World's tallest Passivhaus building set to be built in Canada
UK studio WKK Architects has revealed visuals of the undulating 1075 Nelson Street skyscraper in Vancouver, which is set to become the world's tallest Passivhaus building. More
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Mikhail Riches releases visuals for carbon-neutral housing scheme in York
Stirling Prize-winning studio Mikhail Riches has unveiled details of the low-rise Passivhaus housing it is designing in York, UK, which will be net-zero carbon when in use. More
Linear brick wall conceals earthy and tactile interiors of Devon Passivhaus
A linear red-brick wall obscures the textured interiors and art-filled courtyard hidden inside McLean Quinlan's low-rise Passivhaus home in Devon, UK. More
Architecture students complete Passivhaus in South Dakota
Architects Robert Arlt and Charles MacBride and a group of students in South Dakota have completed an experimental gabled Passivhaus, which they claim is the first in the area to "sell energy back to the grid". More
Generate and Placetailor to build carbon-neutral CLT apartment block in Boston
Architecture studio Generate and developer Placetailor have unveiled plans to build a carbon-neutral apartment block in Boston using a cross-laminated timber "kit of parts". More
Manhattan couple builds themselves Upstate New York holiday home
New York architects Todd Rouhe and Maria Ibañez de Sendadiano have completed a holiday home in the Catskills, filled with designs from Danish retailers Hay and Vipp. More
Mikhail Riches will "aim for zero carbon" in all projects after Stirling Prize win
Stirling Prize-winner Mikhail Riches will only work on zero-carbon projects from now on, the studio told Dezeen. More
Get to know Passivhaus design with Stirling Prize winner-inspired Pinterest boards
UK architectural design standards were the talk of the town this week thanks to Mikhail Riches' Stirling Prize win. We're celebrating with new Pinterest boards on Passivhaus projects, social housing schemes and British architecture. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest › More
Architects celebrate Goldsmith Street's Stirling Prize win as a "game changer"
Architects, critics and politicians are taking to twitter to celebrate Goldsmith Street in Norwich becoming the first ever social housing scheme to win the RIBA Stirling Prize, while its architect called for government regulation on sustainable building. More
Mikhail Riches creates energy-efficient terraced streets as social housing in Norwich
Goldsmith Street is a Passivhaus and high-density social housing scheme by Mikhail Riches in Norwich, England, which is shortlisted for this year's Stirling Prize. More
Architype builds eco-friendly archive for Imperial War Museum's collection
The Imperial War Museum has a new archive in Cambridgeshire, England, called the IWM Paper Store, which is the most airtight building in the world. More
Pace Jefford Moore founder builds himself bright orange Passivhaus in south London
Architect Chris Moore has built an environmentally friendly home with bright orange walls in south London, which has become controversial after being shortlisted for this year's Carbuncle Cup. More
Chris Price's black TreeHaus staggers down wooded hill in Utah
Dark-stained cedar planks cover a series of volumes that are stepped and rotated down a slope in a Utah forest, forming a house for architect Chris Price and his family. More
Buckhorn Place's light-filled interiors complement Whistler snowscapes
Canadian firm Burgers Architecture constructed this mountainside residence from prefabricated volumes so it could be quickly assembled between British Columbia's snow seasons. More
Larch-covered prefab house designed by Karawitz to bring city feel to Paris suburbs
Lofty interiors and a folded black steel staircase feature behind the larch-clad walls of this gabled house, designed by Karawitz and situated outside Paris. More
Four angular white volumes form house in Mallorca by OHLAB
Oliver Hernaiz Architecture Lab has completed a house on the Spanish island of Mallorca, made up of white blocks that are all oriented towards different viewpoints (+ slideshow). More
Pad Studio creates prefabricated dwelling to comply with New Forest housing regulation
This chestnut-clad home by Pad Studio was prefabricated offsite before being craned into a clearing in the New Forest, a stretch of protected woodland in the English county of Hampshire (+ slideshow). More
House Zilvar by ASGK Design is an angular wooden home in the Czech countryside
A+Awards: next up in our collaboration with Architizer is this energy-efficient wooden home on the outskirts of a small village in the Czech Republic, which was one of the private houses recognised in this year's A+Awards (+ slideshow). More
Balconies and full-storey windows added to villa in a former Dutch museum
Architects Paul de Ruiter and Chris Collaris have transformed a former private museum in Rotterdam into an energy-neutral townhouse, featuring outdoor spaces on each level of its remodelled rear facade ( + slideshow). More
Hemsworth creates all-wood Passivhaus factory in a mountainous region of Canada
Canadian firm Hemsworth Architecture has completed a factory in British Columbia that utilises the products created within the facility: prefabricated wall panels intended for eco-friendly Passivhaus construction (+ slideshow). More