed Agora cancer research center
The sculptural AGORA building will connect to an existing ISREC building on one side and sensitively respond to...
Zero-carbon Nanjing Green Lighthouse is a beacon for sustainable design in China
The 5,500-square-meter Nanjing Green Lighthouse takes on a spiral form and is centered on a light-filled atrium...
Gorgeous solar-powered and pedestrian-friendly housing development is coming to Turkey
The Ahk Kundu development is strategically located 20 kilometers west from the city center at the edge of Antalya’s...
Prefab Parisian housing is clad in a double-skin timber facade to optimize solar shading
Tectône won the project bid in a 2011 design competition that specified wood as the primary structural material....
Portable, low-energy shipping container office pops up in Copenhagen
Arcgency constructed Unionkul’s cargotecture framework in just two days by stacking the shipping containers atop...
PWD Architecture to break ground on nature-infused mixed use development in Dali, China
PWD Architecture sought to create a complex that would celebrate the site’s natural beauty. Thus, the architects...
Energy-positive portable classroom produces four times more energy than it needs
Prefabricated off-site as three modules, the 960-square-foot portable classroom is topped with a distinctive sawtooth...
Green-roofed Hong Kong health center is 100 percent naturally lit and ventilated
The design concept behind SK Yee Healthy Life Center was based on the idea of “the green pulse,” where nature...
Le 2 Workshop’s Third House From The Sun is a passive minimalist dwelling in Poland
The clients desired an eco-friendly home filled with natural daylight and a sense of spaciousness. As a result,...
Studio Gang’s LEED Gold-seeking human rights center is a futuristic log cabin
Developed as an initiative of Kalamazoo College, the 10,000-square-foot Arcus Center works to teach, promote, and...
Industrial space transformed into a beautiful energy-efficient loft in the Netherlands
Flanked on all sides by a late 19th century factory building, the former carpenter's workshop had a basement-like...
Camera Lucida Studio is Artistically Kinked to Frame Views in Two Directions
The studio's glazed end walls provide bidirectional views: the southeast window looks up the grassy hillside, whereas...
House in Tatemachi’s Dramatic Cone-Shaped Openings Provide Privacy Without Sacrificing Natural Daylighting
Due to the limited lot size, the walls of the House in Tatemachi are angled outwards to maximize the building volume....
San Antonio “Ghost Buildings” Renovated into Beautiful Mixed-Use Project by Lake|Flato Architects
Vacant since 2004, these heavily vandalized buildings had become a local “ghost town” full of transients and...
Old Shoe Factory Converted Into Bright & Colorful Architecture Research Center in Cyprus
The design for the new education building was largely determined by the needs of the architecture department, the...
Green-Roofed Thurrock Workshop Builds Stage Sets For London’s Royal Opera House
In 2007, the Royal Opera House appointed Nicholas Hare Architects to design a new production workshop for set construction...
The SunCarrier Omega Building is India’s First Net-Zero Energy Commercial Building
Located in the city of Bhopal, the SunCarrier Omega Building is the first net-zero energy building in India. The...
Foster + Partners Breaks Ground on Green-Roofed Hongqiao Vantone SunnyWorld Centre in Shanghai
Construction is officially underway on Foster + Partners' sustainable masterplan for the Hongqiao Vantone...
Daylit Maritime & Beachcombers Museum Opens in The Netherlands
The island of Texel was once a popular holdover spot for the Dutch East India Company on their way out of Amsterdam...
Louvered LAM Café is a Gorgeous Naturally Daylit Coffee House in Vietnam
LAM means louvers in english, and this building method was chosen for a number of reasons. First, construction...
Translucent Watercolor Roof Protects Swiss Abbey & Archaeology Site From Rockfall
The abbey of St. Maurice was built almost 1500 years ago and is situated against a cliff on the road between Geneva...
Rio Roca Ranch Chapel is an Ethereal Wooden Church Filled with Air and Light
Completed in 2010, the 1,080 sq ft chapel is a private facility and can be used for cultural, artistic and spiritual...
Green Roofed Urrezkoenea House Melts Into the Spanish Coastline
Nestled along the Cantabric Coast of Spain, the Urrezkoenea House, makes light of the stormy and steep landscape....
Hong Kong Transportation Hub Actually Improves Air Quality
"Under the Same Roof" is an exciting new design for the Hong Kong Boundary Crossings Facility (HKBCF) that will...
Médiacité: A New Sustainable Shopping Center For Liège Belgium
Later this month, Médiacité, a new shopping and entertainment center with some exciting green features will open...
ACME United Nations Memorial Space Inspired by Cells
A recent competition earlier in 2009 held by the city of Chungju in South Korea made a call for a memorial space...