Moises Sánchez uses local construction methods for cubic Mexican house
Guadalajara-based architect Moises Sánchez has created a stucco-clad, cube-shaped holiday home shaded by a large tree in western Mexico. More
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Undulating green roof helps Creek Cabin "live in harmony with the surrounding environment"
An undulating green roof and timber cladding help this Suffolk house by MAP Architecture and Jon Broome Architects, which was designed to Passivhaus standards, blend into the surrounding wetland. More
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Daniel Joseph Chenin uses passive building strategies for stone-clad Nevada house
Local studio Daniel Joseph Chenin has placed a sprawling stone residence around an 1850s fort-inspired rotunda outside of Las Vegas, Nevada. More
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Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios creates Passivhaus student housing crescents in Cambridge
Architecture practice Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios has created a series of crescent-shaped student housing blocks with a CLT structure for King's College at the University of Cambridge. More
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MAPA completes Passivhaus house on stilts near Buenos Aires
Architectural studio MAPA has completed Argentina's first Passivhaus-certified residence, a house in the San Fernando Delta that is lifted on stilts to accommodate periodic flooding. More
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Sarah Jefferys creates Passive House in Brooklyn with dramatic cedar screen
American studio Sarah Jefferys Architecture + Interiors has renovated a slender townhouse in Brooklyn with airy rooms and a cedar screen on the facade to meet Passive House standards. More
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GRAAM Architecture wraps Burgundy office building in timber exoskeleton and "glass veil"
A glazed skin hangs from a timber exoskeleton at this office building in France by French studio GRAAM Architecture, which has been shortlisted in the business building category of Dezeen Awards 2022. More
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North River Architecture adds Passive House-certified home to heritage farm
North River Architecture designed Gallatin Passive House as an extension to an 18th-century farm in upstate New York, repurposing the existing barn as a double-height play space for the owner's three children. More
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MAD surrounds Passivhaus housing block in white curved balconies
Chinese architecture studio MAD has unveiled the 13-storey UNIC residential tower in Paris, France, which is its first completed project in Europe. More
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Dezeen Debate features a Passivhaus furniture factory by BIG
The latest edition of Dezeen Debate features BIG's design for "the world's most environmentally friendly furniture factory". Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now! More
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BIG completes "world's most environmentally friendly furniture factory" in Norway
Architecture firm BIG has constructed a mass-timber Passivhaus factory in a Norwegian forest for outdoor furniture maker Vestre, which features a green roof and solar panels as well as an exterior slide. More
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Ten energy-saving homes designed to Passivhaus standards
As the cost of gas and electricity soars globally, we take a look at 10 highly-insulated Passivhaus homes that are designed to minimise energy consumption. More
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Tower in Ontario becomes world's tallest retrofitted Passivhaus structure
ERA Architects has refurbished a postwar social housing building in Hamilton, Ontario, making it the largest residential building in the world to achieve Passivhaus EnerPHit certification. More
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L'Abri and Construction Rocket complete Saltbox Passive House in Quebec
This family house in Quebec is modelled on the region's vernacular architecture and was designed to Passive House standards of energy efficiency. More
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River Architects builds barn-style Seminary Hill Cidery in the Catskills
Local office River Architects has completed a barn-style cidery and tasting room in New York's Catskill mountains with interiors clad in wood reclaimed from an old bridge. More
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Pilgrim's House is a timber-clad hostel in the Basque countryside
Vertical timber battens wrap around this Passivhaus hostel designed by architecture studio Blancodelprim to accommodate pilgrims on the famous route to Santiago de Compostela. More
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The Brooklyn Home Company designs Passivhaus in Brooklyn
American studio The Brooklyn Home Company has designed a Brooklyn townhouse using Passivhaus principles in New York's Carroll Gardens neighbourhood.
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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
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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
