Chic geothermal-powered home embraces indoor-outdoor living
Dutch design studios Bedaux de Brouwer and i29 have blurred the boundaries between indoors...
Renewable energy is the cheapest source of electricity
A new report published by Rewiring America concludes that if everybody in the U.S. switched to solar, wind or other...
Arkansas schools save millions by adopting solar power
Schools in the U.S. are using solar energy to cut down on expensive electricity bills. With funds freed up, schools...
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...
Greenery envelopes a Snøhetta-designed timber office in Austria
Snøhetta has recently completed the new head office for ASI Reisen, an international trekking and adventure travel...
The afterlife of solar panels
You might think of solar panels as a top sustainability solution. While it’s true that they’re terrific for...
Award-winning solar home with spectacular desert views asks $5.35M
On the edge of the Red Rock Canyon Conservation Area, just outside of Las Vegas, an AIA award-winning home has...
Are solar developments hurting desert animals?
As we know by now, every cause has an effect. And even the best of causes — such as ramping up solar power in...
Solar-powered House of Music mimics the shape of an orchestra
Bologna-based Mario Cucinella Architects has crafted the House of Music, a solar-powered community landmark in...
Luxury home in Kerala produces all of its own energy
Thrissur-based design studio LIJO RENY Architects has taken full advantage of Kerala’s sunny, tropical climate...
Off-grid home threads through a South African riverine forest
When a nature-loving elderly couple tapped South African architecture firm Frankie Pappas to design their...
New solar farm in Indiana boosts local pollinators
Goodbye, dirty old coal-fired power plant. Hello, sunshine, bees and butterflies. That's what the folks...
Solar-powered coastal home opens up to views of the Arabian Sea
Mumbai-based architecture firm Architecture BRIO has transformed a decrepit coastal property into a solar-powered...
Passive House-certified development offers affordable housing in South Bronx
New York City-based Curtis + Ginsberg Architects has completed Park Avenue Green, the largest Passive House development...
A puzzle-inspired sliding facade improves this building’s energy efficiency
In the Ballard neighborhood, close to Seattle’s downtown, local architecture firm Graham Baba Architects has...
Britain hits a new record going two months coal-free
For the first time in over a hundred years, Britain has gone for a record two months without using coal energy....
Ancient Mayan-inspired Casa Merida operates off the grid in Mexico
In the hot and humid Yucatán capital of Mérida, blasting air conditioning all day is commonly regarded as a necessity...
UNStudio installs new energy-generating facade for solar producer Hanwha’s HQ
UNStudio has completed renovations of the Hanwha headquarters in Seoul — all without disrupting the building’s...
Inspiring rammed earth hospital brings affordable care to rural Nepal
An inspiring beacon of humanitarian architecture has arrived to one of the poorest and most remote regions of Nepal...
Serpentine roof tops a solar-powered community center in Western Sydney
Sydney-based architectural firm Carter Williamson Architects has completed the Woodcroft Neighborhood Center, a...
First home solar pavement installed on a driveway
Solar tiles aren’t just for roofs anymore. Platio, a Budapest, Hungary-based tech company, has just installed...
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...