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

Architect and designer Tosin Oshinowo attributes her hometown's design renaissance to an entrepreneurial creative spirit.

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

Copper’s comeback could be beneficial for more than just interior design.

Hidden on a hill overlooking Australia’s Pittwater Bay, Rob Brown’s design for the James-Robertson house happily opens itself...

Ancient and emerging technologies promise sustainable answers to water shortages.

Panels raise to open the off-grid cabin to the landscape, providing shaded views over the rolling hills.

A modern lake house enveloped by a distinctive roof.

The colorful steel-clad cabin evokes the owner’s happy memories of holidays spent in a converted railroad boxcar.

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

Using a simple color scheme and dynamic textures, architectural design studio YoDezeen creates a strikingly modern yet warm...

Designed by award-winning SOUP Architects, the shimmery two-bedroom pad also has a roof terrace perfect for looking out over...

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

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.

Build your own lightweight, versatile desk out of copper pipes using this step-by-step video and guide.

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

Set in a grove of coastal oaks, this art-filled home by TOLO Architecture has survived fire and flood.

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,...

Danish architecture firm SLETH designs a flexible office and home where a nonfiction writer can get creative surrounded by...

There's no doubt Mother Nature—and your wallet—will thank you for following these quick, easy tips.

Built of prefabricated cross-laminated timber panels, this barn-inspired home blends into the rural landscape.

After a decade in the making, this largely subterranean home with a sculptural roof has hit the market for nearly $7.6 million.

The award-winning flat atop a 1950s Brutalist structure has a multistory interior finished with wood, concrete, and exposed...

The home took 20 years to complete—and during its construction, Pedersen’s firm designed some of the world’s tallest buildings.

Banish your bottled water blues with 10% off on the future of water purification technology.

Paris-based architecture and design firm Cutwork plans to use roll-out cement paneling to build low-cost, durable housing units...

Studio David Thulstrup converts a historic water-pumping station in Copenhagen into an edgy retreat where guests can test drive...

In San Antonio, Morgan’s Inspiration Island opens for its second season.

Hotel Mar Adentro, located in San Jose del Cabo, Mexico, designed by Miguel Ángel Aragonés, is a boutique resort that sits...

You won’t forget to water the garden with these sculptural vessels.

The GROHE Sense and GROHE Sense Guard monitor all aspects of a home's water pipes—from discovering leaks to detecting frost.

The new park will serve as a sustainable, state-of-the-art community hub with a metro station, underground shopping mall, and...