Eco Building
Architecture and design projects that prioritize environmental sustainability, renewable materials, and ecological impact reduction.
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.
Building Bureau Builds a Rammed Earth Ecolodge in Nepal's Tiger Country to Fund Anti-Poaching Work
Outside Bardiya National Park, stabilized rammed earth and salvaged Tharu roof tiles turn a five-room lodge into a conservation hub for the Terai.
Estúdio Minke Strips a 1940s Higienópolis Apartment Back to Its Concrete Bones and Plants It Like a Village House
In São Paulo's Higienópolis, a 113 m² renovation trades a compartmentalized 1940s plan for one open room of concrete, reclaimed brick and greenery.
gaSSz arquitectos Builds a Demountable Circular-Economy Garden from Rubble and Tires in Madrid's Vicálvaro
In Vicálvaro, Madrid, a 2,400 m² garden of bolted yellow steel, rubble gabions and tire-rubber paving treats public space as a reversible material bank.
Atempo Arquitectura Turns a Cuenca Family House into a Multi-Unit Residence Crowned in Brick Lattice
In Cuenca, Ecuador, a 415 m² family home becomes a residential complex where scrolled ironwork, terracotta lattice and a skylit stair keep memory alive.
ECOTent: Turning Shanghai's Balconies into a Living Agricultural Network
A modular retrofit system attaches greenhouse modules to existing residential balconies in Pudong, weaving food production and social life into the facade.
Polysmiths Wraps a Backland Infill House in East London with Cork Walls, Inside and Out
In Forest Gate, Newham, a three-bedroom infill home pulls cork out of the wall cavity and makes it the finish, shaped by pandemic material shortages.
Atempo Arquitectura Renovates and Expands a House in Cuenca's Historic Center Around a Rooftop Terrace
In Cuenca, Ecuador, the Martha Beatriz House keeps an existing residence and stacks terraces, terracotta and timber on top of it to claim the skyline.
ECO CUBE: Sustainable Architecture Reimagines the Cinema of the Future
Eco Cube reimagines cinema through sustainable architecture, renewable energy, flexible spaces and immersive technologies for future cities.
Estúdio Rossi Arquitetos Sets Two Eucalyptus Glulam Pavilions on a Concrete Base for a Family Home in Atibaia
On a sloping lot in Atibaia, Brazil, a social and a private glulam pavilion meet at a stone courtyard, built for year-round life with four children.
Cube Design Draws an Ecological Corridor Between Two Shenzhen Hills with the Nankai Building
Beside Shenzhen's container docks, the Nankai Building pairs stacked balconies with a climbing green screen to connect two hillsides across its height.
Making architecture that is really sustainable
Design for kids where 'Form Follows Climate'
ab arquitectura & ingeniería Gathers a Large Ecuadorian Family Under One Brick-and-Timber Roof
A 695 m² country house in Ecuador where reinforced brick walls, a pitched timber roof and open porches turn a rural retreat into a family commons.
ETEH Reworks the Shared Spaces of São Domingos School in Brazil Around Timber, Color and Hanging Plants
At São Domingos School in Brazil, 436 m² of hall, refectory and library are recast with timber joinery, a yellow and blue code and trailing greenery.
Natura Futura Builds a Porous House of Prayer in Babahoyo from Brick and Timber Salvaged on Site
In Babahoyo, Ecuador, a community-funded prayer hall opens its brick and timber lattice to a young neighbourhood and stays deliberately unfinished.
Rama Estudio Turns the Base of an Ecuadorian Office Tower into a Plywood and Yellow Resin Restaurant
In Tower 4 of Ecuador's Ekopark corporate center, a 290 m² restaurant uses tiered plywood seating and a glossy yellow floor to tame a raw concrete shell.
+K Architects Opens Up a São Paulo Building with Pivoting Glass for Greenpeace Brazil's Headquarters
In São Paulo, a retrofit swaps sealed glazing for pivoting panes, steel-and-glass rooms and vines, giving an environmental NGO an office that breathes.
Good ideas about the central space and the quality of the circulation and the ability to use it as part of the narrative of the building. The tyranny of the structural grid has been perhaps taken too far as a restriction to the extent that it has subsumed some of the potential of the homes to be joyful places to live. It would have been nice to see some of the quality of the homes, as well as the communal spaces.