Energy-neutral House of Eemnes is a sustainable “culture house”
Thirty minutes east of Amsterdam, the municipality of Eemnes has recently welcomed a beautiful community center...
Iconic Farnsworth House gets a conceptual, sustainable redesign
As a design exercise, California-based architecture firm Jeff Barrett Studio has reimagined Mies van der Rohe’s...
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...
LEED Platinum-seeking home in Cincinnati asks $3.25 million
Near the border of Ohio and Kentucky, a stunning sustainable home has hit the market for $3,249,000. Designed by...
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...
Disney World McDonald's to be first net-zero fast food restaurant
Chicago-based Ross Barney Architects has given the iconic McDonald's at Walt Disney World Resort a sustainable...
Christophe Caranchini proposes resilient floating houses for Kiribati
The Republic of Kiribati, a small nation of islands and atolls in the central Pacific Ocean, is a tropical paradise...
A net-zero compact home in Seattle is inspired by Shibui minimalism
Refined, elemental and minimal: these words were the inspiration behind a recently completed net-zero home in West...
"Climate-neutral" Spiral Tower lets you see the city from new heights
A Dutch consortium of companies has teamed up to propose an ambitious city landmark — the Spiral Tower, an eco-friendly...
Guallart Architects unveil winning bid for a self-sufficient community in China
Barcelona-based Guallart Architects has won an international competition for its design of a mixed-use, self-sufficient...
Pittsburgh leads in green energy with largest single sloped solar array in the US
The shift from non-renewable sources of energy to green energy continues to gain momentum. In the past few years,...
This tiny house is insulated with cork and powered by solar
Eco-friendly company The Tiny Housing Co. has added The Natura tiny home to its portfolio of unique designs. The...
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...
Retired USPS van is converted into a mobile community center
Known as the Chicago Mobile Makerspace, this renovated United States Postal Service delivery van has been given...
World’s most sustainable furniture factory proposed for Norway
Bjarke Ingels Group has unveiled the design for The Plus, a furniture factory for Norwegian urban furniture manufacturer...