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New York City-based design firm, Terreform ONE has unveiled a stunning design concept for an urban Monarch Butterfly sanctuary set in the bustling Big Apple...

Many people may be in love with our beautiful earth, but Maryland resident, Ed Gaddy is straight up infatuated. Recently featured in the Baltimore Sun, the eco-warrior has spent seven years fulfilling his dream of building...

Modern architecture has often been accused of encroaching on wildlife habitats - but McGregor Coxall just unveiled a new project that's literally for the birds...

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...

When Inhabitat design writer,  Bridgette Meinhold, heard about the earthquake in Haiti in 2010 and the massive devastation it caused, she wanted to help, and was drawn to start investigating different options for temporary...

INTRO Pam Fletcher General Motors Executive Chief of Electric Vehicles “2016 will be an important year for Chevrolet when it comes to electrification...

An elegant footbridge design by Bystrup has been chosen to span the River Thames at Pimlico. Wandsworth Council has nominated the Copenhagen based firm to create a pedestrian and cycle bridge between Pimlico and Nine Elms...

An elegant footbridge design by Bystrup has been chosen to span the River Thames at Pimlico. Wandsworth Council has nominated the Copenhagen based firm to create a pedestrian and cycle bridge between Pimlico and Nine Elms...

Three truckloads of timber were assembled on a diagonal plan to create a facade that is both rustic and modern, making a feature of the varying tones and widths of wood...

What is the relationship between a building and its location, and what should that relationship be? Inhabitat writer, passive house consultant and author Andrew Michler tackles that question with his new book: [ours] Hyperlocalization...

  If art school was in our future we might opt to study under, or on top of, the amazing green roof at the School of Art, Design and Media at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, designed by CPG consultants...

Hivernacle is one of Barcelona’s hidden gems. It is a garden center like no other, located in a restored historic building that dates back to 1884, when architect Josep Amargós designed the building built for the Universal...

The city swimming baths at Nauen near Berlin will be transformed by a new green-roofed entrance building and recreation park designed by naps tchoban voss and Landscape Architects Hager Partner...

Apollo Architects & Associates’ modern Pergola House in Japan unifies its indoor and outdoor space with a slatted trellis roof. The rectilinear home north of Tokyo rises to two stories of open and airy space both inside...

Bill McKibben Environmentalist, Green Journalist, President and Co-Founder of 350.org 2014 was the hottest year we've ever recorded on our home planet. Which means 2015 will have to be the hottest political year ever. We'll...