Remember as a kid when you dragged a sandwich and a soda into your  backyard treehouse for a little afternoon lunch? The Yellow Treehouse Restaurant by New Zealand based Pacific Environments Architects Ltd. (PEL) takes that concept a hundred steps further with this stunning and sculptural architectural example of organic design that sits high above a redwood forest.

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The Whitney Water Purification Facility. The utilitarian sounding name would never prepare you for the sleek, conceptual gem by Steven Holl that was chosen as one of the top ten green projects of 2006 by the AIA/COTE. Here’s to turning a banal assignment into an exquisite building.

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Anyone who has spent time in one of our nation’s majestic state parks will appreciate this: a prototypical, sustainable bath and toilet house that is beautifully designed, filled with natural light and fresh air. The structure was designed by Integrated Architecture. Let’s hope they build a thousand of them.

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You wonder what the effect would be if all schools were designed to uplift and inspire their students as this one was. Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects, who led the design of Neuva School’s Hillside Learning Complex, saw it as an opportunity to create a front door and town square for the school….

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