Aztec-inspired eco home sits lightly on the land in Mexico
When Mexico City-based architecture practice Mauricio Ceballos X Architects (MCXA) was asked to design a home in...
19th-century Catalan ruins are revived into a self-sufficient home
Spanish architecture firm Andrea Solé Arquitectura has given new life to the ruins of Can Tomeu, a historic Catalan...
Thinking Huts and Studio Mortazavi plan a 3D-printed school in Madagascar
International architectural firm Studio Mortazavi has teamed up with Colorado-based nonprofit Thinking Huts to...
Flexible prefab cabin wins Volume Zero’s 2020 Tiny House competition
Mumbai-based architecture competition platform Volume Zero has announced the winners of the 2020 Tiny House Architecture...
The Gaia off-grid container house has a custom rooftop wind turbine
Made using an upcycled, discarded shipping container and featuring its own personal wind turbine, three solar panels...
Filmmaker designs and builds off-grid backcountry cabin for $50k
Tired of the work grind and eager to slow down and live a more sustainable lifestyle, a Canadian filmmaker decided...
Luxe, solar-powered home boasts a “green soul” in Brazil
Brazilian architecture firm Studio CK Arquitetura has recently completed the Casa Doce Vida, a custom luxury home...
Vincent Callebaut proposes a green, food-producing footbridge for Paris
Vincent Callebaut Architectures has unveiled fantastical designs for the Green Line, a futuristic “inhabited...
Families turn old police station into sustainable co-housing
Belgian design firm Polygoon Architectuur and Jouri De Pelecijn Architect have brought to life the dream...
Modular home in Delft boasts low-carbon timber build and a green roof
Building information modeling (BIM), modular construction and low-carbon timber materials combine in the sustainable...
Greenhouse-inspired home harvests rainwater for backyard garden
In the idyllic town of San Miniato in the region of Tuscany, Italy, local architecture firm LDA.iMdA architetti...
SOM designs a low-carbon waterfront community for China’s “most livable city”
Global design firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) has unveiled designs for Jiuzhou Bay, a new 5.6 million-square-foot...
West 8 and Studio 44 win Tuchkov Buyan Park competition in St. Petersburg
Rotterdam-based West 8 and Saint Petersburg-based Studio 44 have won an international competition with their design...
Asia's largest organic rooftop farm can grow 20 tons of food annually
Organic urban agriculture, renewable energy and beautiful landscaping come together at the Thammasat University...
Early learning center sustainably embraces rural New Zealand
In the rural New Zealand haven of Dairy Flat, U.K.-based architecture firm Collingridge and Smith Architects has...
