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Building orientation to the Sun is important to reduce energy consumption, keeping comfortable and saving money. This article explains how best to get building orientation correct. Through a combination of benefits and opportunities...

Ivanhoe Cambridge, the City of Montreal, Cogir Real Estate and Pomerleau have just announced a new mixed-use apartment building called Haleco. Haleco is a development project that combines residential, commercial and office...

The Dutch city of Almere was built on land reclaimed from a shallow sea bay in the Netherlands. This town was only founded in 1976, but since then the population has grown to 220,000. In order to attract visitors, government...

In the Netherlands, a house called Silky Black House by Joris Verhoeven Architectuur was built to be carbon negative, aiming to be zero energy. The black home is named after its Shou Sugi Ban charred wood exterior, which...

Veev offers an innovative and solutions-oriented homebuilding platform. It revolves around Veev's proprietary prefabbed panels that facilitate modular construction. The process allows homes to be completed faster with almost...

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...

The built environment is responsible for consuming over one-third of global energy and produces 40% of the world's energy-related carbon emissions. To highlight the impact of sustainable design for local and global contexts,...

Architecture can reflect the culture of the area and showcase sustainable design. The Cagbalete Sand Clusters, located in Taguig, Philippines, is a multi-use development designed with respect for the surrounding ecology and...

The environmental problems facing the world certainly weren’t created by one person, one company or even by one country. You know what they say: it takes a village to destroy the planet. Well, that’s close enough anyway....

Designed to harmonize with the surrounding landscape, this home merges outdoor spaces with indoor living for a multi-generational family in a home known by architecture practice Atelier Starzak Strebicki as "Single family...

It’s the kind of thing movies are made of, but Hollywood isn’t the only one to get inspiration from this region of the vast and open Mojave Desert...

Architecture is more than creating a sound building. It’s a craft that couples personal style and visual appeal with goals for the space. In the case of the Garden House, a project located in Playa Tamarindo, Guanacaste,...

WASP is partnering with HONDA R&D Europe, a global branch of the well-recognized motor company, in a project it hopes will revolutionize the motorcycle industry's sustainable design processes...

“Imagine the beauty of humanity living in harmony with nature.” This is the goal behind the ongoing work to raise the bar of sustainability in architecture at The Center for Sustainable Landscapes (CSL) and other projects...

Traditional construction, home improvement and interior design are fraught with waste, chemicals and carbon release. But they don't have to be. Erica Reiner, an eco-friendly interior designer in Los Angeles and founder...

Pro skater Lucas Puig spends a lot of time at the beach. And while he's there, he often sees plastic waste on the sand and floating in the waves. Bottles, bags, containers, lids…if you try to count all the pieces of plastic...

Architect David Wright helped pioneer the concept of passive solar architecture, and his thoughts and experiments have helped shape the evolution of solar design throughout the world...

Passive solar heating and passive cooling—approaches known as natural conditioning—provide comfort throughout the year by reducing, or eliminating, the need for fossil fuel...