Finnish designers Aleksi Hautamaki and Milla Selkimaki have built a self-sufficient summer house on the five-acre island they own on the edge of Finland's Archipelago National Park. More about Self-sustaining cabins on tiny Finnish island are heated by a sauna stove
Public Works has built a water-heating system powered by compost that warms a bench at the Oslo Architecture Triennale to demonstrate the potential of the system. More about Public Works builds waste-to-energy Power Plant(s)! to showcase fossil fuel alternative
Reflecting on last week's climate summit, we're showcasing alternatives to concrete in this week's new Pinterest boards. Branch out with our spruced-up boards featuring cross-laminated timber high rises, bamboo structures and enclosures with rammed-earth walls. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest › More about Ditch concrete and steel with our Pinterest boards unearthing alternative building materials
Snøhetta has completed the sustainable Powerhouse Brattørkaia office in Trondheim, Norway, which produces more than double the amount of electricity it consumes daily. More about Snøhetta completes office on Norwegian Fjord that produces twice the amount of energy it uses
Architecture practice MVRDV has unveiled designs for a residential development in Sint-Michielsgestel, the Netherlands, with green walls formed of shelves of plants. More about Living facade of plant pots will cover Green Villa by MVRDV in the Netherlands
Plants and insects can thrive on the surface of these Green Charcoal bio-bricks, engineered as an alternative to concrete by researchers at the Indian School of Design and Innovation in Mumbai. More about Bricks made from loofah and charcoal could promote biodiversity in cities
Royal College of Art student June Tong has proposed creating an Arctic thermal bath, which would be powered by cruise ship waste, in a bid to spotlight the industry's environmental impact. More about June Tong envisions thermal bath powered by Arctic cruise ship waste
New Orleans firm Office of Jonathan Tate has transformed a vacant, tree-studded site into a residential complex for soldiers and their families, with dwellings arranged in a way that aims to foster social bonding and prevent isolation. More about OJT creates Bastion Community housing complex for war veterans in New Orleans
American firm David Baker Architects has completed an eco-hotel in Sonoma County that features board-marked concrete walls, a garden courtyard and a brise-soleil made of redwood slats. More about Harmon Guest House by David Baker offers contemporary lodging in California wine country
With architects changing their ways in response to global warming, Phineas Harper asks: what does radical architecture look like in the era of climate change? More about "We're seeing an unprecedented mobilisation of architects in the fight against climate change"
A 1950s dwelling that is one of the Usonian homes that Frank Lloyd Wright designed for middle-class residents has been moved from its original site in Minnesota to a private estate located near Fallingwater. More about Frank Lloyd Wright house in Minnesota dismantled and moved to Pennsylvania
Hungary has revealed plans to build a new carbon-neutral greenhouse-filled farming city that will be powered by renewable energy sources. More about Hungary plans €1 billion greenhouse city powered by renewable energy
Laminated wood and concrete will form the hybrid structural system of the high-rise Canada's Earth Tower that global firm Perkins+Will has unveiled for British Columbia. More about Perkins+Will designs "world's tallest hybrid wood tower" for Vancouver
Foster + Partners is the first architecture practice to sign up to the Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment, meaning that by 2030 all buildings used by the practice will be carbon neutral. More about Foster + Partners pledges to make its buildings carbon-neutral by 2030
Ingenhoven Architects is building the Kö-Bogen II office block in Düsseldorf, which will have facades covered with five miles-worth of hornbeam hedges. More about Ingenhoven Architects is wrapping five miles of hedges around an office in Düsseldorf
Open-air walkways and staircases overlook landscaped gardens at this dormitory by US studio LOHA at a central California university, which was built using durable and economical materials. More about San Joaquin Student Housing complex by LOHA makes the most of coastal climate
U-Build is a simple modular construction system designed by Studio Bark, which encourages individuals and communities to self-build. More about Studio Bark's flat-pack U-Build system lets anyone self-build
Buildings could be cooled with zero energy using the Invert shading system, made from a smart material called thermobimetal that changes shape in response to heat. More about Thermobimetal shutters by Doris Sung self-regulate the temperature of buildings
Architect Greg Dutton has designed this treehouse-like, off-grid retreat on his family's property in rural Ohio to be sustainable and in sync with the surrounding environment. More about The Hut by Midland Architecture operates off-the-grid in Ohio
Overtreders W employed the principles of a circular economy when designing the temporary RAUM pavilion in Utrecht, the Netherlands. More about Sustainable RAUM pavilion by Overtreders W designed to be reused