Buildings made shaggy with vegetation or fragrant with wood are no longer novelties. By Stephen Wallis This article is part of our Design special section about innovative surfaces in architecture, ...

The 2024 winner of the EU Prize for Contemporary Architecture is an ingenious rearrangeable multi-story pavilion designed to be quickly extended, moved, or reconfigured into whatever the community ...

The building industry is spearheading a "green" transformation, with climate urgency, economics, and government policies.

On a grassy hillside nestled into a live oak woodland ecosystem in the San Francisco Bay Area, a group of elementary students armed with clipboards huddle around a cluster of native vegetation, ...

As part of a competition to alleviate Paris’ urban housing issues, Michael Green Architecture designed a carbon-neutral residential high-rise that would be the world’s tallest wood building if ...

According to Live Kindly, sustainable architecture is “any architecture that attempts to limit the negative environmental impact of building construction and operation.” There are a few formal ...

This piece first appeared on ENR.com. Jason F. McLennan, who propelled a global ultra-green building movement, has joined Perkins&Will as its chief sustainability officer and managing director of its ...

This modern building blends glass architecture with green outdoor spaces. A peaceful example of how nature and design meet in ...

The creation of quality affordable housing, long a concern in New York City, has taken on added urgency in recent years, particularly as Mayor Bill de Blasio has made it the centerpiece of his agenda.

Our buildings become symbolic of the times we live in, reflecting the spirit of a given era, attending to different needs, lifestyles and functions. “Architecture should speak of its time and place, ...

Microalgae‑based architecture is gaining attention globally as a sustainable design solution, and the concept could soon ...