Modern sod roof

Green roofs can be a challenging proposition: they add extra weight to a house, thereby requiring a robust and expensive structure. The roof itself must be carefully protected against water leakage.

Venture across the vanquished Iron Curtain to see strikingly modern homes in Poland, Russia, and beyond.

Ready to play spot the modern home? The built and natural environments are virtually indistinguishable at these covert dwellings.

These homes with planted roofs nestle into their country surroundings.

Innovative residences in Poland prove that the only way to go is east.

No matter the month, it's never too cold or too early to start planning for major eco-impact.

With forethought and engineering, a rooftop can be a very valuable bit of real estate. Here are six cool roofs that not only work overhead, but underfoot.

One of our perennial favorite departments at Dwell is Off the Grid, our monthly section devoted to sustainable architecture, materials and techniques.

These four pairs of modern dwellings and their past counterparts explore the evolution of architectural styles through the ages.

As San Francisco prepares for a few showers in the next few days, we've gathered up eight of our favorite roofs we'd like to take cover under.

As the legendary American impresario Sol Hurok once said, "The sky's the limit if you have a roof over your head.” Here we highlight eight of the best roofs from California to Poland, straight from…

From the United States to Poland to South Korea, living roofs have taken off.

In southwest Poland, architect Robert Konieczny, of KWK Promes, raises the roof—with sod intact—on Jacek Perkowski’s modernist rural getaway.