In 2009, architects Franck Deboute and Karine Montagnon decided to build their dream home and office. The site: the Pointe du Raz, hanging out over the Atlantic Ocean, in Brittany, France. The

In photographer Yao Lu's "View of Waterfall with Rocks and Pines," two men stand underneath the spreading branches of a gnarled pine tree, aiming their cameras off in the distance, where

What can you do at a music festival in four days with 75 volunteers and lots of salvaged materials? Build some amazing performance stages, that's what. Last year we reported on the Roots Architecture project at the WOMAD

Image credit: Bernd Sieker, used under Creative Commons license. Dear Pablo: Does installing commercial rooftop solar PV (with the dark-colored PV cells) negate the effect of painting that same roof white to alleviate the "heat island" effect in

When the team at nature-minded Spanish architecture firm Urbanarbolismo decided to build a tree house, they set some high standards. Working with a centuries old oak tree, they wanted to create a place for

Reports that Turkey would reconsider its nuclear plans following a deadly earthquake in the eastern part of the country sounded too good to be true. They were.

Take nearly 8,000 old plastic bottles, add some construction waste and mud, and voila: a sturdy and sustainable home.

In Utah, birds plunge to their death after storms make parking lots look like ponds. Thwack. Another reason for less pavement?

While some cities are tearing down thousands of vacant homes, Occupy Our Homes movement offers a compassionate alternative.

A super minimalist mobile ice fishing hut consists of a wooden frame, some chicken wire and walls of ice, made on the spot.

What's the cutest tiny shed or building, best single family house, or best new furniture design? Vote on these and more.

TreeHugger visits one of Denmark's oldest Eco villages, which includes 74 sustainably-designed highly unique houses and apartment buildings that range from hobbit-style straw to high design.

Waste material from paper mills can be used to make a more environmentally-friendly brick.

Girls and boys have a lot to gain from learning to work with their hands

Building and living in a tiny house can be a big step toward living more sustainably, but using repurposed salvaged building materials to build one might be the Holy Grail of green living.

Here is a way to squeeze six stories of building in the space of five.

Mount Manresa was a community space owned by Jesuits, but has now been sold to developers.

An international team of researchers has created a new type of cement that uses these discarded items that is just as strong, but produces far less emissions.

A process that recycles cigarette butts into bricks for construction could kick a nasty littering habit.

Want to build your own tiny house? Clueless about where to start? Check out this Instructables tutorial.

First there was foamcrete, then there was papercrete and hempcrete, and now we've got AirCrete, a foamy mixture of air bubbles and cement.

An experienced Chicago builder is making a big investment in it.

"Exuberant low cost studios for creatives and artists" are plugged into a giant structure in this revolutionary project.

We have to use less of the stuff in our cars, our buildings, and our infrastructure.

For many parents, working from home is the biggest professional challenge they've faced to date. Here are some coping strategies.

Need a break from the news and bored of books? Here are some quality screen time suggestions of movies and TV shows that will (hopefully) take your mind off the pandemic.

The origins of Joseph Pilates' regimented workout program began when he was sequestered in an internment camp in England during WWI.

A British critic calls two green icons, rammed earth and Passivhaus, "architectural trickery at its most cynical."

Yes, but not necessarily in the way you think.

It's time for a rethink about what's really important in a home.

This pandemic may be an extinction event for the traditional university lecture.

Design for deconstruction out of low-carbon materials is the way of the future.

Can digital fabrication and robotic construction techniques help reduce the carbon emissions of concrete?

Built for a sculptor and his new family on the site of an old gold mine and sawmill, this house uses reclaimed concrete blocks weighing a ton each.

The ones we have left should be preserved; they don't make them like they used to.

The carbon footprint of concrete can be a whole lot better, if you make it out of carbon dioxide.

The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA) sends out a press release touting their recent political victory in Washington State, and their new promotional campaign, “Build with Strength.” Hilarity ensues.

They save concrete and look great after all these years.

A Chinese study says concrete actually sucks up CO2. This is not news, it's chemistry.

Sand mining is described as "the global environmental crisis you’ve probably never heard of." Another good reason to use wood instead of concrete.

Is this the future of construction?

New research sheds new light on why Roman concrete is so strong and water resistant, but let's not get carried away here.

It's a celebration of a technology that covers longer spans with less concrete and looks good, too. Here are some I have feasted on.

The tech pioneer turned investor talks meat, batteries, and cement.

Researchers are looking to fungi to help provide a fix for crumbling infrastructure, with promising results.

So much for my New Year's resolution to stop writing about concrete planters in the sky.

But for everyone else it is a big nothingburger.

Yet another thing we are running out of.

Architect Jorge Fortan cements his case for a concrete and foam sandwich house.

Twice a year we look at yummy waffle slabs, a really efficient way to do more with less.