New affordable housing in Silicon Valley boasts net-zero emissions
In one of the nation’s most expensive housing markets, a new multifamily community has sprung up to provide 66...
Frank Gehry tops Facebook HQ expansion with a 3.6-acre rooftop park
Facebook recently unveiled a peek inside MPK 21, its newest campus building designed by Frank Gehry and built in...
Solar-powered home takes advantage of Silicon Valley’s mild climate
San Francisco-based architecture firm Bohlin Cywinski Jackson recently completed the Los Altos Residence, a modernist...
Intuit’s new green-roofed campus is an indoor/outdoor dream office
Intuit’s new Marine Way Building (MWB) in Mountain View, California, aims to become an antidote to the trend...
Swooping rooflines make this proposed Silicon Valley home a sculptural work of art
Cambridge-based design studio WOJR has proposed an unusual Silicon Valley home that stands out from the pack with...
Charred timber home perched above Silicon Valley takes cues from nature
High above Silicon Valley sits a striking home with a two-story volume clad in blackened cedar. Schwartz and Architecture...
Classic Eichler gets a tasteful renovation and expansion in the heart of Silicon Valley
Klopf Architecture has refurbished and expanded a classic Eichler home in the San Mateo highlands while keeping...
Remodeled Eichler house is an oasis of calm in the heart of Silicon Valley
The experts behind remodeling classic Eichler homes have done it again. This time, Klopf Architecture applied their...
Net-zero Silicon Valley office prioritizes water conservation in drought-stricken California
A Silicon Valley office building that produces all the energy it needs on-site is a leading example of smarter,...
Is this art? Photos capture moments when humans and light interact
All of the exhibition’s 20 installations are nature-themed and the most striking of them are those which respond...
Moffett Place High Garden is a one of Silicon Valley’s largest rooftop parks
The park is one of the central amenities to the Moffett Place campus, which was recently leased to Google as the...
Mid-century home by Frank Lloyd Wright apprentice receives an earth-friendly upgrade
The home originally featured walls made of exposed concrete block, which were largely covered up to give an updated...
Googleplex designer’s sky offices above London would suck people up from their homes
Clive Wilkinson, who design the original Googleplex, came up with a quirky design that puts a satirical spin on...
Jaw-dropping scale of Apple’s spaceship campus revealed in new drone footage
[youtube =http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FqH02gN29o&w=537&h-302] Designed by Fosters + Partners, the...
World’s largest green roof unveiled in the heart of Silicon Valley
The Hills at Vallco’s crown jewel is without a doubt its $3 million 30-acre green roof, an unprecedented engineering...
VIDEO: Google’s new California headquarters is a greenhouse utopia by BIG and Heatherwick
Earlier in the week, we brought you news that Heatherwick Studio and BIG are collaborating on the design of Google's...
BIG and Heatherwick Studio to design Google’s new Mountain View HQ
Heatherwick Studio and the Bjarke Ingels Group just announced plans to collaborate on Google's new headquarters....
Nissan and NASA team up to build autonomous cars for use in space
Nissan and NASA have inked a new partnership to further research autonomous vehicles that could be used not only...
Have You Seen the 19th Century Log Cabins Twitter Installed at its San Francisco Headquarters?
Photo: Mark McBride's Twitter feed Employees at Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters now have a chance to...
Lush Green Roof Terrace Crowns LEED Platinum-Seeking Office in Silicon Valley
The tech giants of Silicon Valley are no strangers to sustainable design, and brick's recently completed office...
Plant-Based Egg Substitute Backed by Bill Gates Goes on Sale at Whole Foods
Tech giants Peter Thiel and Bill Gates introduced a revolutionary new product to the public this week, and it had...
Brooklyn Tech Triangle Plan Could Re-Create Silicon Valley in NYC
Move over Silicon Valley. New York City - currently the second leading tech hub in the nation - could soon climb...
San Francisco to Launch Bike-Sharing Pilot Program this Summer
When transit watchers look back on 2013, they'll remember it as the year of the bike share. Last month, the country...
NBBJ Unveils Samsung’s New Garden-Filled San Jose Campus That Could Rival Them All
Samsung's new campus will expand the company's existing US reach and set it on a more level playing field with...
Silicon Valley at Significant Risk of Sea Level Rise Due to Climate Change
Silicon Valley office building photo from Shutterstock Even the Internet is not immune to the effects of climate...
California Gov. Jerry Brown Fast-Tracks New Apple Headquarters in Cupertino
While techies are anxiously awaiting the new iPhone 5, governor Jerry Brown announced that Apple's massive new...
LivingHomes Reveals First LEED Platinum Certified Multifamily Development in Silicon Valley!
The LivingHomes project in Los Altos achieved the “Z6” environmental goals that the Santa Monica-based firm...
Terminal B at San Jose Airport Lands LEED Silver After Major Green Renovation
The renovation of the Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport was a tricky affair that involved temporary...
Brilliant Computer History Museum Renovated From a Silicon Valley Tech Building
The museum got its start back in the 1960s when Gordon and Gwen Bell first exhibited their personal collection...
TEST DRIVE: Inhabitat Takes the Tesla Roadster for a Spin in Silicon Valley
The day was hot and the car was very, very fast. Electric cars have all of their power available to you at all...