A secret deal lets the homebuilders dominate the committees that write the building codes for housing.

You probably already have most of the stuff you need.

Because being outside is always better than being inside.

A new material could be applied to roofs that would soak up rain and then "sweat" out the moisture when temperatures are high to cool down buildings without electricity.

The promise of prefab was healthy, cost-effective, energy efficient homes designed by talented architects. Is it finally here?

KieranTimberlake and Lake|Flato team up with Bensonwood to offer OpenHomes

Forget about wood construction; cardboard could be the Next Big Thing.

This redesigned space in a 1920s Art Deco building features a new layout that better maximizes space and light.

It's a small, wood, modest shack. What's not to love?

A diverse team of women from the forest product sector got together for a green cause.

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology is a world leader in the study, appreciation, and conservation of birds. But the vast educational opportunities it offers aren’t reserved only for Ivy League students.

Things are moving quickly; Apple employees might get updated offices before Mac users get updated computers.

Standards are supposed to make things easier and more consistent, but they keep proliferating.

This family's self-built tiny house is part of a small off-grid homestead out in Maui.

Dubbed "Freedom Cove," this remarkable home is a decades-long labor of love built in an inlet in British Columbia.

The Bright ’N Green building is an experimental effort to combine sustainable technologies.

There are many special things about the home of Gennaro Brooks-Church, the director of the green building firm Eco Brooklyn.

Get a taste of tiny house building, thanks to Jake and Kiva, who are documenting their tiny house building process, step by step.

Elora Hardy and her team of designers, artisans, and builders at Ibuku are reimagining sustainable building, using one of nature's strongest and most versatile materials.

Modern building codes and zoning regulations, while helping to set safety standards that can save lives, can also serve as big barriers to building small, sensible, and affordable dwellings with alternative materials and techniques.

This tiny house project is developing a multidisciplinary curriculum and tutorial series for schools and for individuals, as well as giving away a "Dream Tiny House."

Are you looking for a DIY construction technique for building an affordable earthquake-, flood-, and bullet-resistant home? Look no further.

If you like craftsmanship, woodworking, and traditional hand tools, or you just enjoy watching somebody else do all the work, you'll love this short film.

Thyssenkrupp's TWIN elevators have a very unique feature that could save buildings energy and space.

When you want to really pursue your dreams, instead of simply dreaming them, you might need to think outside the box. Outside the housing box, that is.

Thanks to careful scrounging and salvaging, a Danish design student was able to cheaply build a "self-sufficient" dome for use as a greenhouse.

You've seen the photos of homes made from old bottles, but did you ever think you could make your own? You can, and here's how.

It is the perfect local renewable material, and a great insulator too.

It's all natural, renewable, healthy and has zero embodied carbon. What's not to love?

Perfect for small city apartments, this system allows you to use a variety of add-on components to build your own indoor garden.

A building that once housed a Jewish girls' school, shut down by the Nazis, is now home to a fashionable restaurant.

And they figure out where to put it, because "future architecture means city-hacking."

In this open source design project, Dos Uno shares cool, easy to make designs for chairs, tables and shelves using cheap readily available materials.

The city's new mayor has announced an ambitious project to build a park aimed at providing new public spaces and controlling sprawl.

This vertical garden on a residential high-rise in Bogotá reuses greywater from its residents and helps to clean the air.

ZGF builds interesting hives on the roof of a fascinating building.

What's the best approach for dealing with this?

Graham Phakos did, with an interesting design that does everything the expensive Italian jobs do.

If you're interested in learning how to build your own renewable energy devices, this DIY vertical axis wind turbine is a great place to start.

A young Toronto-based woman is working to build a school in the Kenyan village near where she grew up.

Andrew Michler figures it out in his own home in Colorado.

A tour inside a solar-powered bus conversion that makes you feel at ease.

This tiny house builder and architect just built himself and his wife a bigger (but still tiny) home, equipped with a space-saving elevator bed.

Aiming to live a lighter-impact lifestyle, this green lifestyle activist lives in a self-built tiny house and experiments with growing and foraging his own food.

The 'Spatzenfavela' ('favela' for sparrows) provides a home for birds that have lost their city nests and roosts due to urban renewal.

When a bird charity installs a wind turbine, they're going to do it right.

Brazil's economy is growing fast, and it is expected to need an increase of 50% in power generation capacity over the next decade.

Why Greens Should Support the Fight for Economic and Racial Justice

We also have to start retiring what we already have and replacing it with cleaner power plants, furnaces and vehicles. Now.

It's more than just a bike; it is a different way of thinking about design and manufacturing.