
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...

Greenery envelopes a Snøhetta-designed timber office in Austria
Snøhetta has recently completed the new head office for ASI Reisen, an international trekking and adventure travel...

ON-A wants to “renature” Barcelona by greening the Camp Nou stadium
In a bid to bring greater green space to Barcelona, local architecture firm ON-A has proposed converting the city’s...

Solar-powered Brink Tower is a sustainable solution to Amsterdam’s housing shortage
Dutch architecture firm Mecanoo has won an international competition with the design for the Brink Tower, a new...

Conceptual eco-village empowers women in Beirut
In a bid to advance gender equity in Lebanon, Beirut-based Anastasia Elrouss Architects has proposed the Vertical...