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Solar hot water heating uses the sun to heat hot water. We explain what the hot water heating options are, their advantages and costs.

Global architecture company CannonDesign and San Jose-based firm Anderson Brulé Architects have recently completed the award-winning Ohlone Academic Core Buildings project, a new 185,000-square-foot development at the heart...

Located mere steps away from idyllic white sand beaches on one side and a coconut grove on the other, this beach house designed by Studio Saxe is giving us major home envy...

Drawing on the client’s appreciation for Japanese architecture and culture, Australian architecture firm SG2 Design created the Samurai Duplex, a pair of townhouses that takes design cues from traditional samurai armor...

The Port Melbourne Football Club Sporting and Community Facility is a contemporary building sensitive to its surroundings. The building’s location was informed by the requirement to preserve and protect all healthy trees...

The Port Melbourne Football Club Sporting and Community Facility is a contemporary building sensitive to its surroundings. The building’s location was informed by the requirement to preserve and protect all healthy trees...

Built for minimal maintenance, the 168-square-meter Bush Home was constructed with prefab steel frames and clad in zincalume steel and large windows. The galvanized steel framing, which is also used in the interior, will...

Green design will save the world, and this year designers went all out with an incredible range of innovations. Sada brought us an incredible hubless folding bike while Klemmens Torggler introduced the world to an origami-like...

According to new statistics released by the World Wildlife Fund Scotland, Scottish renewable energy had a "bumper month" in October, 2014, with wind power alone generating an estimated 982,842 MWh of electricity...

Drawing inspiration from traditional basket weaving techniques and the flexibility of snake skin, the designer uses weatherproof fabric drawn between durable, curved plastic tubing...

Spas are a luxurious place to relax and heal, but that doesn't mean they need to be wasteful power hogs flushing water down the drain. San Francisco startup SOAK wants to bring healthy and sustainable hedonism to the city...

Lavaflow 7 is sited on 5 acres of dense Ohia forest, which is filled with the type of vegetation that takes over after a lava flow. Built upon the rocky remains of a 1955 lava flow on the slopes of Kilauea crater, the home...

The new Ego Sport Center by Ferrer Arquitectos is a partial renovation of the pre-existing Ismael Moratón Sports Complex. This facility used to house an indoor and outdoor pool used for the Mediterranean Games. The indoor...

Read the rest of KM Architektur’s Geothermal Heilbronn House is a Timber-Clad Home in the Forests of Germany Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", eco design, eco home,...

Read the rest of William Duff Architects Use the Fibonnaci Sequence to Create Beautiful, Efficient Wheeler Home Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: + pool, cor-ten, Daylighting, fibonacci, hydronic...

Read the rest of MW Works Architecture’s Push_Pull Residence Fits into Tight Site in Seattle Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: AIA Honor Award for Washington, green roof, house, modern, MW Works...