Architects envision a green, solar-powered skyscraper
Warsaw-based architecture firm FAAB Architektura has unveiled designs for the Vertical Oasis Building, a conceptual...
Solar-powered home embraces tree canopy views in all directions
In the coastal township of Barwon Heads, Australian architecture firm Peter Winkler Architects has completed the...
Local earth bricks form this inspiring co-working space in Ouagadougou
unlimitedJCA, the pro-bono branch of Prague-based design studio Jakub Cigler Architekti, has completed JUMPHUB,...
Jimmy Carter’s solar plant powers half his Georgia hometown
Half of Plains, Georgia’s energy comes from solar panels, thanks to former President — and former farmer —...
First CLT Passive House project in Boston breaks ground
Move over steel and concrete — a pioneering cross-laminated timber (CLT) project that’s set to break ground...
Check out Glasir, the tree-shaped urban farming solution
In a bid to revolutionize agriculture, New York City and Bergen-based innovation studio Framlab has proposed...
Tropical greenery surrounds a sustainable, solar-powered home in Singapore
In Singapore, a lush veil of tropical plants has enveloped a sustainable home for a family of five. The house,...
LEED-Platinum learning lab is a beacon of sustainability
In a bold move to embrace environmental education, Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine recently welcomed the Roux...
San Francisco library boasts a green roof and LEED Gold status
When Hacker Architects redesigned a historic, 1969 branch library in the southeastern Bayview neighborhood of San...
Net-zero Del Mar Civic Center celebrates community and the great outdoors
After decades of planning, the Californian seaside city Del Mar has finally welcomed a new civic center to consolidate...
Check out these amazing sustainable cabins by ZeroCabin
Armed only with experience in biology, chemistry and physics, a group of Chile-based scientists took concepts ranging...
Fukushima on track to become a renewable energy hub
In hopes of reinventing its image, new life is breathing into Fukushima, the Japanese northeastern prefecture that...
Solar-powered Austin home embraces sustainability in more ways than one
In South Austin, Miró Rivera Architects has completed the Westridge Residence, a contemporary home with an emphasis...
Cambridge students create the UK’s most efficient solar-powered electric car
Undergraduate students at Cambridge University have teamed up with Formula 1 engineering experts and Bridgestone...
Sculptural, solar-powered home generates more energy than it uses
In the Texan suburb of Addison just north of Dallas, 5G Studio Collaborative has completed the Winnwood Residence,...
Wisconsin plans to go carbon-free by 2050
Following a year of historic flooding and sweltering heat waves across the Midwest, some states are ready to fight...
A Melbourne worker’s cottage gets revamped into a solar-powered family home
When a young family with two children approached Melbourne-based practice Gardiner Architects for a renovation...
Meet Solar Cat, a cute and creative take on renewable energy
Solar power just got an adorable new makeover. New York-based technology company Grouphug opened Solar Cat at the...
A Dutch village inspired the design of this solar-powered home
Within a cluster of traditional Dutch homes in The Hague, local firm Global Architects designed a single-family...
A growing number of states are aiming for clean energy
While President Donald Trump tries to ease environmental regulations and shirk responsibility for climate change,...
We tested the GoSun Go solar oven — here’s what we thought
The idea of cooking a delicious meal just by using the power of the sun is enticing, and GoSun Go is making it...
This off-grid retreat in Ohio was inspired by a treehouse
With features like a natural ventilation system to cool the home and rainwater collection to supply plumbing, The...
An old office is transformed into the Netherlands’ most sustainable renovated building
In Amsterdam South, a newly renovated office building with a shimmering silver roof has achieved BREEAM Outstanding,...
LEED Platinum home generates net-positive energy in Oregon
Built for clients who wanted a home with minimal site impact, the Live Edge residence is an environmentally friendly...
Green-roofed NY home taps into passive solar with contemporary style
New York-based design firm Slade Architecture has reconciled a client’s need for privacy with their desire for...
Prefab timber complex shows off net-zero energy technologies in Beijing
Beijing-based architecture firm SUP Atelier has completed the Xuhui Demonstrative Project, a solar-powered community...
Solar-powered glass cafe overlooks a “green lung” in Jerusalem
Sacher Park, the largest public park in the center of Jerusalem, Israel, has recently gained a new cafe that embraces...
Ecovillage in Copenhagen strives to meet all 17 Sustainable Development Goals
Danish architecture firm Lendager Group has won an international competition for its design of the UN17 Village,...
A gloomy house is revived as a modern solar home built of recycled materials
A dark and gloomy, non-insulated dwelling with zero views to speak of has been dramatically transformed into a...
This holiday home in Montauk produces all of its own electricity
East of the Hamptons sits a solar-powered, holiday home that celebrates indoor-outdoor living. Wrapped in exposed...