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urban redevelopment Kaohsiung social housing by Mecanoo

Mecanoo unveils greenery-filled social housing for Kaohsiung

Hot on the heels of their recently completed National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Dutch firm Mecanoo unveiled...

Villa IJsselzig by EVA Architecten, Villa IJsselzig by NEST architects, Villa IJsselzig, Hollandse Ijssel architecture, energy efficient Dutch architecture, Dutch modern riverside architecture

Dutch villa taps into solar energy and optimal site conditions

EVA Architecten took the long view when designing Villa IJsselzig, a modern home optimized for energy efficiency...

PGA TOUR headquarters by Foster + Partners, PGA TOUR headquarters, PGA TOUR global home, PGA TOUR Ponte Vedra Beach, LEED Gold PGA TOUR HQ, biophilic headquarter design, biophilic in LEED architecture, Foster + Partners LEED architecture

Foster + Partners unveils plans for LEED Gold-targeted PGA TOUR HQ in Florida

Foster + Partners just unveiled designs for the new PGA TOUR headquarters in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. The sleek,...

Villa H by BERG + KLEIN, modern Dutch home, modern home in the dunes, Villa Hupkes, solar powered dune house, green roof single story home, timber brise-soleil

Solar-powered Villa H is a modern glass-fronted home in the Dutch dunes

Natural materials converge in the beautiful, tailor-made Villa H (Villa Hupkes) tucked into Rotterdam’s dune...

Copeland Grove by Stephen Kavanagh Architects, charred timber house extension, modern house extension, Copeland Grove in Dublin, timber and glass house box,

Cozy charred timber box adds a new social heart to Dublin home

A tiny new addition has made a big impact on a terraced home in North Dublin. Stephen Kavanagh Architects designed...

Waterdown Library and Civic Center, Waterdown Library and Civic Center by RDHA, Waterdown Library and Civic Center in Ontario, beautiful library architecture, sustainable libraries, energy efficient library design, library and civic center design

This library shows how beautiful sustainable design builds community

This gorgeous new library just an hour’s drive from downtown Toronto is a true civic center with its welcoming...

Lean to House by Warc Studio, lean to house extension design, contemporary lean to extension, sustainable lean to extension, Oakleigh lean to extension, timber fins for solar shades,

Breezy addition keeps cool in Melbourne’s summers with smart passive design

Sustainability and a tight budget were the driving features for this bright and airy lean-to extension to a detached...

Dorman House by Austin Maynard Architects, beach shack renovation, Australian beach shack extension, Australian beach shack vernacular, Dorman House in Lorne, Lorne Australia architecture, eco-friendly beach shack

Austin Maynard Architects restores a beach shack in their crusade against McMansions

Austin Maynard Architects is taking a stand against McMansions. Tired of seeing Australia’s handsome old shacks...

KODA by Kodasema, KODA price, KODA by Kodasema price, Kodasema prefabricated home, off-grid KODA home, solar-powered KODA

KODA is a tiny solar-powered house that can move with its owners

Made primarily of concrete, the portable KODA prototype is constructed with factory-made components selected for...

Monmouth Battlefield State Park Visitor Center by ikon.5 architects, Monmouth Battlefield State Park Visitor Center architecture, Monmouth Battlefield State Park Visitor Center in New Jersey, Monmouth Battlefield pavilion, LEED Silver visitor center, LEED Silver pavilion, LEED Silver architecture in New Jersey

LEED Silver visitor center is a portal to a historic American battlefield

Calling attention to a historic landscape can be difficult when there are few artifacts to differentiate it from...

modern house in the countryside, modern house in Willow Grove, Willow Grove by Finnis Architects, rammed earth house in Australia, contemporary Australian architecture, modern eco-friendly homes in Australia,

Rammed earth walls form the core of this modern Australian home

Innovative, eco-friendly materials and contemporary design form the basis for Willow Grove, a modern home in the...

Israel’s tallest building, ToHA by Ron Arad Architects, Tel Aviv skyscrapers, Israel skyscrapers, Ron Arad designs in Israel, Totseret Ha-Aretz skyscraper, Totseret Ha-Aretz by Ron Arad

Ron Arad Architects unveil plans for Israel’s tallest skyscraper

ToHA was commissioned as a joint venture between two large investment and development companies that procured a...

Rio Branco 12 by Triptyque, bioclimatic Brazilian architecture, green renovation rio de janeiro, green renovation RB12, RB12 by Triptyque, RB12 Rio de Janeiro, sustainable RB12

Triptyque gives a 1970s office building an eco-friendly makeover in Brazil

Located within the heart of Rio de Janeiro’s business and economic district, the 85-meter-tall RB12 sports a...

Punjab Kesari Headquarters by Studio Symbiosis, glass reinforced concrete facade, perforated Indian inspired facade, Punjab Kesari Headquarters

A beautiful perforated facade shields this office from India’s harsh sun

https://vimeo.com/173213987 The Punjab Kesari Headquarters is currently under construction, however, the International...

Kyeong Dok Jai by IROJE KHM, Kyeong Dok Jai architecture, contemporary South Korean architecture, Cheoma eaves

A dynamic solar shading screen wraps this garden-filled home

Located on a highly visible corner site at the junction of two roads, the Kyeong Dok Jai house draws the eye with...

The Crescent by Sanjay Puri Architects, solar savvy architecture, curvaceous Corten Steel building, Corten Steel architecture, Corten steel office building, office design in India,

Curvaceous Corten steel office beats the heat with solar-savvy design

The 4,905-square-foot office building is set on a small corner site abutting a road junction in full view to pedestrians...

