Another model for the development industry: Smart young people using their own money

On the whole, I'd rather be in Philadelphia, eating Philly Greens.

It's almost like there is a concerted campaign to turn distracted walking into a serious problem.

Turns out he was doing 46 miles per hour in a 25 mile-per-hour zone. But let's all blame the girl for distracted walking!

This is the future of building, and it works. Get used to it.

In Toronto and New York, Vision Zero is just talk. It's time for action.

But Passive House is so expensive! How can you build housing for the homeless and low income families this way?

This kind of shipping container architecture makes sense.

This kind of shipping container housing makes sense

Called 'First Light,' this now-famous event at Ontario's first European-built settlement is a special experience for the whole family.

It's partially built out of Cross Laminated Timber; it "immerses students in this relatively new product."

Does it make sense putting this in a small town up on the Canadian Shield?

Populist leaders are more interested in cutting the price of gas than they are in stopping climate change.

Architect Jonathan Kearns shows that you can have it all.

Just what we needed in what was a decarbonizing planet.

No green energy issue is too small for the rampaging Premier.

It's being killed the name of "convenience."

Three new private preserves have opened in Peru to buffer existing national parks. Is this the sign of a new trend?

Biologists believe that oil companies are to blame for the recent dolphin deaths.

Demand for quinoa in developed countries means agrarian people in Bolivia and Peru can't afford the one-time staple crop. Is that entirely bad news? The answer is complicated.

Nations met in Peru this month to discuss solutions to climate change

Peruvian environmental authorities make a big statement with tiny turtles.

From ancient trees and strange sea slugs to odd and adorable insects plus more, our most popular reader's photos of the year are a tribute to Mother Nature.

Nicolas Laisné's vast project is a very different kind of office development.

A new study finds altered neurological performance in children during peak pesticide spraying for the Mother's Day flower harvest.

The CDC has updated its US range maps to show the which mosquitoes are moving where.

With crickets in decline, some scientists say that the insects' summer crooning may become a thing of the past.

A new study provides the first biomarker-based evidence that maternal exposure to insecticides is associated with autism among their offspring.

Pesticides make lawns unplayable.

Kissing bugs can carry the parasite that causes Chagas disease, and they are now making their way through the US.

For example, 72 pesticides approved for use in the United States are banned or in the process of being phased out in the EU.

Did you know that cheetahs sound a lot like your housecat?

Which side of the bed gets the stair? Batlab solves it with two.

Perhaps lofts are not the best solution for tiny homes and apartments.

This multifunctioning stair hides a generous bookcase underneath.

A health insurer practices what it preaches.

Here is an architect who knows how to get people on their feet.

Architect Tamir Addadi squeezes a lot into a very small space

Yet another reason to skip the escalator/elevator and hoof it instead.

Michael Janzen comes up with an interesting and elegant design. But is it safe?

Belgian architects build a tower in a barn. But my, it uses a lot of lumber.

It seems that these days you can build just about anything with a CNC machine.

A good, if not very accurate, idea.

Why go diagonally when you can go straight up?

160 tons of steel and 10 tons of copper never looked so good

And believe it or not, it's environmentally friendly!

There's more than one way to go up in a small space, and this is one smart alternative.

Because if you make it beautiful and open, people will use it.

Syte Architects insert a mezzanine and a terrific storage stair in existing loft.

Sometimes you wonder what they were thinking.