Grid-based city planning has been a popular design choice for centuries, but beneath its orderly appearance lies a series of critical flaws that impact livability, traffic flow, and community ...

Earthsip architecture employs passive solar principles, off-grid design, and location-specific alterations to meet all of a home's basic needs, including comfort, food, water, shelter, and ...

You may have heard of regenerative agriculture, but architects ... and is 100% off-grid. It’s equipped with solar power and relies on local firewood for heat. Green design elements highlight ...

Earthships, which are off-grid homes constructed from natural ... primarily using would-be trash—both as luxurious and exotic architectural jewels and as affordable, resilient homes.

There are more than 60 off-grid, fully independent ... Yet, look closer and the informal, often sculptural design of the buildings is hinted at in the nearby Taos Pueblo settlement, where the ancient ...

At the end of May, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), the architecture ... That includes a design for a skyscraper that would use a motor powered by electricity from the grid to elevate giant ...