The designer of this Mexican eco-building used some wonderfully inventive building techniques to preserve and amplify the natural beauty of its surroundings.

Surrounded by the searing sand dunes of the Sahara, Libya's Ubari Lakes offer intrepid travelers a refreshing splash of beauty that's more than just a mirage.

Books that are out-of-date and just plain unwanted are given value as decorative and functional objects in the home including lamps, sofas, desks and planters.

This trash sculpture was designed by a group of environmentalists to show just how out of control and downright scary our over-consumption problem is becoming.

A zero-waste pop-up restaurant, a chic and colorful guest house and a cool new concept for Boy Scout camp cabins are 3 new examples of shipping container reuse.

Rather than go step by step through the normal cookbook process, IKEA laid out the exact ingredients in an agreeable fashion and then displayed the result.

An abandoned apartment building in Taipei houses a most unusual architectural academy: a workshop that celebrates and welcomes urban decay and ruin.

Japan's “Snow Monsters” - silent, twisted, mountain forests of stately conifers draped in frosty rime ice each winter – are under threat from climate change.