Building and Construction

We associate Minimaliste with spacious homes that can withstand extremes in hot and cold weather. With the Nomad, the firm has retained the same hardy four-season tiny house design, but it's offered in a smaller and easier to tow model.

For the last year or so, Volvo CE has been field testing an ECR25 Electric compact excavator and a L25 Electric compact wheel loader on jobsites in Southern California, and is now reporting that they will go on sale in North America from next year.

Zaha Hadid Architects has designed a number of train stations in recent years. Its latest project sees the firm tackle the renovation of a railway station in Lithuania, while adding a bridge and new green spaces, and improving energy efficiency.

Baluchon goes to great efforts to maximize living space with its models – and this is the case with its recently completed Farniente too. It features a relatively spacious kitchen, a movie projector with a pull-down screen, and a small porch area.

Information specialist Emporis has named this year's winner of its prestigious Skyscraper Award. For the first time in the competition's 20-plus year history, the prize has gone to an Australian building, the One Barangaroo, by WilkinsonEyre.

The latest US project by the always interesting MAD Architects is a striking glazed tower for Hollywood that's described as the office of the future, and would include lots of greenery and foster a healthy work/life balance for those working inside.

The Royal Institute of British Architects has unveiled six shortlisted projects vying for the Stirling Prize, UK's highest architecture honor. Highlights include a bridge that doesn't meet in the middle and a mosque with a stunning timber interior.

Reaching a height of 250 ft, the Era stands out even among much taller skyscrapers in Manhattan, thanks to an eye-catching top-heavy design that maximizes space for luxurious residences and amenities on the upper levels.

Though it has a total length of just 7.2 m, the River Bank tiny house packs quite a lot of features into its compact frame. It includes movable furniture, lots of storage space, a relatively well-proportioned kitchen, and an upstairs home office.

The Royal Institute of British Architects has unveiled the winners of its 2021 National Awards. Featuring the UK's best new buildings, the awards include everything from stunning places of worship to luxury homes and historic renovations.

By casting one eye to a past where ancient buildings were held together with animal blood, and one eye to a future where humans use Martian soil for on-site construction, scientists have cooked up a new recipe for cost effective "cosmic concrete."

Work has been completed on one of the world's tallest timber towers. Reaching an impressive height of 75 m, the Sara Cultural Centre, by White Arkitekter, is also very sustainable and the firm expects it to become carbon negative after 50 years.