Early learning center sustainably embraces rural New Zealand
In the rural New Zealand haven of Dairy Flat, U.K.-based architecture firm Collingridge and Smith Architects has...
Research facility minimizes its carbon footprint to attract international talent
Spain’s coastal city of Badalona has recently welcomed the Centre for Comparative Medicine and Bio-Image, a new...
Architects squeeze 2 energy-efficient homes into a narrow infill lot in Toronto
Toronto-based firm baulkultur/ca has unveiled a pair of beautiful homes built into a very narrow infill lot in...
Half-buried home in Brazil is crafted from rammed earth
On a windswept hill a three-hour drive from São Paulo, Brazilian architecture firm Arquipélago Arquitetos has...
A Rocky Mountain forever home passively offsets heating costs
When Ed and Leigh approached Colorado-based architecture firm F9 Productions to design their custom Rocky Mountain...
A contemporary German home celebrates energy-saving, seasonal living
Architecture firms Jurek Brüggen and KOSA architekten teamed up to design Haus am See — German for “House...
A Brisbane cottage is sustainably updated to gracefully age in place
In Brisbane’s leafy suburb of Paddington, Australian architectural practice Shaun Lockyer Architects has created...
Green-roofed Stonecrop home rises from rural English landscape
London-based architecture firm Featherstone Young recently completed Stonecrop, a new home in Rutland,...
BREEAM Excellent office building keeps London's carbon reduction targets in sight
The site of a former petrol station has been given a new lease on life as 1 Valentine Place, an award-winning sustainable...
Eco-sensitive community in northern India harvests rainwater
Near the Himalayas, a new eco-conscious residential development known as the Woodside has taken root in the mountains...
A new eco-minded neighborhood in Utah ski resort emphasizes land stewardship
On a Utah ski mountain, a new neighborhood is bucking the trend of gaudy, environmentally insensitive construction...
Energy-efficient house embraces panoramic views of Puget Sound
Uninterrupted panoramic views of the Puget Sound, San Juan Islands and Olympic Mountain Range are ushered indoors...
Porous brick walls keep this bold Vietnamese home naturally cool
In an effort to beat the tropical heat in southern Vietnam’s Long An province, Ho Chi Minh City-based architecture...
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...
Modern farmhouse-inspired dwelling in Melbourne is largely self-sufficient
Desirous of a “low-tech, country life,” a couple reached out to Brunswick-based architectural firm MRTN Architects...