Another look back at some great designs for inexpensive homes.

You want giant windows but don't like drafts? Plug in your windows and turn them into toasters.

Because they can, and there are people who will pay for it.

Architects at a Mass Timber round table note that we have to build great urban spaces at reasonable densities.

Entirely funded by donations, this project is hoping to provide veterans struggling with PTSD or homelessness free housing, counseling and an experience of the healing power of nature.

Sydney sees cycling skyrocket as it implements its 2030 green city plan.

Rules really matter, and the city uses them to encourage the right kind of building.

But is it a pyrrhic victory?

Max Fordham's house is "simple and practical" and mostly all natural.

After a tragic fire caused by plastics, the British building code banned wood in exterior walls. This is a step in the wrong direction.

Wave power is a promising source of clean energy, but it is usually overlooked because wind and solar power are farther along.

One scientist speaks about how the knee-jerk reaction to "save the corals" needs to deepen into a real love for these fascinating creatures.

Fed up of shoddy plastic toys? This modular kit of sturdy parts lets parents and kids construct a wide range of awesome kid-powered vehicles.

A new downloadable planner from Citizenne Style can help you create a 10-day fashion plan using minimal items.

Comments to the post What is the Best Way To Build A Wall? Not A Simple Answer wondered why we wanted to reinvent the wall. The consensus was "Having XPS on the exterior is, I think, the easiest and best solution." I will be

It's a TreeHugger dream: an all electric wooden car designed to last forever.

If you're already on TreeHugger it's safe to assume that you've got an interested in what lies under the great green umbrella. And, now, if you've also got an

When heavy rains caused rivers to overflow and flood parts of Pakistan last year, it set into motion a surprisingly complex chain of events that scientists are only now beginning to understand -- and which may have

NASA is using decades of space exploration technology to build a new eco-aware base here in California.

It is modern in appearance yet traditional in operations

Given how dreadful most new housing is these days, this is at least the minimum builders should build and customers should expect.

A Seattle educational non-profit hopes to crowd-fund a series of portable, off-grid shelters for some of the city's homeless, which local high school students will design and build with the help of professional architects and builders.

Seattle architect Mike Eliason describes what he learned about their housing policies.

Or is it a missed opportunity?

Passive House multifamily buildings use almost no energy and don't cost much more than conventional buildings. They should be everywhere.

Hemp isn't just for food, textile fiber, and fuel, but can also be a renewable and sustainable component of green buildings, as this crowdfunded project attempts to show.

Air quality, choice of materials and finishes are also concerns in this house in Oregon.

This is not easy to do.

The USGBC is really on to something with their new initiative.

There are lessons to be learned from this model home built by Meritage, even if it is big and beige.

A new twist in the plot for the controversial pipeline, as TransCanada asks for a suspension of its application.

These are tiny homes with an activist bent, taking a stand against the incursion of a pipeline that could contaminate indigenous lands.

The Transition Movement - a community-centered response to peak oil and climate change - has been described as "the biggest urban brainwave of the century." Join us to chat with its founder.

The blocks could be part of the architecture of a building, generating more power than just rooftop panels.

While the world chases solar generating windows, we see how to do solar generating walls.

It also comes with its own beer dispenser, built-in right in the couch.

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. When life gives you a global economic crisis, a gloomy real estate market, and an uncertain currency future, make a house out of shredded-up money.

And whatever you do, don't read the comments.

Looking to tiny houses for design inspiration, these new student housing units have been constructed in a former Rotterdam office.

Philadelphia architects Interface Studio are known to TreeHugger for their work with PostGreen and on the 100K house. They have also just completed a modular student residence at Temple University that really does demonstrate

Going for LEED Platinum in an affordable townhouse with clean modern design

A great demonstration of how to develop tiny lots.

These sliver towers are incredibly inefficient and even have fake mechanical spaces to make them even taller. We all pay the price in carbon.

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 housing makes sense

Canadian birch hauled out of Canada's Ottawa River adds resonance and tone.

Sweden shows how to build comfortable apartments for families, and stairs that people want to use.

This is a big problem in old buildings: providing universal access without ruining the look of the building.

Think you need to be an engineer and spend a bundle to create a mini-hydropower generator? Think again.

Northern Arizona University student from a range of departments built the charging station piece-by-piece to educate fellow students on the energy used by their gadgets.