green-design
This Future Skyscraper Houses a Desert, a Jungle, a Glacier, and More
Poland-based architecture collective BOMP talks about their winning submission to eVolo’s 2015 Skyscraper competition.
Charge Your Phone with This 3D-Printed Tree
VTT designs a new energy-harvesting prototype with patterned solar panels for leaves, and a biocomposite trunk.
Paris, 2050: The Smog-Eating Smart City of the Future?
See Vincent Callebaut Architectures plans for 8 buildings that would recast Paris as sustainable utopia.
A Look At 10 Years Of MAD Architects With 10 Incredible Buildings
To honor Ma Yansong's MAD Architects' 10th anniversary, we took a look at 10 of their wildest designs.
Architects Plan To Save Urban Wildlife With A Floating Nature Tower
We spoke to Waterstudio co-founder Koen Olthuis about his ambitious plan to build floating wildlife preserves inside major cities.
A Beautiful Waste-To-Energy Plant Glows In Denmark
Dutch architect Erick van Egeraat's Incineration Line waste management center powers Roskilde and radiates like the garbage that burns inside.
Concept Towers Could Bring Rice Farming To Hong Kong's Skyline
A proposed building with rice terraces and a built-in rain irrigation system could make cooking dinner easier than ever.
6,000 Plastic Bottles And LEDs Used To Make Glowing Labyrinth In Poland
Spanish art collective, Luzinterruptus, worked with a polish bottling plant to create an urban light installation you can literally get lost in.
Proposed High-Rise Farm Would Build Gardens In The Sky
"Urban Skyfarm" could turn your city's skyscrapers into lush ecosystems.
This Solar-Powered Tornado Sculpture Lights Up And "Talks" To You
Ray is an eco-friendly light installation at Vivid Festival in Sydney that has a personality of its own.
New Building Facade Will Absorb The Smog In Milan
The stunning Palazzo Italia, built for the upcoming Milan Expo 2015, turns pollutants into inert salts.
Milos Milivojevic Makes Green Design Look Good
The fashionable architect's most recent work is the world's first public solar charger for mobile devices.