Perkins & Will designs a mountaintop Passive House that takes energy efficiency to the next level.

Seattle is taking momentous strides towards sustainable living.

A NODE prefab, Solar Studio in West Seattle produces 100 percent of its own energy—and rental income for its eco-conscious owner.

Read the Editor’s Letter from our upcoming September/October edition and look for the issue on newsstands in the first week of...

"Personally, I’d rather be living outside,” says architect David Hertz.

Although talk of taxing Canadian lumber brought into the United States may be one reason Americans are moving towards sourcing...

In this episode of Predicting Our Future, I’ll take you along as I explore the future of homebuilding, speaking with founders of...

A petite outbuilding is exactly what a couple needed for their Seattle property.

A couple, both architects, give their 1918 bungalow a modern update.

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

Seeking simplicity and open space, a Boulder-area couple settled on a wooded hilltop with views of the mountains and the city.

Vandeventer + Carlander used an inverted floor plan to fit in multiple outdoor spaces and a bedroom overlooking the water’s edge.

Chicago–based Aparium Hotel Group is investing in communities and celebrating local heritage, one vibrantly reimagined building...

With five-story water views and accents from a salvaged ship, this home has served as inspiration for an acclaimed architect.

Enric Ruiz-Geli’s firm Cloud9 designed the suburban house of the future—it also happens to be sustainable.

From a floating home to LEED Platinum-certified dwellings, the Emerald City is a stronghold for eco-conscious prefab housing.

From a shipping container dwelling to architect Steven Holl’s forest retreat, these residences embody the ideal that what’s best...

In the Texas capital's transit-oriented Mueller development, architect Michael Hsu proposes a modern take on row house living.

Cities across the country are banning natural gas in new homes.

From a carbon-negative cabin to a prefab farmhouse, these resourceful designs captivated readers this year.

For this rural Ontario home, building sustainably was less about high-tech gizmos than learning to truly love the land.

Climate is one of the biggest factors of human physical comfort and sustainability, and it's one of the most important...

A once-plain floating home on Seattle’s Portage Bay receives a much-needed renovation ten years in the making.

With careful planning and wise material choices, you can design an eco-friendly home that's not only gentler on the planet, but...

Wood in general is a beautiful, evocative natural material, and when it's saved from a landfill and reused, it has even more...

The return of summer barbecues and back porch hangouts means that outdoor living spaces are again enjoying heavy foot traffic.

With a historic designation and updated energy-efficient features, this spacious 3,521-square-foot property in Pasadena,...

Thanks to a disciplined devotion to mid-century principles of design, a curator’s bachelor pad in the Hamptons is reborn.

A prefabricated floating home drops anchor in the Pacific Northwest.

A Southern California architect approaches his family home as an experiment in sustainable design.

Studio DIAA debuts with an airy design that employs generous indoor/outdoor connections and playful materials to gather and...

A new generation of pantry gardens takes local produce to the next level—but do they have a future in every kitchen?

By removing walls, inserting new windows, and using a lighter color palette, Mowery Marsh Architects give this historic home a...

Explore Ecospace Studio's modular buildings that serve a variety of valuable purposes.

The Canoo MPDV van cuts a sharp profile reminiscent of the Tesla Cybertruck.

In a natural getaway outside of Mexico City, an architect builds a rugged home to last.