Local Roots' shipping container farms can be placed anywhere to grow as much local produce as could be grown on around five acres with 97 percent less water.

The Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, isn't hooked up to a municipal sewage system, so its waste has to be trucked out of town.

A look at the probable origins of the Santa Claus myth and the colors and design elements associated with it.

Here are 10 adaptive reuse landscape design projects that have turned damaged and neglected spaces around the world into beautiful, healthy and meaningful new environments for everyone to enjoy.

Water architect Koen Olthuis talks to Inhabitat about floating buildings, hydro-cities, and the sustainability of building on water.

The project started out as a vision for an entire community — the medium-density project balances size, accessibility, green space, and solar exposure. In all, 52 homes make up a neighborhood ...

The home takes advantage of the sun by rotating with it, letting sun course thought its triple pane windows and fill its large roof mounted solar array and solar thermal pipes.

At the heart of Seoul lies one of the world's greatest urban design projects: the Cheonggyecheon River linear park.

Are you stuck in a cubicle while the sun is shining outside? Surround yourself with gorgeous, easy-to-care-for plants that will bring the outdoors in.

The IKEA Foundation and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNCHR) have banded together to make a modular, flat packed shelter with solar power for displaced refugees.

The Aqus provides the simplest and most effective solution to reducing our water footprint and has garnered a lot of attention for its innovative design.

The Biodesign competition announced winners today, and algae took center tage in algae-powered buildings, oxygen producing health centers, as well as houses built from fungus and shelter grown ...