Ken Soble Tower sets an example for high-rise sustainability
Vacant and in disrepair, the Ken Soble Tower in the city of Hamilton in Ontario, Canada was a candidate for a sale...
Architects give 1890s home a Passive House retrofit
The idea of retrofitting is certainly nothing new, especially for historic buildings. But the Yannell PHIUS+ House...
Abandoned fuel tanks retrofitted for new Shanghai art museum
On the banks of Shanghai’s Huangpu River, Beijing-based practice OPEN Architecture has transformed...
A 1940s home gets an energy-efficient renovation for $250K
When the homeowners of a small, Cape Cod-style home in Arlington Heights, Illinois wanted extra room for their...
Copenhagen's Hanging Gardens will allow residents to grow and sell their own vegetables on-site
Designed with sustainability in mind, the Hanging Gardens Tower is envisioned with locally sourced construction...
Repurposed shipping containers inject funky and unexpected color to a historic home renovation
Artist Markus Linnenbrink and his wife, gallerist Cindy Rucker, commissioned LOT-EK to renovate the existing two-level...
Brilliant “More Sky” window transforms into a cozy, sun-soaked balcony
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BsDKGCOB7g Garcia developed “More Sky” as part of her master’s thesis...
Gorgeous Passive House renovation in New York wins the 'Oscars of existing buildings'
The architects deconstructed the existing roof and recycled all the asphalt shingles, added a second floor and...
Subterranean Conservation Hall is a glass-walled atrium under the Governor's lawn in Tennessee
Placed 25 feet below the front lawn, the oval-shaped courtyard is fully glazed. This allows natural light to penetrate...
8 Water-saving solutions for your home
The drought in California is breaking records, and recent data suggests that the state may have just one year of...
Philips to install LED streetlights in Poland for a 70 percent energy savings
[youtube =http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIAk6qk5pdE] Philips Lighting just announced that they were selected...
Simbcity Zero-Energy Additions Revive Decaying Housing Estates in Spain
Taking inspiration from the natural phenomenon of symbiosis, Plateau Team proposes "the colonization of the roofs...
Adventurous Couple Meanders Down the Pan-American Highway in a Solar-Powered 1967 VW Van
Little known fact: in 2010 my partner and I got rid of almost everything we owned, loaded the rest up into a 26'...
SHINE's Tec de Monterrey Retrofit Maximizes Natural Light and Ventilation With Parametric Modeling
SHINE has created this new design studio as a study in bioclimatic architecture, which is ideal for the students...
BIG's Blåvand Bunker Museum Preserves Denmark's WWII History
BIG's design sheds new light on Denmark's war history, and it does so by balancing practical and playful forms....
