This treehouse-inspired home in Los Angeles wraps around a cedar tree that grows through the roof
Known for its seemingly endless urban sprawl and noisy traffic, Los Angeles makes finding serenity no easy task....
Architects create light-filled home extension clad in cork walls inside and out
London-based firm, Nimtim Architects have unveiled a beautiful and unique home extension to a family's modest...
This gorgeous LEED Platinum winery is made of reclaimed wood
San Francisco-based firm Piechota Architecture has designed what is being called the most sustainable winery in...
Baux unveils sustainable acoustic panels made out of chemical-free pulp
Acoustic products manufacturer Baux has just unveiled a truly innovative design for some stylish, plant-based...
1960s home remodeled with energy-efficient and non-toxic hempcrete
When homeowner Pam Bosch was looking for ways to remodel her 1960s home in Bellingham, Washington, she was determined...
A treehouse made from sustainable wood hides a luxurious interior
The sustainable builders at ArtisTree are known for creating some seriously beautiful and green structures. The...
Local residents help build pre-fab bamboo social center that can be constructed in a week
Mexican studio Comunal Taller de Arquitectura is proving yet again that bamboo is a miracle material when it comes...
Striking apartment complex is made of 48 raw shipping containers
While some designers choose to mask the rough aesthetic of shipping containers with sophisticated cladding, Danish...
Beautiful cow barn in Basel is made of tree branches topped with a grassy roof
Swiss architects Forschungs + Architekturbüro AG have made some lucky cows very happy with a stunning new barn...
Sustainable Konbit shelter replaces home destroyed by Haiti earthquake
Many Haitians are still trying to rebuild their lives seven years after a powerful earthquake devastated much of...
Couple buys 100% sun-powered home built for the Solar Decathlon
This 100% solar-powered home has been sitting in Michigan's Matthaei Botanical Gardens for the past ten years -...
This shipping container hotel is so cool you’ll forget its a shipping container
Although building with shipping containers isn't as avant-garde as it used to be, there are still some stunning...
Elegant Australian home shows the beauty and toughness of rammed earth
Rammed earth may be an ancient building material, but the modern homes that use compact earth are anything but...
This amazing shipping container hotel can pop up anywhere in the world
Prague-based firm Artikul Architects has managed to combine two of our favorite things: shipping containers and...
Energy-generating ‘smart bricks’ turn ordinary buildings into efficient living machines
A cool project with an unfortunate acronym, LIAR or Living Architecture is developing construction bricks composed...
BioMason’s bricks “grown” with sand and bacteria to hit the market next year
BioMason is inching closer to commercially debuting its eco-friendly “grown” bricks, which they say could be...
Recycled cigarette butt bricks slash energy consumption by 58%
Familiar habit: step outside, smoke a cigarette to relieve urban stress, toss what's left on the concrete. This...
The tiny solar-powered hemp home with a green roof
"Tiny+ does not require the burning of any fossil fuels even in the cold, snowy winters and hot, humid summers...
Mushroom-shaped bamboo pavilions sprout on a Saigon River peninsula
Inspired by traditional bamboo baskets used by Vietnamese farmers to shelter fowl, the structures dominate the...
CRG Architects’ unique bamboo skyscraper spirals up into the clouds
Sustainable construction was the main motivation behind the design. "Why wouldn’t we want to build with a strong...
Watershed Materials developed technology that turns clay into a sustainable building product
Watershed Materials, a California based building materials technology startup, has developed a solution to produce...
BOOK REVIEW: Shigeru Ban’s ‘Humanitarian Architecture’ focuses on emergency response design
Shigeru Ban is renowned for his inventive and courageous architecture, which spans from museums to simple huts....
Build Your Own Disaster-Proof Earth Home Using Materials of War
Just four years before the 1979 Islamic revolution, Nader Khalili abandoned his career building fancy high rises...
Bizarre Buru Buru Amphitheater Built With Straw Noodles Sprouts Mushrooms!
Buru Buru is one of Bittertang’s most spatial designs but it continues the thread of using alternative materials...
The Green School’s Magnificent Bamboo Tent is Made from Locally-Sourced Materials in Bali
Bamboo, one of the most sustainable building materials in the world, can grow up to four feet in a single day and...
Apostrophy’s Conwood Pavilion Showcases an Eco-Friendly Alternative to Wood
Apostrophy’s designed the structure to exhibit and demonstrate the use and application of the product in real-life...
Herzog & de Meuron Complete Rammed Earth Herb Center for Ricola
Herzog & de Meuron just completed a new production facility for Ricola, the Swiss manufacturer of herbal cough...
INTERVIEW: We Talk Hemp with South African Materials Expert Tony Budden
INHABITAT: Tony, our recent story about your Hemp House in South Africa spurred a lot of interesting discussion....
The Wedgie is an Adorable Multi-Colored Tiny Home on Wheels
Not only the latest in a long line of innovative tiny structures from the company, the Wedgie is also affordable...
C.F. Møller’s Solar-Powered Wood Skyscraper Wins HSB Stockholm Architecture Competition
One of the first things that comes to mind when someone mentions a wood skyscraper is the risk of fire, but the...