This “No Footprint” Prefab Embraces Tropical Modernism and Sustainable Design A 1,600-square-foot home in Costa Rica takes advantage of passive cooling techniques to tread lightly on the land it sits on.
Sustainability in Stages "Personally, I’d rather be living outside,” says architect David Hertz.
Veridian Grove Sustainable Urban Villa Dive Into a Visually Stunning Book That Celebrates Modernist Architecture and its Evolution Covering a wide range of iconic homes from Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye to Shigeru Ban’s Curtain Wall House, Phaidon's recently...
Sustainability Treehouse Del Marcos Hotel Green Sustainable Home in Montauk Decades after they met as teenagers on a Montauk beach, Manhattanites Victoria and Greg Pryor returned to Long Island to build a...
A Serene, Sustainable Home in Colorado Seeking simplicity and open space, a Boulder-area couple settled on a wooded hilltop with views of the mountains and the city.
The Dewberry A New Book Celebrates Modernism With Futuristic Homes and Visionary Masterpieces Part history book, part design bible, “Inside Utopia” captures the midcentury modernist psyche and beyond.
Is it Easy Being Green? The Costs and Benefits of Green Roofs A green roof cools your home in the summer, insulates in the winter, and has far-reaching benefits for the community, but keeping...
9 Effective Ways to Bring Sustainable Design Into the Home See if you check off all the boxes when it comes to creating an eco-friendly household.
Practicing Sustainability Is Easier Than You Think With These Handy Guides It’s simple to make lasting changes to your home, wardrobe, and everyday life that are kind to the planet.
Amalfi Drive Residence Tropik Works Transformers of the Modern House: Albert Frey and Lina Bo Bardi at the Palm Springs Art Museum An exhibition at the Palm Springs Art Museum presents a refreshing look at the modern home through the lens of Italian-Brazilian...
5 Sustainable Design Terms You Should Know Embodied energy, gray water, black water, carbon footprint—the list of sustainable design terms goes on and on, and we're here to...
Alden B. Dow: The Mastermind of Midwestern Modernism The Alden B Dow Home & Studio in Central Michigan showcases the extraordinary vision, imagination, and craftsmanship of the...
7 Homes Designed for Sustainable Living From a shipping container dwelling to architect Steven Holl’s forest retreat, these residences embody the ideal that what’s best...
Sustainability is the Centerpiece of This New Austin Development In the Texas capital's transit-oriented Mueller development, architect Michael Hsu proposes a modern take on row house living.
Top 10 Sustainable Homes of 2020 From a carbon-negative cabin to a prefab farmhouse, these resourceful designs captivated readers this year.
The Eco-Friendly Guide to Upgrading an Existing Home The greenest home is the one you already have.
A Sustainably Built Home in Rural Ontario For this rural Ontario home, building sustainably was less about high-tech gizmos than learning to truly love the land.
The Best-Shaped House For Every Climate in the U.S. and Tips For Optimizing Sustainability Climate is one of the biggest factors of human physical comfort and sustainability, and it's one of the most important...
9 Eco-Friendly Homes With Smart, Sustainable Features With careful planning and wise material choices, you can design an eco-friendly home that's not only gentler on the planet, but...
8 Beautiful Home Projects Using Reclaimed Wood Wood in general is a beautiful, evocative natural material, and when it's saved from a landfill and reused, it has even more...
Beauty and Brains: Building Sustainably With Redwood The return of summer barbecues and back porch hangouts means that outdoor living spaces are again enjoying heavy foot traffic.
With an Architectural Pedigree and Green Certification, This Pasadena Home Just Listed For $3.6M With a historic designation and updated energy-efficient features, this spacious 3,521-square-foot property in Pasadena,...
A Sustainable Mid-Century Beach House Thanks to a disciplined devotion to mid-century principles of design, a curator’s bachelor pad in the Hamptons is reborn.
A Sustainable "Case Study" House in California A Southern California architect approaches his family home as an experiment in sustainable design.
The Monkey Tree Hotel Wonderland Park Residence Sustainable Home Design Meets Stanford Climate Scientist This Neutra-Inspired Tiny Home Is a Miniature Homage to Modernism With the clean lines of its steel-and-glass structure, ESCAPE’s new prefab nods to the past—but inside is a trove of modern...
This Company Can Design, Build, and Deliver a Sustainable Prefab in Just 12 Weeks Explore Ecospace Studio's modular buildings that serve a variety of valuable purposes.