Multifamily housing projects that meet Passive House standards are bringing European-style energy efficiency to a new demographic...

In Austin’s Community First! Village, Chioco Design shapes the prototype of a functional and welcoming 200-square-foot dwelling...

The architecture firm superkül and home builder Great Gulf create a prefab with a self-regulating indoor climate.

By taking advantage of economies of scale, a Houston native and a pair of mod-minded developers team up to create nine affordable...

3D printing’s impact on construction is slowly materializing.

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

Green design should have won 30 years ago.

The London architect tries “to show people that affordability can mean many things”—and his many fans think he’s succeeding.

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

If you provide OBY Cooperative with a 99-year backyard lease, they’ll build an ADU—at no cost to you—that will pay out dividends...

A forward-thinking architectural practice partners with a premier property guardian to create a concept for high-quality housing...

Prefabricated and stackable, Kasita's high-density units may be a solution to America’s affordable housing crisis—with...

A new kind of tiny home, Parasitic House takes advantage of untapped skylines with a low-impact design.

Goldsmith Street beat out five other shortlisted nominees to scoop the coveted architecture award.

In 2016, L.A. citizens voted to fund 10,000 new affordable housing units citywide.

The famed designer on how his modular living system offers a new, greener take on housing.

Eight shipping containers will be recycled into green-roofed homes for low-income residents in Aylesbury, England.

Inside the shell of the Oyster House prototype lies a new shape for affordable housing.

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

Adapted for the Australian climate, the eco-friendly, low-maintenance CORE 9 house starts at $192,000.

Over a million people have moved to Guangzhou in the past eight years, making the city's population nearly ten million today.

Professional designers at rates even those with a modest budget can afford—sounds too good to be true.

By keeping the budget strict, the insulation tight, and its values clear, Philadelphia’s Postgreen Homes shows a little brotherly...

Wayne Turett of The Turett Collaborative designs his own energy-efficient holiday home in Greenport, New York, as an exercise in...

Outside Melbourne, a light-filled residence with a private garden cuts a narrow figure to minimize solar impact.

As demands rise for sustainability and affordability in residential housing, many academic institutions are racing to hold an...

In rural Western Alabama, a student-led program evolves from building $20,000 homes to creating a blueprint for sustainable,...

The $60 million plan involves members of the Oglala Lakota Nation helping to build their own homes.

This uber-green dwelling not only walks the walk, it talks the talk.

Lehrer Architects develops a new model for affordable housing in Los Angeles.

Inspired by a coffee cup, the EXO portable housing prototype can make a difference for those in need.

This image of a Levittown house turned real estate office appears to be peddling something current mortgage brokers have had...

When I was in college I lived in a cinder-block walled dorm room.

Dwell talks to The Climate Desk on the Subject of Green Design.

There are as many solutions to the country’s housing crisis as there are causes. We need them all.

On a sloped creekside site in Atlanta, Georgia, architect Staffan Svenson elevates humble materials and basic geometries to craft...