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Tiny Homes For Good

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Andrew Lunetta saw the same pattern over and over while working at homeless shelters in Syracuse, New York. Men would leave, move into the cheapest housing available, and soon return looking for a bed. After nearly a decade, the lesson was clear to him: People were not failing at housing; housing was failing them. Lunetta … Read more

Using Natural Stone in Our Modern Environment

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“Our planet is partly made of boiling magma and we’re standing on its dry crust,” says London-based architect and stone evangelist Amin Taha. “It’s available almost everywhere and we’re not going to run out of it any time soon.” Strong, fireproof, beautiful, and low in embodied carbon, stone is an ancient building material, used for … Read more

The Modern Use of Bamboo in the Philippines

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For centuries, Filipinos have built and lived in houses made of bamboo, then with the introduction of steel and lumber, bamboo was regarded as a “poor man’s” building material.  Now, by combining ancestral building wisdom with cutting-edge technologies, engineered bamboo is emerging as structurally superior alternatives to steel, lumber, and concrete. Bamboo is widely available … Read more

An Earthship Ecovillage in the Netherlands

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In the Aardehuis Ecovillage in the Netherlands, 44 residents live in Earthships that generate almost all their energy, heat with the sun, and treat sewage in their own garden. The construction resembles a hobbit settlement designed to minimize environmental impact as much as possible. In the Dutch cold a heat pump helps in the winter. … Read more

A Natural Australian Homestead

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Crafted from rammed earth enriched with reclaimed timbers, this four bedroom home offers a lifestyle defined by sustainability, craftsmanship and connection to nature. This property is powered by a 190-kW solar farm, generating income and providing free electricity to the home. A second solar system powers the workshop, and the entire home runs on filtered … Read more