There are 17 atriums that need to be filled with creative uses.

It's urban, Passive House and prefab. What's not to love?

Not coming soon from a modular company near you.

Lipinski Lasovsky Johansson has designed a beautiful building and, wow, what beautiful drawings.

Moriyama & Teshima Architects + Acton Ostry Architects win design competition.

It always amazes, how much work people do for this.

But the hotel design competition is always interesting, even in an off year.

A competition invites designers to come up with ideas, but really, it's old news. They have been disappearing for years.

Considered to be the highest award a restaurant can receive, the Michelin Guide's 2020 French edition now gives a nod to environmentally minded restaurants.

Dr. David Katz argues that poor nutrition is a greater threat than the coronavirus, but we think both are concerning.

School administrators have asked the USDA for greater flexibility in providing emergency meals.

Cornell study finds that when people have easy access to food shops, they discard less at home.

It supports local business owners and gives you more local and seasonal options.

Yet another reason why we need a more resilient food system.

This self-sustaining mini-ecosystem is made by a designer who wants to create habitable structures that are also themselves alive.

This modern and comfortable two-bed treehouse in Texas is open to guests.

Created by BIG and WeWork, this open-plan school in NYC offers another model for education.

This modular curtain could help existing buildings photosynthesize oxygen and get rid of pollution in cities.

This is what happens when LEDs get cheaper and better: designers use more of them. Someone predicted this once.

Architects all over the world should be doing this too.

It's wonderful to see architects take small interventions for housing for the homeless so seriously.

"The physician can bury his mistakes, but the architect can only advise his client to plant vines."

Steve Webb thinks we should tax upfront carbon like cigarettes, and we should build in wood and stone.

A new feature allows users to travel up the amazon, along rainforest trails, and through communities in one of the world's most remote regions.

Love chocolate? Help protect endangered cacao trees and the livelihoods of the Asháninka people.

This project learns from spiders by envisioning a series of interconnected webs that would allow scientists to study the rainforest without harming it.

The continue reduction in Amazon forest clearance is based on preliminary data however. Last year the final tally resulted in significantly higher levels of deforestation.

Yep, people can do pretty amazing things when they set their sights on it. These are some of our favorite (sometimes crazy) human accomplishments and amazing feats of strength.

For one tiny spider recently discovered in the Peruvian Amazon, creating an incredibly convincing decoy of itself seems to come naturally.

Despite a steady decline in deforestation in recent years, the latest figure suggests indicate a change of direction.

The Amazon is home to one of the most fascinating life forms of all -- humans, like us, but who are living free from the narrow confines of our 'civilization'.

‘You can't argue for the protection of an area without knowing what is there.’

Something to put all the composting, shorter showers and EV talk in perspective.

A young Ecuador slender-legged tree frog considers a fern.

Nature gets digitized in these vibrant animations that feature audio recordings from the rainforest.

A popular solution for deforestation has been to offer locals payments for NOT cutting down trees. But does this system actually work?

Woven in collaboration with an indigenous Amazonian people, this enormous sculpture invites visitors to enter a space for ritual and contemplation.

The answer is pretty surprising.

Biologists are now beginning to get a better idea of what urban bears are up to when they think no one is watching.

The people of Newtok, Alaska are living a slow-motion disaster that will end, very possibly within the next five years, with the entire village being washed away.

On June 17, 2013, NASA's Terra Satellite captured a rare photograph of a clear view of Alaska. While the photo itself is beautiful, the reason for the nearly cloud-free sky has concerning implications for climate change.

Adapting to climate change is going to affect the lives of every human on Earth. But for some those impacts are hitting a little sooner and a little harder than they are for others.

When the government furloughed park workers responsible for emptying trash bins, it came as welcome news for bears.

We've all heard it — "this city" or "that city" has more bicyclists because it has warmer weather. Looks like it's time to retire that statement.

This stunning mountain range is located on Alaska’s Seward Peninsula.

The largest wildlife refuge in the United States needs protection from oil & gas development.

Long admired for its beneficial medicinal properties, Alaskan farmers are happy to find that this Siberian herb loves their climate.

The aquarium and wildlife rescue center uses a unique heat pump system to cover 98% of its heating needs.

With the aim of inspiring others to start building things, this self-taught carpenter mother of two is giving away the DIY plans for this tiny house and the furniture inside for free.

This rustic, modern tiny home features lots of smart space-saving ideas, plus a self-built bed that can lift up and down automatically.