A solar-powered safari lodge in the Botswanan wilderness built from repurposed boardwalk planks. A subterranean apartment anchored by ceiling beams made from plastic bottles and construction dirt. A ...

The built environment is responsible for approximately 42% of annual global CO2 emissions. During a building's lifespan, half of these emissions come from its construction and demolition. To ...

OREGON CITY, OREGON / ACCESS Newswire / October 29, 2025 / The Softwood Lumber Board (SLB) and the USDA Forest Service (USDA) announced the winners of the 2025 Mass Timber Competition: Building ...

The first Monday of October of every year marks World Architecture Day and World Habitat Day. Celebrated simultaneously, they both seek to shed light on the built environment and its challenges, ...

Nature Research Intelligence Topics Topic summaries Built Environment and Design Architecture Sustainable Architecture Sustainable architecture is an integrative approach that seeks not only to ...

"The book has no examples of projects that call themselves vernacular," he explained ... lies not in its form but in its ...

What if public art could also power an entire residential building? The SunRise Building, an apartment complex in Alberta, Canada, has answered that question — and is now the title holder of the ...

It was a recent and glorious autumn day at the Horse Island Research Station, a Yale property among the Thimble Islands off the coast of Branford. Outside, a group of birders, all Yale students, were ...

Sustainability goals and budget pressures don’t have to conflict. Integrated, worker-friendly construction technology helps ...

Residents of Milwaukee may have noticed a recent surge in mass timber construction projects, and with it, a prevailing narrative around the unmatched sustainability of wood when compared to other ...