This net-zero home is integrated into the slopes of Carmel Valley
Tehama 2 in Carmel-by-the-Sea by Studio Schicketanz is a net-zero home built using reclaimed wood and local stone....
LEED-seeking apartments house formerly homeless families in San Francisco
David Baker Architects has completed 222 Taylor, an affordable housing complex in San Francisco’s Tenderloin...
AKA Patagonia pays tribute to the Chilean landscape with low-impact construction
Architect Pablo Larroulet has created the AKA Patagonia Hotel in the port city of Puerto Natales, Chile, a gateway...
Eco-friendly Everlasting Forest Pavilion champions circular living in Bangkok
For this year’s Bangkok Design Week, which took place in February 2020, Thai design firm Plural Designs created...
Portland welcomes first Living Building Challenge project
Pacific Northwest architecture firm Mahlum has made history with the certification of its new architecture...
Dark Chalet in Utah will generate over 350% more energy than it needs
Los Angeles-based Tom Wiscombe Architecture will be putting the final touches on its “Dark Chalet” by October...
Floating islands bring a new type of public park to Copenhagen
Australian architect Marshall Blecher and Danish design studio Fokstrot have unveiled plans for a new type of public...
Cool, California ranch house in San Francisco is a sustainable gem
San Francisco-based firm Malcolm Davis Architecture has managed to combine the cool vibe of Cali design with...
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...
Office building uses 112 ‘smart’ chimneys to regulate light, air and energy
Mario Cucinella Architects has created a sustainable public building that uses several active and passive elements...
Resurrected greenhouse to honor father of modern genetics
International architecture and urban design practice CHYBIK + KRISTOF has unveiled designs for an energy-efficient...
A heritage industrial site becomes a dreamy wilderness retreat in Australia
In the middle of Australia’s deepest lake, a historic industrial site has been reborn as Pumphouse Point, a charming...
Fully circular office can be sustainably demounted and rebuilt in weeks
In its latest example of circular construction, Dutch architecture firm cepezed has completed Building D(emountable),...
Pop-up prefab hospitals proposed as healthcare centers during pandemics
Moved by the stories of COVID-19 patients and medical professionals from around the world, Amsterdam-based architectural...
Are these zero-carbon domes the future of sustainable housing?
When design and architecture start-up Geoship met its $100,000 equity crowdfunding goal in just five days in January...
Green design at Te Mirumiru center honors Maori history
Architecture encompasses a lot of things. It’s art. It’s function. It’s culture. The Te Mirumiru Early Childhood...
1850s barn in Italy becomes a modern, sustainable family home
Located at the foot of UNESCO World Heritage site Alpe di Siusi in the Italian province of South Tyrol, Messner...
“Temple of Poop” grows a flowering rooftop with human waste
Latvian design and build workshop Zeltini has made answering the call of nature into an environmental statement...
York University’s new green-roofed student center celebrates inclusivity
After overwhelmingly voting in favor of a second campus building devoted solely to student space, students at Toronto’s...
Sweden’s tallest timber building could save 550 tons of CO2
Scandinavian-based architecture firm C.F. Møller Architects has raised the bar for sustainable architecture with...
Hydroelectric art gallery will generate enough wave power to be 100% self-sustaining
London-based architect Margot Krasojevic has just unveiled a futuristic art gallery that runs on hydroelectric...
Sculptural, energy-saving office boasts the “smartest building advances in Germany”
In the heart of Berlin, Danish architecture firm 3XN has recently completed Cube Berlin, a striking new office...
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...
Sustainable city block in Hamburg goes for gold in energy-efficiency
In Hamburg’s HafenCity district, German architecture firm blauraum Architekten has recently completed the KPTN,...
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,...
Century-old building is reborn as a LEED Platinum home in San Francisco
When architect Jonathan Feldman of Feldman Architecture began remodeling his home in San Francisco in the early...
Portugal-based nonprofit refurbishes old buildings with natural insulation
With a background in social initiatives, nonprofit Critical Concrete aims to refurbish socially relevant spaces...
Self-sufficient floating office building for GCA will take anchor in Rotterdam
Rotterdam-based architecture firm Powerhouse Company has unveiled designs for a unique floating office building...
Award-winning Owl Woods Passive House playfully mimics birdhouses in Australia
Australian design studio Talina Edwards Architecture recently completed the Owl Woods Passive House — the first...
Stunning House on the Rocks uses geothermal power
On Finland’s windswept Turku archipelago, Helsinki-based design practice and log house kit purveyor Pluspuu has...