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This past fall, COP26 opened the door for discussions about many environmental issues. However, few presentations addressed one elephant in the room — the fact that the construction industry contributes up to...

Beijing-based architectural studio MAD Architects has unveiled an alternative vision for the skyline of New York City with the introduction of East 34th, a nature-inspired high-rise proposed near the Empire State Building...

A cool project with an unfortunate acronym, LIAR or Living Architecture is developing construction bricks composed of biofilm that can harness solar energy, wastewater, and air pollution, and turn them into usable resources...

Rooftops are tough place for plants: they're vulnerable to intense heat, cold, wind and drought, plus they can’t support a lot of weight, so the plants need to grow in just a few inches of soil (actually, ultra-lightweight...

Originally presented at the Milan Expo earlier this year, the Urban Algae Folly is a sculptural but functional piece of bio-digital architecture made of micro-algae organisms...

Rooftops are tough place for plants: they're vulnerable to intense heat, cold, wind and drought, plus they can’t support a lot of weight, so the plants need to grow in just a few inches of soil (actually, ultra-lightweight...

Surrounded by beautiful English countryside, the Balancing Barn's rustic form was created in reference to the nearby Suffolk farmhouses with a modern and bold...

The town of Cherrapunji in the Khasi Hills is credited with the world record for annual rainfall of over 75 ft! And in this rainy, wet climate, the rubber fig tree grows with abandon...

At the heart of the design is a series of tower blocks, each of which is connected by a central plaza. These include three mid-rise residential towers, a low-rise office tower, and a series of residential blocks. The gardens...

Surrounded by beautiful English countryside, the Balancing Barn's rustic form was created in reference to the nearby Suffolk farmhouses with a modern and bold...

'City in Sky' is comprised of a platform elevated on stout bamboo poles, a series of small huts, and two living, growing open air bamboo structures. These are made with live bamboo that were planted and then held in place...

Pensions are a new thing for South Korean urbanites keen to escape the monotony of city life, but normally they take on a more European chalet identity...

Living Architecture has unveiled renders of the next installment in a series of iconic works of architecture that are then rented to tourists, and it is by far the strangest yet...

Living Architecture has unveiled renders of the next installment in a series of iconic works of architecture that are then rented to tourists, and it is by far the strangest yet...

Read the rest of A Room for London: Living Architecture’s Wind Energy-Generating Boat Sits Atop a UK Roof Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: A Room for London, adaptive reuse, Alain de Botton, Congo,...