View full sizeThe PNC SmartHome Cleveland makes its move from the Cleveland Museum of Natural History to a permanent site on Wade Park Avenue in October, 2011.Lisa DeJong, The Plain Dealer The energy-saving house built by the Cleveland Museum of Natural History as a temporary exhibit in 2011 and later sold and moved to a permanent site nearby, has won a unique distinction. The PNC SmartHome Cleveland is the first building in Ohio certified by the Passive House Institute U.S., a non-profit organization Read more [...]

The list entry says the blocks were economically built but include ornate internal foyers finished in polished marble. The tower blocks were built between 1959 and 1967 to house the Ministry of Health. Patience Trevor, a senior designation adviser for English Heritage, told The Times: “It is a culmination of all Goldfinger espoused in the design of commercial buildings: efficiently proportioned and offering the maximum floor space, turning a large office floor space into Read more [...]

BY NICK TIMIRAOS LAS VEGAS—In a city dotted with tens of thousands of vacant houses, Jericho Guarin figured it would be easy to buy his first home. But nearly a year after beginning a search late last summer, he has come up dry. "It has been a nightmare," says the 37-year-old U.S. Air Force officer. "There are plenty of empty houses, but they're just not for sale." Indeed, it is a lopsided equation. The number of available homes has plunged here after a sweeping state law subjected Read more [...]