Architects reveal winning design for Western Sydney Airport
Zaha Hadid Architects and Sydney-based Cox Architecture have won the international design competition for the Western...
MVRDV unveils a “three-dimensional city” skyscraper for Shenzhen
MVRDV is shaking up skyscraper design in its competition-winning proposal for Chinese real estate developer Vanke’s...
Salesforce Tower to include largest blackwater recycling system in a US commercial high-rise
7.8 million gallons of drinking water will be saved every year with a blackwater recycling system at the new 1,070-foot...
Recycled materials make up this quirky solar-powered hotel in West Africa
This beautiful sun-soaked retreat on Cape Verde’s island of Sao Vicente prides itself on sustainability. Ramos...
Futuristic eco city breaks ground in Kazakhstan for the World Expo 2017
The project focuses on using renewable energy as the primary source for infrastructure and daily operation of the...
Israel’s greenest building produces more energy than it consumes
Tel Aviv University's Porter School of Environmental Studies (PSES) wasn't interested in achieving the minimum...
New eco resort in the UAE desert will be fully powered by 157,000 square feet of solar
Commissioned by the Eco Resort Group for a remote site in southern Abu Dhabi, the resort is definitely designed...
100% solar-powered super villa makes Arab housing sustainable again
Mona Al Farsi, the HCT GreenNest Eco House project manager, told Inhabitat the students wanted to demonstrate that...
World’s first robot-run farm to churn out 11 million heads of lettuce per year
A Japanese company is preparing to open the world's first robot-controlled farm. The facility is designed to produce...
8 Water-saving solutions for your home
The drought in California is breaking records, and recent data suggests that the state may have just one year of...
Arup and RFA Fenwick Iribarren Architects unveil plans for the new Qatar Foundation Stadium
According to Arup, the Precinct will include "an indoor aquatic center with two Olympic size pools and a diving...
Everything You Need to Know to Build a Backyard Greywater Wetland
If you stop to think about it, it’s quite odd that we flush our wastewater into local rivers, isn't it? It flows...
Living Moss Carpet Adds a Touch of Green to Your Bathroom
There’s nothing like the feeling of fresh cut grass under the toes, especially when stepping out of the shower....
A Solar-Powered Hydroponic Food Belt Could Green the Entire Arabian Peninsula
OAXIS is designed to incorporate a prefabricated modular structures with recycled steel. Several passive strategies...
How to Avoid Fines and Not Get Caught Up in California’s Drought/Lawn Watering Catch-22
The worst drought in 500 years Most authorities agree that this is the worst drought in the last 500 years,...
NASA’s Pee Recycling Bag Turns Urine Into a Sports Drink
News from the septic tank appears to be all the rage as of late, and it seems as though NASA is also on board....
Zero Maintenance Pikaplant Jar Grows Blooming Plants in a Self-Sustaining Biotope
If you lack a green thumb but aren't willing to settle for fake plants, you'll love the zero maintenance Pikaplant...
Otherworldly Gippsland Water Factory Vortex Center is Cooled by Lake Water
The building’s shape mimics the giant oculus structure that hangs off the side of a massive membrane bioreactor...
Green-Roofed Ellis Creek Water Recycling Facility Uses its Own Wastewater for Irrigation in California
The Ellis Creek Water Recycling Facility living roof irrigated with the building's wastewater covers two buildings...
UC San Diego’s Charles David Keeling Apartments Set the Bar for Sustainable Student Housing
Second year students of UCSD used to be housed in two separate locations on campus away from their main dining...
Method Homes Unveils Net-Zero Prefab Paradigm Series at Greenbuild in San Francisco
Designed for Method Homes by New York-based Bogue Trondowski Architects, the Paradigm series is planned in its...
Eco-Mosque Design Receives Green Light For Construction in Abu Dhabi
Suhail Mohammed Suleiman's proposal for a sustainable mosque to be built in Abu Dhabi has been given the green...
Living, Water-Recycling Building Wrapped in a Network of Tubes
Image © Leonardo Finotti The office building and artist atelier was completed in 2008 and it recently won the...
SUSTAINABLE SPIRE: Twisting Ivory Observation Tower for Dubai
XTEN Architecture recently unveiled an elegantly spiraling observation tower that stands to make an incredible...