Energy-smart technology makes managing a Sausalito floating home easy, even from 6,000 miles away.

An exhibit of contemporary Finnish art, hosted in the midcentury modernist’s only home in France, signals a tentative return to...

Anchored in a small canal, this floating house is all about space and light.

Craving the conveniences of city life, a couple sidle over to Seattle from the countryside without compromising their love of the...

Hint: It’s not because he loves fresh-cut flowers.

From the deck of this waterfront house, the scenery is abuzz with Northern California wildlife–but there's not a utility bill in...

When the pandemic drove Janne Tuunanen to return to Jyväskylä, he discovered a newfound appreciation for the legendary...

Alvar Aalto, one of Finland’s greatest architects, made modernist masterpieces with a human touch.

Toronto designers Peter Fleming and Debbie Adams found a polluted lot and a run-down building—and saw fertile ground for a...

Ancient and emerging technologies promise sustainable answers to water shortages.

A new Vitra Design Museum exhibit re-examines Finnish designer Alvar Aalto's influences and creations.

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

At the end of 2000, Tryggvi Thorsteinsson and Erla Dögg Ingjaldsdóttir, Icelandic natives and partners in the Santa Monica–based...

Alternative materials help a house in California’s wine country tread lightly on the land.

Inspired by their favorite day of the week, Saturday Green is a female-led collective of textile designers who recently launched...

A modern lake house enveloped by a distinctive roof.

An East Hampton residence by Bates Masi is situated to harness the elements.

Live, work, or vacation in an eco-friendly, mobile cardboard prefab.

A homage to Sydney’s climate, the Iron Maiden House is designed to change with the seasons.

Los Angeles is not all mini-malls and highways.

Austin couple Anne Suttles and Sam Shah built a house to last their lifetime—and longer.

The LifeStraw Home pairs Scandinavian simplicity and poise with award-winning functionality and a commitment to providing safe...

Feeling the squeeze from Hong Kong's affordable housing crisis, one architect turns to a surprising new micro-housing solution.

At Blue Green Works, creative director Peter B. Staples creates lighting fixtures inspired by film, architecture, and New York...

As a collaboration between designers Benjamin Bloomstein and Aaron Aujla, the Green River Project has created diverse pieces such...

This all-white LEED Gold home is undoubtedly modern, but takes cues from the historic precedent of the longhouse to bring the...

For some people, living by a body of water is an important priority—and when it comes time to building or renovating their dream...

A new prefab company represents the future of low-impact affordable housing.

We all know that mighty oaks from little acorns grow. But actually watching the process from the start is a rare experience.

By designing a home with an angled roof covered in sod, architecture firm After Party takes living in the land to the next level.

A sustainable home in Lexington, Massachusetts, brings contemporary design to an unexpected region.

It’s way, way better than bottled water.

This year’s selections range from a voice-activated faucet to a panel that collects drinking water from sunlight and air.

Laser cutting and its fellow industrial cousins, plasma cutting and water-jet cutting, might sound inaccessible and intimidating,...

Avocado Day may have already come and gone this year, but this eco-friendly mattress is made to be celebrated all year round.

A teardown renovation in Cambridge, Massachusetts, comes with a mandate for maximum efficiency.