Mitosis: sustainable living modules cloaked in plants
Together with Arup, Amsterdam architecture practice GG-loop has unveiled designs for Mitosis, a modular building...
An old farmhouse becomes a hotel focused on indoor-outdoor living
Spanish architecture firm GANA Arquitectura has rehabilitated a historic cortijo — a type of traditional rural...
Zimbabwe permaculture education center promotes self-sufficiency
German architecture firm Studio Anna Heringer has completed the first kindergarten in Zimbabwe's Chimanimani...
First passengers make history on BIG-designed Hyperloop Pegasus pod
In November 2020, Virgin Hyperloop’s Pegasus pod made history when its first passengers successfully completed...
Giant bamboo arches shield Haduwa Arts & Culture Institute from the sun
Along the Atlantic coast of Ghana’s Central Region in Apam, Vienna-based, trans-disciplinary lab [applied] Foreign...
Modernist Bata shoe factory transforms into geothermal-powered homes
Toronto-based design firm BDP Quadrangle has fulfilled a long-held dream of the late Sonja Bata of Bata Shoes fame...
Modular home in Delft boasts low-carbon timber build and a green roof
Building information modeling (BIM), modular construction and low-carbon timber materials combine in the sustainable...
BIG designs the energy-efficient “heart” of Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University has tapped?Bjarke Ingels Group?to rejuvenate its campus with the new Hopkins Student...
EcoResponsive Environments wins RIBA's Vision of the Future
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has crowned London-based design studio EcoResponsive Environments...
Sn?hetta completes BREEAM Excellent, net-positive energy office
Sn?hetta, along with partners R8 Property, Skanska and Asplan Viak, has completed its fourth energy-positive building...
Kengo Kuma designs inclusive Ibsen Library to wrap around a park
Kengo Kuma & Associates, Mad Arkitekter and Buro Happold Engineering have won a competition to design the Ibsen...
TAMassociati envisions a zero-emissions, future-proof urban development
Venice-based architecture firm TAMassociati has teamed up with sa_partners and Franco Giorgetta Landscape Architect...
3XN unveils Denmark’s first climate-positive hotel for Bornholm island
On the tiny Danish island of Bornholm, Hotel Green Solution House (GSH) will raise its eco-friendly charms with...
Biophilic campus provides a safe haven for children with autism
Austin-based architecture and interior design firm Runa Workshop has recently completed One of the Kids, a nature-inspired...
Prefab Morgan Motor Company Experience Centre uses sustainable timber
Bath, U.K.-based Hewitt Studios has given a stunning makeover to Morgan Motor Company’s aging café, museum and...
Inspiring mud-and-bamboo Anandaloy Building uplifts a Bangladeshi community
German architecture practice Studio Anna Heringer has received the international architecture prize OBEL AWARD...
Fram Museum extension is dedicated to environmental education
Norway- and Denmark-based architecture firm Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter has won an invited competition for the new...
Reused teak and earthy stone make up a luxury Goan home with canal views
In the village of Solid in North Goa, international architecture practice SAV Architecture + Design has completed...
MVRDV unveils sustainable Chengdu Sky Valley masterplan
MVRDV has revealed designs for Chengdu Sky Valley, a competition entry for the Future Science and Technology City,...
A lakeside, prefab home in Quebec aims for LEED Gold
After purchasing a humble country home 25 years ago in the village of Ivry-sur-le-Lac, architect-owner Richard...
A geometric double roof promotes natural cooling at this Tropical Chalet
After three years of design and construction, Singapore-based firm G8A Architecture & Urban Planning has completed...
Renowned landscape architects unveil designs to save the Tidal Basin
The National Mall Tidal Basin — also known as “America’s front yard” — is home to some of the nation’s...
Chic geothermal-powered home embraces indoor-outdoor living
Dutch design studios Bedaux de Brouwer and i29 have blurred the boundaries between indoors...
Affordable senior housing gets a climate-responsive upgrade in California
San Diego-based design firm Studio E Architects has given an affordable housing development a climate-responsive...
Zero-emission airport concept wins 2020 Fentress Global Challenge
From over 100 student design submissions in more than 15 countries, the Fentress Global Challenge has selected...
This nature center proves zero-energy is possible even in wintry Minnesota
Environmental stewardship comes alive in spectacular fashion at the new Westwood Hills Nature Center, an interpretative...
Redress winner launches puffer jacket made of upcycled materials
U.K. designer Maddie Williams has recently launched a sustainable puffer jacket after winning the Redress Design...
Architects envision a lush, solar-powered oasis to cool Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi’s Department of Municipalities and Transport (DMT) has named European architecture firm Mask Architects’...
Modern, energy-efficient office harvests rainwater in Surat
New Delhi-based multidisciplinary firm Urbanscape Architects along with Utopia Designs have recently completed...
3D-printed modular oasis stays naturally cool in Abu Dhabi
Italian firm Barberio Colella Architetti and architect Angelo Figliola have unveiled a futuristic vision for an...