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“We Need to Integrate Everything”: Arturo Vittori’s Warka Village Nears Completion In Cameroon
The community of low-impact homes and water-harvesting towers, built and occupied by a pygmy rainforest community known as Bibambi II, could become a model…
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Marina Tabassum Builds Resilience in Precarious Contexts
Her Bangladesh-based architectural practice designs with and for the communities most affected by climate…
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Paved With Good Intentions: We Still Can’t Kick the Car Habit
Despite its environmental achievements, the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act substitutes electric vehicles for a more holistic, climate-friendly…
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Ton Venhoeven Believes Architecture Must Support Non-Human Life
The Dutch architect and former national infrastruc…
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Dining in a Garden 56 Stories Above Mexico City
Sordo Madaleno’s design for the restaurant Ling …
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Dutch Designer Marjan van Aubel’s Solar Revolution
Through a new biennale, an encyclopedic book, and …
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At Europe’s Oldest Design Biennial, A Socially Committed Approach to Design Stands the Test of Time
The latest edition of the Ljubljana Biennial of In…
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Craig Steely’s Musubi House is a Force of Nature
On the Big Island of Hawai’i, the local architect designed a 2,200-square-foot residence that is completely off-grid.
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1 Hotel is an Unexpected Oasis in Downtown Nashville
Behind a curtain of ivy, the new 1 Hotel in Nashville celebrates the natural beauty of local and sustainable resources.
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A New Concept for Good Architecture: Embodied Justice
As the social justice movement thrives and the concept of embodied carbon shifts the climate conversation, architects and designers are reexamining the deep impact of their work.
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This Hyper-Sustainable Elementary School Is the First of its Kind
Perkins Eastman rebuilds and revitalizes the John …
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A New Orleans Planner Builds Community as an Anti-Highway Activist
A proposal to remove a hated highway is caught in …
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The First Winery in Europe to Receive LEED Gold Is a Subterranean Marvel
RCR Arquitectes designed a hyper-efficient winery …
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Three Technologies Are Changing how We Design for Climate
Charged with addressing the global climate crisis,…
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Two Lively Fabrics Fit for Commercial Applications
Sunbrella offers a fluorine-free contract textile …