Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site near La Junta, Colorado has been closed to the public due to safety issues with the structure. The current fort building was constructed in 1976 on the footprint of the original mid-1800s trading post that was a meeting place and major settlement along the Santa Fe Trail for trappers, … Read more
Belton High School in Texas has won more championships in tiny home construction than any other school in the country. Could a team of rookies defend the title? The plumber, the mason, the electrician and the carpenter arrived a full hour early to collect their blueprints. They had two days in June to build an … Read more
What Clare and Tony began in New Zealand nearly three decades ago with a property scattered with timber trees is now a vibrant food forest, home to more than 200 fruiting plant varieties, many of them rare or unusual. There are 27 varieties of apples, grapes, avocados, bananas, pineapples, Sichuan pepper, berries, nut trees, passionfruit, … Read more
Located down a narrow lane in Perth, Australia, shaded by Coral Trees and lined with flowering bushes, is a rustic home. It has a limestone and brick facade with climbing vines and a scalloped brick paved porch and a corrugated iron roof . Tucked between flowering eucalyptus, the front of the home fits snugly along … Read more
Marc and Ann bought a farmhouse-style home in Belgium in the 1990s. Later they decided to renovate it in a sustainable way. The house and its location hold strong emotional value for the couple, as they hope to grow old there. This type of home dominates the local landscape and fails to meet today’s energy … Read more
The design concept for the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in Medora, North Dakota is a “journey through a preserved landscape … a continuum between past and present,” according to Snøhetta, which was commissioned for the design. “Our design … is informed by the president’s personal reflections on the landscape, his commitment to environmental stewardship, and … Read more