Via Regina Public Garden

The architects behind this enchanting lakeside settlement - located on the shores of Lake Como - embraced costs constraints as a stimuli for sustainable design.

Lorenzo Noé

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Northwood Primary School

Structures

This affordable low carbon school features a timber frame, an extensive green sedum patchwork roof and selective areas of green wall.

Atkins

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Lace Apartments

Structures

This energy-efficient building uses an intelligent combination of façades, helping it to comfortably handle Slovenia’s often extreme seasonal weather conditions.

OFIS arhitekti

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Beijing National Hotel

Ideas, Structures

Set to become a major landmark this hotel will house a huge interior rainforest, seamlessly interweaving complex biological systems, structure and skin.

Emergent Architecture

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Living Roof

Structures

This prefabricated selfsustaining capsule is the first short-term housing unit to produce more energy than it consumes.

NAU

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CSC | Volume 1

Ideas, Products, Structures

Printed on FSC stock and limited to just 101 copies, the biannual Carbon Stamp Collection features the most inspiring sustainable ideas, products and structures.

CSC | Volume 1

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Shipping Container Home

Structures

This hybrid house consists of cargo containers and recycled steel components that can be erected and combined together at the site, often in less than an hour.

ecotechdesign

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Outlandia

Structures

Sited in Glen Nevis, Scotland, this off-grid treehouse provides a forest meeting space for creative collaboration and research.

malcolm fraser architects

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The Octagonal Living Unit

Structures

Drawing on ideas from his sculpture practice, a Virginia-based artist has designed this octagonal, eco-friendly kit house as a low-budget housing alternative.

Craig Pleasants and Kickstarter

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Sky Garden House

Structures

The sweeping roof gardens of this beautiful home help to create a breezy open space atmosphere within the close confines of Sentosa island.

guz architects