Fuel to electricity
Architecture and design projects exploring sustainable materials, energy efficiency, and environmental integration in built spaces.
Volume Matrix Studio Builds a Retirement Home Among Fireflies and Coconut Palms in Amphawa
A 350-square-meter family house on a coconut garden near Thailand's Mae Klong River doubles as a gathering place rooted in local memory.
Paz Arquitectura Wraps a Guatemala City Mixed-Use Tower in Rotating Timber Fins
A five-story building in Guatemala City uses alternating wooden louvers and art collaborations to open up to its urban context.
Valentino Architects Thread a Glazed Walkway Through Three 16th-Century Stone Houses in Malta
The Mill House in Attard stitches listed limestone volumes together around a courtyard pool, letting glass mediate between rough heritage and crisp modern
BLDUS Builds a Bamboo Counterpoint to Philip Johnson's Glass House in Historic Anacostia
A 700-square-foot LEED Platinum structure in Washington D.C. rethinks transparency through willow, wool, and bamboo.
locallll Replaces the Gas Station with a Timber Forest Canopy on the Norwegian Coast
A pilot charging station in Straume, Norway, uses modular wooden canopies, green roofs, and battery storage to rethink roadside infrastructure.
Triplex Arquitetura Shapes a São Paulo House Around the Trees That Were Already There
In the wooded Jardim Paulistano neighborhood, Casa MKN treats existing vegetation as the primary design constraint.
Ballistic Architecture Machine Disguises a Shanghai Waste-to-Energy Plant as a Public Park
The Baoshan Waste-to-Energy Center buries 128,000 square meters of industrial infrastructure beneath landscaped rooftops and museum galleries in Shanghai.
Mestizo Estudio Arquitectura Lifts a Timber Refuge into Ecuador's Forest Canopy
Three bamboo-clad pavilions on stilts reimagine domestic life as a dialogue between shelter and subtropical wilderness in highland Ecuador.
Charge for Change: Turning Fuel Pumps into Civic Energy Hubs
A modular urban infrastructure proposal where cyclists generate power, electric vehicles recharge, and reward points make sustainability habitual.
