Architecture

Learn about the architects and buildings at the forefront of sustainable architecture, as well as key topics like materials, HVAC, green certification, and Passive House.
Electric Arc Furnace
Engineers Create Zero Carbon Cement That Could Rewrite Course of Concrete and Steel
Titanic sinking
What Lies Beneath: The Embodied Carbon Iceberg Under our Home and Buildings
exterior of Apex Center
Mass Timber Goes Cradle to Cradle in McDonough + Partners' Apex Plaza
Mask skyscraper
eVolo Skyscraper Competition Features Wildly Innovative Designs
'Bigger Than Tiny' books sitting on a wooden surface.
'Bigger Than Tiny, Smaller Than Average' Spotlights the Merits of Modestly Sized Houses
World of Volvo
Sweden's World of Volvo Timber Building Celebrates the Right to Roam
Aerial view of Populus hotel
Denver’s Populus Says It's the First Carbon Positive Hotel in the US
Timber tower in Switzerland base
Danish Firm to Build Tall, Timber Tower in Switzerland
Seestat
IPCC Report Outlines How to Create Livable, Sustainable Buildings and Cities
Covered bridge from downstream
Gorgeous Timber-Covered Bridge Built at Chinese Eco-Cultural Resort
Geodesic dome home primary image
What Is a Geodesic Dome Home? History and Architectural Features
270 Park Avenue
JP Morgan Chase's Manhattan HQ Will Be New York's Largest All-Electric Tower
MVRDV O building
MVRDV Designs a Giant O-Shaped Building
house construction
Total Carbon Footprint of a North American Home Is More Than You Think
gallery house abin design studio exterior
Curvilinear Community Center Integrates Salvaged Bricks and Ceramics
View of Attic
Rotterdam Factory Attic is Converted to Offices
Turbine Hall
Niagara Falls Power Station Is Restored and Repurposed
Mass plywood panels
Meyer Memorial Trust Is Made With Mass Plywood Panels
Union Carbide Building, the tallest ever purposely demolished to build a bigger one.
The Reuse Imperative: Why Saving Existing Buildings Matters More Than Ever
Sugar Factory in Warsaw
Why We Fight to Save Every Old Building
Studios 90
Workers' Housing in India Is Simple and Energy-Efficient
Cumbernauld Town Centre
This Brutalist Classic in Scotland Is Getting Demolished Instead of Reimagined
evening shot of house
Lake|Flato and ICON Develop a New Design Language for 3D-Printed Houses
Exterior of ourplacetobe
'Place To Be' Is an Ecological House Built on Stilts
Terrace House Exterior
Austin Maynard Grows Up With New Sustainable Multifamily Apartment Project
Solara Exterior Final
This Whistler Apartment Is a Road Map to Post-Pandemic Design
Exterior of building
This Toronto Building Is a Model for a Post-Pandemic Office
Holloway House low carbon passive house
New Tool Calculates Full Life Cycle Carbon Emissions for Passive House
Walkway looking on to court
How Do You Sell a Green Apartment Building Today?
nexii panel being installed
Can Nexii Building Solutions Save the Planet?
screen in front of entrance
There's Lots to Learn From How They Build in Montreal
view of building from water
Henning Larsen Designs Largest Wood Building in Denmark
Passivhaus townhouses in Goldsmith Street
What's the Right Way to Build in a Climate Crisis?
urban Sequoia
SOM Proposes Carbon-Eating 'Urban Sequoia' Skyscraper at COP26
Glass apartment building
Why Buildings Shouldn't Be Made of Glass
Bookstore Interior
Bookstore in China Is a Temple to the Printed Book
Tulip from the air
London's Tulip Tower, Poster Child for Unsustainable Design, Stays Dead
Abbey exterior
100-Year-Old Seattle Church Is Converted to Housing
The interior of the Hara House. Pictured here is the dining area.
A-Frame House in Japan Is a Minimalist Dream
Cover of practice guide
Architects Declare Issues Handbook for Regenerative Design
Munger Hall exterior
4,500 Students to Be Housed in Giant Dorm Cube Without Windows in Rooms
Halifax Harbour
Groundbreaking Study Highlights How Design and Development Decisions Affect Embodied Carbon
Seeing the wood for the trees
Instead of Asking How We Build, We Should Be Asking Why
intelligent City section
Intelligent City Builds Prefab, Passive, Mass Timber Housing With Robots
Long Grass House exterior
Wonderful Wood in New Zealand's Long Grass House
Gonna need a roadmap for all that concrete
Global Concrete Industry Releases Road Map to Net-Zero Carbon
Solis in the Evening
No, Passive House Doesn't Have to Cost a Lot More
Kendeda Building Atlanta
Why We Have to Start Considering Organizational Carbon Emissions
Front of townhouse
Grafton Architects Win 2021 Stirling Prize for Kingston University 'Town House'
Pouring Concrete
American Cement and Concrete Industry Releases Road Map to Carbon Neutrality
Robin Hood Gardens being demolished
UK Government to Regulate Embodied Carbon (Maybe)
View through window wall
Does Our View of Architecture Change When We Talk Carbon, Not Energy?
1 De haro
San Francisco's First Cross-Laminated Timber Building Is Complete
Gas meter on house
Is It Payback Time for Passive House?
Theatre ceiling
Yangliping Performing Arts Center Has a Pickup-Stick Ceiling
Carl Larsson windows in 1894
Windows Deliver a Lot More Than Just Light and Air
432 Park Avenue from the top of Rockefeller Center
Residents of 432 Park Avenue Find Posh New York Towers Can Be Too Tall and Too Thin
wooden school window side
New French School Is All Wood and Window
Net Zero in a Forest
World Green Building Council Introduces New Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment