NASA discovered a $50 attic trick in 1959 that cuts air conditioning costs by 70% -- and the fiberglass insulation industry made sure you never learned it.
Truss framing the whole off grid cabin building. I'm using a book written in 1984 as my inspiration. The book is about truss framing a whole house and super insulating it. Written with DIY in mind.
Described as Japan's first two-story 3D-printed home, the O House is inspired by the geometry of natural caves. Built to meet the country's strict seismic requirements, it combines cutting-edge robotic construction with some serious earthquake-resist
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Prefabricated housing holds the potential to erect both economic opportunities and affordable housing in Canada's far northwest, tribal leaders believe.
You can't build a castle on sand, and you can't build a city on assumptions. Saudi Arabia unveiled The Line in January 2021 as a perfect, linear utopia stretching 170 kilometers across the desert.
Inspired by the humble old greenhouse, a futuristic self-contained food ecosystem was recently on display at Expo 2025 Osaka-Kansai in Japan, offering us a glimpse at a how we might one day have "farm to table" on our apartment block rooftops or in s
This alternative home in Grass Valley, California, is made from ferro-cement and features reinforced spray-on cement applied over an "armature" of metal mesh and rebar. It is fire resistant.
A roof paint that can cool your home and pull fresh water straight out of the air? It's within reach, as scientists scale up production of a new kind of paint-like coating that shields roofing from the sun's rays and harvests dew from its surface.
New York City has gained a striking addition to its iconic skyline. Designed by renowned British firm Foster + Partners, 270 Park Avenue rises to a supertall height of 1,388 ft (423 m), making it one of the tallest new buildings in the United States.