Architect Shigeru Ban builds churches, houses and pavilions out of paper and bamboo. These are traditional materials of Japanese architecture, but they are anomalous in the modern world of concrete, ...

In Ladakh, India, an erstwhile stop on the Silk Road high in the Himalayas, humble materials have long served as building blocks for structures capable of withstanding extreme weather. Today, a new ...

The 2007 Paris Climate Action Plan set a goal of reducing the city’s environmental footprint by 75% by 2050 (using 2004 as the base year), including greenhouse-gas emissions, energy consumption, and a ...

Solar panels being installed at the Studio 804 house at 1040 New York St. A new eco-friendly house on New York Street designed and built by University of Kansas architecture students will be open for ...

Bangladesh is widely known as the Land of Six Seasons. Due to its geographical location and socioeconomic conditions, the country is vulnerable to cyclones and other natural calamities. With hundreds ...

Architects in Bulgaria are turning to the wisdom of the past and blending it with modern techniques to build homes that offer refuge from scorching heatwaves. According to the country's National ...

Lake Flato’s approach was simple: Balance out the existing concrete home with an additional residence that marries that cold material with glass and weathered Corten steel. The new structure is an ...

The school bell rings, and sixth-grade students fill the class. Anderson Stephens, 11, and two of his classmates gather around the table with scissors, tape, colorful pens and paper. “We are making an ...

A Leon Springs-area home designed by San Antonio’s award-winning Lake Flato Architects recently hit the market for just shy of $1.9 million, and its as ecologically sound as it is easy on the eyes.