Go Home Bay Cabin by Ian MacDonald Architect, green-roofed cabin, cabins in southern Ontario, eco-friendly cabin, cabin retreat in Ontario

Green-roofed cabin is a stunning cantilevered retreat accessible only by boat

Accessible only by boat, Go Home Bay Cabin is deliberately obscured from view to create a sense of anticipation...

Floating Office by Marraum Architecture, adaptive reuse barge, WWII barge transformed, floating office in Cornwall, Jubilee Wharf architecture, floating office architecture, Brain of Brian by Marraum Architecture

Experimental floating office takes over a converted WWII barge

“As floating structures don’t need planning or building regulations, we reveled in the design freedom this...

Spring Ranch by Feldman Architecture, LEED Gold Spring Ranch, Hollister architecture, net zero holiday home, net zero California architecture, LEED Gold California architecture,

Net-zero Spring Ranch boasts enviable views of California’s Central Valley

Located at the base of a large hill, the 6,445-square-foot Spring Ranch overlooks eastward rural views along the...

350 Mission by SOM, 350 Mission Salesforce, 350 Mission San Francisco, LEED Platinum 350 Mission, San Francisco LEED architecture

SOM’s LEED Platinum 350 Mission tower offers an urban living room to San Francisco

Developed by Kilroy Realty Corporation & Management, 350 Mission will be solely occupied by the cloud computing...

Mecanoo, Mecanoo architecten, Taiwan, Tainan, Tainan public library, MAYU architects+, library design, library architecture, natural lighting, solar heat gain,

Mecanoo wins competition to design the Tainan Public Library with natural materials

The collaboration between Mecanoo and MAYU architects+ is particularly interesting because the Dutch East Indian...

Shotgun Chameleon, ZDES architects, shotgun housing, shotgun house, Houston, energy efficient architecture, flexible architecture, solar heat gain, flexible facade,

Climate-responsive Shotgun Chameleon helps homeowners save on energy bills and the mortgage

Inspired by southern vernacular architecture, the Shotgun Chameleon arranges its interior spaces one behind the...

Shenzhen, KSP Jürgen Engel Architekten, KSP Jürgen Engel, Shenzhen Art Museum and Library, Shenzhen Art Museum and Library by KSP Jürgen Engel, library design, museum design, solar heat gain,

Light-filled Shenzhen Art Museum and Library protects against solar heat gain

The Shenzhen Art Museum and Library complex comprise two glass-covered cubic structures centered on a public plaza....

Passivhaus, Mole Architects, Cavendish Avenue house, Cavendish Avenue house by Mole Architects, solar heat gain, external sail shades, ground source heat pump, passive solar, passive solar home, energy efficient architecture, green architecture,

Innovative timber home harnesses the heat of the sun

The Cavendish Avenue house boasts a striking contemporary aesthetic that’s still modest enough to fit in with...

EDSM polymer hotspray, solar heat gain, FSC certified wood, IJMeer, Amsterdam, tennis clubhouse, the couch by MVRDV, MVRDV, playful urban architecture, energy efficiency, heat exchanger, natural lighting, natural ventilation, multifunctional architecture,

This incredible giant ‘Couch’ building cleverly doubles as both bleachers and a clubhouse, underneath

Located on a manmade island in the East of Amsterdam, the 322-square-meter Couch clubhouse opens up to views of...

LEED Silver, Nanchang, Greenland Group, SOM, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Jiangxi Greenland Zifeng Tower, Jiangxi Greenland Zifeng Tower by SOM, glass skyscraper, skyscraper, mixed use skyscraper, mixed use, China, shading fin system, luxury hotel, sun shades, solar heat gain, LEDs,

SOM completes elegant LEED Silver skyscraper in Nanchang, China

The bottom two-thirds of the tower is occupied by office space, while the 20 floors in the top third are reserved...

COOKFOX Architects, Steung Meanchey, Velcro Companies, Cambodian CHildren’s Fund, Neeson Cripps Academy, Neeson Cripps Academy by COOKFOX, terra-cotta, bamboo, solar shades, biophilic, biophilic design, passive design, ecofriendly school, solar heat gain, Cambodia, Phnom Penh,

Eco-conscious Neeson Cripps Academy will empower Cambodia’s impoverished youth

The five-story Neeson Cripps Academy will offer free education to approximately 300 students from the local families...

aluminum clad architecture, bridge house, Höweler + Yoon Architecture’, Bridge House by Höweler + Yoon Architecture, McLean, family house, multi-generational home, multigenerational housing, triple glued windows, recycled materials, solar heat gain, solar gain

Aluminum-clad Bridge House is a multi-generational home optimized for solar gain

Although the Bridge House looks like a single-family home from the front, the building actually accommodates three...

Andersen Anderson Architects, Hawaii portable classrooms, portable classrooms, low voc materials, natural daylight, natural ventilation, energy positive, energy positive classroom, energy conservation, occupancy sensor, minimal environmental impact, solar heat gain, FSC timber, natural finish,

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...

Melbourne, Clifton Hill, Fenwick Street House, Julie Firkin Architects, Australian silvertop ash, ash, natural materials, solar heat gain, open plan layout, natural light, extension, timber extension, weatherboard

Elegant timber extension uses angular volumes to maximize natural light

The two-level addition extends diagonally from the back of the house. A sloped roof section that connects the original...

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