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This multi-use building in Niigata City, Japan, functions like a small town with its own park, restaurant, cobblestone alley and offices. Takeru Shoji Architects wrapped the building in an envelope made of dense wooden louvers...

Located 20 minutes from the city center, in a relatively new housing development of the suburbs, the house enjoys unobstructed views of the landscape which are guaranteed thanks to regulated planning...

ODR Architects created forms with corrugated sheet profiles which reference the industrial quality of workers’ houses, and hipped roofs that evoke the “saw tooth” typology...

Have you ever thought about how the design of our cities, towns, and communities has wide ranging effects on both our own lives and on larger global issues? Yes, simply by changing the way we design our living spaces, we...

Have you ever thought about how the design of our cities, towns, and communities has wide ranging effects on both our own lives and on larger global issues? Yes, simply by changing the way we design our living spaces, we...

In amongst numerous discussions about reducing greenhouse gases stands a glaring question: what are the greatest sources of household emissions? To answer this, and provide a tool to help cities devise localized, comprehensive...

Read the rest of A Giant Yellow Giraffe Livens Up the Net Zero Giraffe Childcare Center in France Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "energy efficiency", Art, Boulogne-Billancourt, Design for Health,...

Read the rest of Space Invaders: NL Architects Unveils Green-Roofed Apartments That Resemble the Classic Video Game Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", gapyong, green architecture,...

Living in the city definitely has a lower environmental footprint, but families often miss out on having a backyard and a garden. The Spiral Tower, designed by Philipp von Bock, is a family friendly eco tower designed for...

Living in the city definitely has a lower environmental footprint, but families often miss out on having a backyard and a garden. The Spiral Tower, designed by Philipp von Bock, is a family friendly eco tower designed for...

Some people like suburbia for the wide open spaces, yards, and the sense of privacy, but the ‘burbs are not nearly as efficient as urban centers are...

Head’s up green thumbs and urban gardeners across the states! Do you have an extraordinary edible garden project that you’re dying to share with the world? Well now’s your chance because Fritz Haeg and crew...

DRUMROLL PLEASE! After much heated debate and a dramatic week of online voting, we’re thrilled to announce the winners of the Reburbia competition to redesign the suburbs! We received hundreds of incredible entries...

With voting on our top 20 ReBurbia finalists set to close in less than 8 hours, we’d like to take a moment to pause and consider some of incredible submissions that didn’t quite make the list...