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When did indoor air become cold and clean? Air conditioning is one of those inventions that have become so ubiquitous, that many in the developed world don’t even realize that less than a century ago, it didn’t exist...

Three-star Michelin restaurant Azurmendi has once again been crowned the “World’s Most Sustainable Restaurant” by The World’s 50 Best Restaurants...

MVSA Architects has dramatically breathed new life into Amsterdam’s iconic Rivierstaete — a monolithic 1973 modernist office building on the Amstel — with a sustainable and architecturally sensitive makeover that connects...

The city of Amsterdam has officially opened the Depot Amsterdam Noord, a new repository for the capital’s Stadsarchief city archives. Designed by cepezed and cepezedinterieur, the new building offers nearly double the amount...

Indoor-outdoor living never looked so good! This modern design by Shubin Donaldson takes full advantage of the beachy climate of Santa Barbara, California...

Clean water. Affordable housing. Renewable energy. These are just a few of the pressing needs that can be met by design. All around the world, people have come up with innovative solutions to life's problems using affordable,...

Termite mounds could hold clues to passive climate control, according to new research. Seven scientists scrutinized African termite mounds to see how they keep their homes cool in the sun while maintaining a uniform concentration...

Your entire home could be powered, heated, and cooled with one system in the near future - thanks to scientists at the University of Newcastle and Infratech Industries...

Your thermostat could get a sleek new facelift, thanks to super designer Yves Béhar’s Fuseproject. The new Hive 2 thermostat, designed for British Gas, adds a sort of minimalist steel mirror to your wall, instead of a...

Foster & Partners today released design renders for the second phase of the Dubai Design District (d3), their latest in a series of competitive wins in the United Arab Emirates...

The five-storey building was built for a pharmaceutical company whose owners, an elderly couple, wanted to build an office space which would look and feel more like a house...

Snow is a distant dream in a place like Dubai, where the wintertime temperature doesn’t typically drop below 57 degrees Fahrenheit. Real estate developer the Kleindienst Group wants to make it snow and rain on Dubai's man-made...

The Cultural Center features levels connected by a large foyer. The different levels are linked with white ribbon-like walkways. Images of Chinese theater masks greet the visitors. The building houses a multi-functional concert...

Built on a hilltop, the Abedian building varies between two and three levels and contains a floating mezzanine, a spiral stair case and an internal walkway...

According to the EPA, more than 12 million American households heat their homes with wood stoves, yet 75% of those stoves are dirty and inefficient. For those with outdated wood stoves, transitioning to a new EPA-certified...

There are ways of keeping a house or property comfortable without spending a fortune on electricity. Listed here are ways to do that.