A view over rooftops and tree canopies to houses in an inner suburb of Brisbane, Australia. Some roofs have solar panels.
  • Tone Wheeler

A new wave crests in the promotion of sustainable house design

Despite post-war research into passive solar house design, Australia’s sprawling suburbs are today dominated by non-climate-adaptive dwellings. But Tone Wheeler believes sustainability is finally becoming a desirable asset.
  • Framework

Framework broke new ground with mass timber high-rise in Portland

Framework was one of the first tall buildings designed in timber to receive approval for construction in the USA. The project by LEVER Architecture resolved many technical challenges associated with the material.
  • Buoyant Housing in Brazil

Community housing that floats on a river in the Amazon

Vernacular forms and local materials set apart Buoyant Housing, a residential complex for a low-income coastal community in Manaus, Brazil, currently living in perilous and unsafe conditions.
  • Housing Infill

A modular, incremental model for urban housing

Housing Infill is a dwelling prototype with a compact, flexible and adaptable construction model proposed for the city of Córdoba in Argentina where housing demand is constantly challenged by the scarcity and high cost of land.
  • House as Garden in Illinois

A self-sustainable sanctuary on the outskirts of Chicago

House as Garden in Illinois is a residential prototype for Chicago’s South Side (USA). It is a partnership initiative between Michael Sorkin Studio and the non-profit organisation Blacks in Green.
  • BillionBricks home

Self-financing houses combat homelessness and carbon emissions

A carbon-negative community of affordable homes is underway in the Philippines. Conceived by BillionBricks, it will house 125 homeless families and function as a 2.5 MW solar power plant simultaneously.

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