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Sustainable Architecture

Shapeshifting House Is Everything We Hoped The Future Would Be

Posted 04.12.2013 | Arts

Mo Ventus, a zero-energy home that transforms to fit the desires of its residents, puts our wildest futuristic daydreams to shame. The shapeshifti...

PHOTOS: You Could Live In A House That Looks Like A Cocoon

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 06.02.2012 | Business

Ever wondered what it’d be like to live in a cocoon? A seaside condo slated to be built in South Korea might be as close as you can get. Sandwich...

Archi-future: 13 Green Buildings That Will Blow Your Mind (PHOTOS)

Posted 03.20.2013 | Green

As architects continue to envision the utopian cities of the future, one thing is certain: innovation means sustainability. In the midst of a globa...

WATCH: Could You Live In Only 125 Square Feet?

The Huffington Post | Matt Ferner | Posted 04.03.2012 | Denver

Could you live in only 125 square feet? That's exactly what a Boulder, Colo. couple are doing now that they have completed building their brand new, t...

Treehouse Built on Centuries-old Oak With Local Materials (VIDEO)

Kirsten Dirksen | Posted 05.14.2012 | Green
Kirsten Dirksen

When an extended Spanish family decided to build a treehouse for their five grandchilden on their estate in Extremadura, they knew they wanted to protect their beloved "encinas" (holm oak trees).

WATCH: 30-Story Hotel Built In Just 15 Days!

Posted 01.11.2012 | Arts

Harnessing manpower like never before, Chinese sustainable building company Broad Group has accomplished the seemingly impossible task of constructing...

The Great Downsizing Debate Continues

Jennifer Schwab | Posted 09.18.2011 | Green
Jennifer Schwab

What is an appropriate number of square feet per person to live comfortably yet sustainably?

Downsizing -- A Thousand Square Feet Per Person, A New American Standard

Jennifer Schwab | Posted 08.09.2011 | Green
Jennifer Schwab

I know many successful boomers who are now moping around their 8 to 12,000-foot monuments to capitalism. But has America's long-standing love affair with this type of -- not very green -- home finally run its course?

Really Big and Off the Grid

Robyn Griggs Lawrence | Posted 07.10.2011 | Green
Robyn Griggs Lawrence

2011-05-10-greenpost.jpgMichael Funk's home is responsibly built and completely off the grid. It's solid, an heirloom in a jewel of a setting.

Can NYC Achieve Carbon Neutrality By 2030?

Jacob Slevin | Posted 06.21.2011 | Arts
Jacob Slevin

Ed Mazria is a preeminent leader in sustainable design. He closed his practice in 2006 to start Architecture 2030, a nonprofit that challenges designers to achieve carbon neutrality in buildings by 2030.

Was Frank Lloyd Wright's Visionary Architecture Sustainable?

ARTINFO | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
ARTINFO

Over the seven decades of his long career, Frank Lloyd Wright created some of the most innovative buildings of the 20th century. But advances in build...

Alexander Remizov's 'Ark Hotel' Can House 10,000 And Sustain Major Natural Disasters

Mail Online | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts

It looks like a cross between Noah's Ark and something out of a 1970s science-fiction film. The futuristic Ark Hotel has been designed to withstand...

God Is Green: Why 'Less Bad' Is Not Good

Cathleen Falsani | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Cathleen Falsani

Using our imagination, intelligence and buying power, we can set the Earth on a path to healing and ensure that future generations of all God's creatures rest -- nourished and cared for -- in its loving, ample, natural embrace.

WATCH: Brazilian Architect's Incredible Initiatives To Build A Smart City

Huffington Post | Travis Walter Donovan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

This video from CNN takes a look into the work of Jaime Lerner, a renowned Brazilian architect who has used his political positions to implement inspi...

Architects Design Sustainable Affordable Housing For Low-Income Countries

Inhabitat | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

Emerging Ghana is a plan for an eco-affordable single family house for the emerging middle class of Ghana. The design recently won first place in the ...

PHOTOS: Abandoned Train Tracks, Hangars And More -- 7 Awesomely Transformed Public Places

Huffington Post | Travis Walter Donovan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

Tearing down old structures to build new green designs in their place often consumes many more resources than simply working with existing architectur...

Buy Your Very Own Completely Sustainable Home

nytimes.com | Leora Broydo Vestel | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

The company is aiming to become the first mass producer of what is known in green building circles as "net zero energy homes" - those that generate en...