Sarah Rich

With so many green prefab projects out there, designers have to continually up their game to hit the highest standards of...

This coming Saturday, February 21, the second Compostmodern conference will take place at the Herbst Theatre in San Francisco.

There's an old saying: When life gives you blizzards, make snow furniture. We're paraphrasing, but the sentiment holds true.

Later this month, the second annual Greener Gadgets Conference will take place in New York City, promising as always to convene...

In a world of planned obsolescence, it's hard to convince people to buy a product that can never be one-upped by the shinier,...

This year marks the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson's arrival in the New York Harbor, and while it may not strike everyone as...

This week's news was riddled with updates on the slow passage of President Obama's stimulus package through Congress.

Plugging a cord into a socket or inserting a battery may seem like the easiest way to power a small appliance but it's not the...

Diehard design lovers leave nothing to chance when it comes to outfitting their kids and pets.

With the lightness and imagination of origami and the mathematical exactitude of digital design, this open-air chapel invites all...

The use of salvaged material in design has become such a strong sign of responsibility and sustainability that it sometimes...

San Francisco-based designer Adrien Segal has taken data visualization to new heights with her tidal datum table, a...

It’s become increasingly common to hear the term“zero energy” or “zero carbon” used to describe buildings that achieve complete...

Sunlight transportation systems are the pinnacle of innovation in energy-efficient design.

The standard pear-shaped incandescent bulb thatmost of us have been using for ages has a bad reputation among environmentalists...

Few things use more energy at home than the pursuitof the perfect indoor temperature.

If necessity is the mother of invention, then the coupled concerns of population growth and resource depletion might be...

In the San Francisco offices of Yves Béhar’s industrial design and branding firm, the work environment suits the work.

The new office complex by J. Mayer H. Architects sits on the edge of downtown Hamburg, bordering the Aussenalster waterfront.

In Shibaura, this former bowling alley is now the shared offices of international advertising agency TBWA and Japanese agency...

Inside a 47,000-square-foot warehouse, Clive Wilkinson built a veritable campus for Pallotta TeamWorks, a national charity-events...

Herman Miller’s National Design Center in Atlanta achieved a LEED Gold rating for commercial interiors.

Back in December, when news first emerged about the appointment of Shaun Donovan to the Obama administration as Secretary for...

Somewhere between the fanciful beasts of Where the Wild Things Are and the hand-drawn charm of Marimekko, the characters in the...

Rural Texas commonly conjures visions of Stetsons, spurs, and longhorn steer, but the countryside contains more than just cowboys.

The Lighthouse, by British architects Sheppard Robson, seeks to redefine the future of residential energy by plugging into the...

Denver, Colorado, is on a Rocky Mountain high of art and architecture with new museums by Daniel Libeskind and David Adjaye.

Taking a calculated turn from tradition, two Czech architects designed a modern rendition of a classic Bohemian home, powered by...

While probably not ideal for rainy climes, Portuguese carpenter/designer Carlos Alberto built a Vespa that could be reason enough...

Perhaps you have spent your entire life thinking that plastic bath toys were very unsophisticated.

Boulder, Colorado, straddles a dynamic geographical border where miles of Rocky Mountains descend into flat plains that stretch...

Before the word "solar" evoked images of flat PV panels stuck on rooftops, many architects already had a mind to use the sun to...

The first year out of college is a wildcard for most people.

Not since the days of post-WWII victory gardens have so many people been motivated to supplement their grocery purchases with...

Most modern furniture aficionados are loyal to the classic molded shell chairs, cast in brightly colored plastic and formed into...