architectureLiving Architecture: 100-Seat Church Made of Real Trees
Architecture doesn’t get much more natural than this, unless it’s made by nature itself. This incredible…
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Art & DesignGreen Mall? Chinese Shopping Complex Aims for Eco-Friendly Status
Can a massive retail complex with a giant water feature at its core ever really be eco-friendly? The design for…
Home & GardenBeautiful Modern Cabin is Made of Leftover Building Materials
With its clean lines and wall of windows facing views of the Sonoma Coast in California, the Breuer Cabin has a…
Art & DesignThe Future of Wood: 12 Sustainable Buildings by Kengo Kuma
If the term 'wooden architecture' calls to mind rustic cabins, think again. Wood is experiencing an…
architectureBunkie: Tiny Prefab House is the Perfect Nature Retreat
Incredibly simple prefab construction makes the adorable Bunkie an ideal solution for inexpensive, low-impact…
Home & GardenWalkable Green Roofs: 13 Accessible Top-Level Gardens
Green roofs take space that's most often completely wasted and transform it into energy-conserving gardens.…
Art & DesignSustainability Treehouse Teaches Environmental Stewardship
A treehouse reaching high into the canopy of a West Virginia forest acts as an interactive sustainability exhibit…
Nature & EcosystemsRainforest Guardian: Skyscraper Protects Amazon from Fire
The idea of building skyscrapers in the Amazon sounds like the stuff of nightmares, provoking mental images of…
Green ArchitectureLiving At One with Nature: Tree-Shaped Forest Houses
Blending in with the forest, these sculptural homes have an incredibly light footprint on the earth and stand…
Art & DesignReal Life Flintstones House: World’s Biggest Piece of Pottery
Described by its architect and owner as “the biggest piece of pottery in the world,” this beautiful and…
Home & GardenBamboo Architecture: 12 Stylish & Sustainable Structures
Bamboo isn’t just beautiful, it’s also incredibly strong, fast-growing and able to thrive in a variety of…
Geography & TravelChild’s Drawing Comes to Life as Floating Thai School
A young Thai student drew a picture of an ark that ‘soars in the sky’, and it turned out to be the ideal…
architectureFlower Power: 12 Bloom-Inspired Building Designs
We find flowers so beautiful that we make them a part of nearly every celebration, using them as expressions of…
Green ArchitectureSustainable Mini-City to be Built at South Korean Airport
The top-ranked airport in the world, Incheon International Airport in South Korea, will soon get even better as an…
designCardboard Cathedral Replaces Church Destroyed by Earthquake
A cathedral destroyed by a 2011 earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand has been replaced by a temporary cardboard…
Green ArchitectureArchitectural Reforestation: Beautiful Bamboo Buildings for Haiti
The highly populated city of Port-au-Prince, Haiti is still trying to recover from a devastating 2010 hurricane,…
Home & GardenThe Lobster Pod: Unusual Low-Cost Tiny House
With an unusual curving design, the Lobster Pod is a low-cost tiny house that could be used for extra…
architectureShimmering Greenhouse Inspired by Crystal Formations
A stunning greenhouse complex shimmers on the hillside in Xi’an, China, with a faceted glass shell inspired by…
architectureMore Than a Box: 14 More Fun Shipping Container Projects
Often discarded after just a few uses, shipping containers are cheap and readily available, making them an ideal…
Home & GardenBright and Beautiful 7-Foot-Wide House in London
Narrow houses take advantage of spaces that were previously thought unusable, which often translates to alleys or…
