Beyond Green: From Niche to Normal

Chicago preservation architect Thomas “Gunny” Harboe prefers not to dismantle architectural monuments.

George Smart, executive director of Triangle Modernist Archive, is a modern-day Lorax for modern-designed houses.

In Central America, Spanish colonial architecture prevails.

From an ecological perspective, pneumatically impacted stabilized earth (PISE) is a nearly perfect building material.

Far from fickle, faucets function best when they’re running hot and cold. These modern fixtures prove their mettle by making it oh-so-easy to go with the flow.

The architecture of Richard Rogers weds the best of high-tech design with the outer limits of the architect’s imagination, creating soaring, sustainable spaces that enrich...

It has been nearly half a decade, but the Dwell Home II is back! Construction began this winter in the hills outside Los Angeles, and a true model of domestic sustainability takes...

Werner Sobek has seen the future, and it’s high-tech, green, and efficient.

A modern eccentric with an architectural sensibility drawn from ancient Japanese traditions, Terunobu Fujimori designs projects that are exercises in playful experimentation and...

Sustainability doesn’t have to mean monasticism and darkness—with this zone-by-zone guide to the domestic world you know best, going green can be both more efficient and fun.

By conceptually dividing your home into zones, you can analyze each of its functions in turn.

Fine-tuning your cooking and dining areas pays off in more ways than just saving resources.

Let’s talk design for a minute. It’s important to remember that potential modifications to your home must be carefully considered before you implement them.

Your garage, laundry room, basement, and other nonglam support areas: These are the silent killers of energy-efficiency in your home.

The space outside your walls should be as thoughtfully considered as the space within.

The kitchen has evolved from a closed-off satellite to the most open, doted-upon room in the house—and repository of our dreams of domestic fulfillment.

The true test of a kitchen’s mettle is not how it looks brand-new, but how it looks after a decade of wear and tear from heaving cleavers and spilling sauce.