Studio eM Design’s rammed-earth home in Corrales, New Mexico, updates the regional adobe archetype into a hallmark of sustainable...

A striking compound in the 9,500-acre Galisteo Basin Preserve acts as a refuge for a retiree with her family and friends.

These resilient, rammed-earth homes show the soil’s true stripes.

The use of rammed earth ties the home of a vintner to the terroir.

The ombré hues of this earthen ranch house are taken directly from Texas Hill Country.

With an angular roof canopy that glows with the sun and striated, rammed-earth walls, Dancing Light House delights in its desert...

Spanning a desert wash, a modern residence in Arizona embraces its natural surroundings with minimal impact.

The energy-efficient Silicon Valley home that architect Dan Spiegel designs for his parents responds to their lifestyles, the...

Bush House by architect Paul O’Reilly takes a page from California’s Case Study houses, and is inspired by the family’s love of...

In a neighborhood on the verge of rediscovery, JSa Arquitectura transforms a formerly hip hotel into a brand-new hot spot filled...

Serving as an art studio/residence for artist Rebecca DiDomenico, Swoon Art House has been built from 100-percent renewable...

Decades after they met as teenagers on a Montauk beach, Manhattanites Victoria and Greg Pryor returned to Long Island to build a...

Seeking simplicity and open space, a Boulder-area couple settled on a wooded hilltop with views of the mountains and the city.

In the Texas capital's transit-oriented Mueller development, architect Michael Hsu proposes a modern take on row house living.

In Melbourne’s Northcote neighborhood, Studio Bright reincarnates a declining Edwardian into a civic-minded family home with...

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A French architecture firm carves out an earthen shroud for the modern extension of a home located in the foothills of the...

From a shipping container dwelling to architect Steven Holl’s forest retreat, these residences embody the ideal that what’s best...

From a carbon-negative cabin to a prefab farmhouse, these resourceful designs captivated readers this year.

In rural North Yorkshire, a simple agricultural shed becomes a bright and energy-efficient home for a couple and their art...

For this rural Ontario home, building sustainably was less about high-tech gizmos than learning to truly love the land.

Steffen Welsch Architects juxtapose a rammed earth extension with a 1930s bungalow in order to create a flexible family home.

"Personally, I’d rather be living outside,” says architect David Hertz.

A sunken-earth home with voluminous interiors peers out from beneath a blanket of flora.

A 10-year project on the island of Milos culminates in a sunken residence shaped by a 19th-century math formula.

This home connects to nature with a design that appears to both hover over the landscape and rise up toward the sky.

Tucson-based Dust Architects returns to Texas to design a compact stand-alone for a home in the Chihuahuan Desert.

Perkins & Will designs a mountaintop Passive House that takes energy efficiency to the next level.

In the El Peñon Reserve, architects use concrete and upcycled trees to design Casa de la Roca, a striking Y-shaped home...

By pooling their resources and giving their architect complete creative control, two busy Mexico City–based brothers built a...

South of Mexico City, MA House by Cadaval & Solà-Morales is a stone, concrete, and glass structure that captures mountain views.

Made up of several pavilions and consisting of a palm tree-thatched roof, large wood walls, and exposed concrete, Casa en el...

In Mexico's warm climate, the best homes create a strong relationship with the outdoors.

The Pit House in Japan has smooth, rounded walls and a subterranean kitchen and living area.

Designed by two renowned architecture firms, the two-structure property is located on a private, four-acre parcel just a short...

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