Eco Building
Architecture and design projects that prioritize environmental sustainability, renewable materials, and ecological impact reduction.
Eco building encompasses the design and construction of structures that minimize environmental harm through sustainable practices, material selection, and energy efficiency. Projects in this area demonstrate how architectural innovation can address climate concerns while meeting functional and aesthetic needs.
The community explores diverse approaches to ecological construction, from timber housing prototypes and demountable office buildings to residential retreats and community structures that integrate natural materials, renewable energy systems, and circular design principles across various climates and contexts.
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View all 108 journalsDavid Saik Studio Turns a 1940s Venice Sewing Factory into a Zero-Energy House for Emeco
In Venice, Los Angeles, a former sewing shop becomes Emeco's solar-powered gallery and guesthouse, organized around a cactus growing through a light well.
CnB Sustainable Market: A Timber Frame That Turns Shopping into Reducing, Reusing and Recycling
An open grid of timber modules, trellised cores and workshop rooms recasts the public market as a place to repair, swap and grow, not just to buy.
Earthen Oasis: Mortarless Earth Blocks Stack a Shared Garden Into Accra Housing
Kente-patterned columns, interlocking earth walls and fish-filled pools turn an Accra housing block into a farm, a commons and a green refuge.
Earth Made Residence: Stacking a Ghanaian Compound House into 36 Units Made Entirely of Earth
Cublo reimagines Accra's traditional compound house as a dynamic, cantilevered block that argues earthen architecture can be iconic.