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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

“It's a big step from graphic design to architecture, but it's only one step ... based the entire building on a grid, discarding the idea of internal columns, which would disturb the rhythm ...

Jonathan Bell has written for Wallpaper* magazine since 1999, covering everything from architecture and transport design to books, tech and graphic design. He is now the magazine’s Transport and ...