On the morning of July 4, long before America had ignited a single firework in honor of Independence Day, Zara executives, including Pablo Isla, CEO of Inditex (Zara’s parent company), and Marta ...

Ultimately, there is a clear business case for sustainable construction, fueled by public demand, cost-efficiency, and ...

The future of the world looks, at the moment, to be rather pessimistic, but there are plenty of designers and thinkers out there who are trying to make life greener and more sustainable — often ...

With growing concerns about the construction industry's contribution to climate change, sustainable design is more important than ever. As the year comes to a close, we toast the best, most ...

Samuel Landaverde, a landscape design major, laughs with Nikki Moslehi, a sustainable environmental design major, during their landscape design class visit to West Pond and Stonegate Detention Basin ...

A heavily cited fact within the architecture industry is that the built environment accounts for 40% of global carbon emissions. The concerning statistic puts immense responsibility on construction ...

Architects identify “sustainability” as the most important change in the future of their profession. Sustainable Design: Ecology, Architecture, and Planning is a practical, comprehensive guide to ...

Slow design is a movement in which interiors, including everything from architecture to kitchen items, are made thoughtfully and responsibly, not mass-produced. The idea is to design spaces and pieces ...

Preserved as UNESCO World Heritage Sites, the quiet Japanese villages of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayamaare a beautiful example of the gasshō-zukuri, or “prayer-hands construction,” historic building design ...