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Milan's new eco-friendly hotel boasts green practices, gorgeous spaces and a convenient location right by the train station. Starhotels Group's E.C.HO — which stands for Ecological Contemporary Hotel — is designed to...

Tijuana-based firm Guillot Arquitectos has unveiled the gorgeous PS House, a private residence that was built with reclaimed materials salvaged from a previous home on the same lot...

Emily Niehaus was working as a loan officer when she see realized that there was a need for affordable, sustainable housing options in her community. So she founded Community Rebuilds - a nonprofit that teaches people to...

The Uppgrenna Nature House blends contemporary design with traditional Swedish architecture. The building’s gabled shape, simple doors, and earthy red-painted cladding on the structure’s lower half evoke Swedish barns...

    Designed by Cristian Ferrera Architecture, "Natural Symphony" is an exploration of architectural sustainability, with a prototype designed to house four people per unit...

In July 2009, Sandra Burkholder and her family began building an Earthship in Kamloops, BC;  a sustainable house built with used tires and pop cans...

If you stop to think about it, it’s quite odd that we flush our wastewater into local rivers, isn't it? It flows away, only to be siphoned off and cleaned by the community downstream before repeating the entire process...

In July 2009, Sandra Burkholder and her family began building an Earthship;  a sustainable house built with used tires and pop cans. Known as the Darfield Earthship, the home features green building methods, water conservation,...

First, a look at the greenest parts of the project: the studio has incorporated geothermal heat and a rainwater cooling system within the stadium concept, along with the commitment to recycle greywater...

For the first time in the competition's history, a retrofitted structure takes top honors at the Solar Decathlon. The modern, stylish interior is surrounded by double glazed windows, advanced insulation, recycled glass, low-carbon...

Did you know that your daily five-minute shower uses more water than the average person in a developing country uses for an entire day*? In the U.S. we have such easy access to clean water that it can feel like we have an...

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Read the rest of Beautiful Snow-Capped Mountain House is Buried into a Dutch Hillside Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Daylighting, denieuwegeneratie, Dutch Mountain House, earth-covered home, eco...

Read the rest of San Francisco to Turn Old Limo Terminal Into a Sea Lion-Friendly Waterfront Park Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "good design", aia, america's cup, architecture and the city, bay...