Technology
Read the rest of Breezy Casa Mecano Adapts to its Tropical Environment in Costa Rica Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", casa mecano, Costa Rica, eco [...] Read »
Read the rest of The Cocoon House is an Amorphous Green-Roofed Retreat on a UNESCO Heritage Site Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "natural materials", cocoon house, eco design, [...] Read »
Read the rest of Liverpool Villahermosa Department Store Gets a Twisting Concrete Double Skin Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: concrete louvers, Eco Architecture, eco design, [...] Read »
Read the rest of AirHotel: 6 High-Flying Hotel Rooms Made of Recycled Materials in Belgium Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Air Hotel, belgium, eco design, eco-tourism, green [...] Read »
Dog poop in public parks can really be the pits however a new campaign by DDB in Mexico includes a genius incentive to get dog owners to clean up their pup’s leavings. For every “deposit” [...] Read »
Cardboard becomes a sleek and modern material choice with NBT Studios AmbiHive, an ambient wall light and high-tech speaker all-in-one. Made from sustainable Inverted Corrugated Board (ICB), [...] Read »
Dutch Designer Dirk Vander Kooij repurposed an industrial robot to produce new designs from recycled e-waste. Unveiled during Milan Design Week, his Satellite floor lamp is a beautiful object [...] Read »
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Miscellaneous
Read the rest of Meet the Tiny House Family Who Built an Amazing Mini Home for Just $12,000 Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: 000 House, cheap home, family who built 12, karl and [...] Read »
It's the first of the month - time for me to start working on the May 2012 Calendar of Chicago Architectural Events .We've got quite a bit for this week so far. Among the highlights: Today, [...] Read »
"Nestled in a cascading, west facing ravine with a dramatic slab of rock defining the northern edge and a stunning outlook over the azure blue of the Andaman Sea to the south, our commission; [...] Read »
Candles can transform nondescript spaces into soothing and romantic scenes, but they can also be a fire waiting to happen (considering 5% of all home fires are started by candles), and a smoky, waxy [...] Read »
Would you like a throne of your own, or perhaps a fluffy picnic space? Lichtbed is an experimental project by architecture practice 51n4e and textile designers Chevalier-Masson and Julie Vandenbroucke. [...] Read »
The American Academy in Rome recently announced the winners of the 116th annual Rome Prize Competition. Recipients of the 2012-2013 prizes are provided with a fellowship that includes a stipend, [...] Read »
Miscellaneous
click images for larger view Supersize Marilyn, Chicago's plaything , about to skip town May 7th . Read »
Drive down a two-lane highway in the rural Midwest and youre likely to encounter decaying buildings, maybe a half-collapsed barn, and abandoned silos. Industrial agriculture has reshaped Americas [...] Read »
Ayyüce also says that with governments such as Los Angeles now less financially able to maintain parks and other such amenities, big business set about increasingly co-opting -- or, picking [...] Read »
Each year, more than 1.3 million visitors enter and exit through our doors to behold Frank Lloyd Wrights spiraling architecture... After years of constant use, the single revolving door and [...] Read »
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Read the rest of Superstudio Designers Shine Bright at the Milan Furniture Fair Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "green furniture", 2012 milan design week, 2012 Milan Furniture [...] Read »
[In an industrial age] the house is the last of the handcrafted objects Eugene Weston IKEA Remakes Sustainable Versions Of Classic Pieces | Iron Chef Designer Challenge | Shigeru Ban’s Christchurch [...] Read »
Photo: Gizmag Were huge fans of stand-working here at Inhabitat, so when we spotted this cool work pod that channels the power of pedaling, we were immediately enamored. The WeBike is a super-eco-friendly [...] Read »
Palm Oil photo from Shutterstock Theres been a great deal of buzz lately about palm oil — the edible oil largely sourced in Indonesia and Malaysia from the fruit of the oil palm, which can [...] Read »
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photos (c) Bruce Damonte The Richardson apartments in San Francisco were named in honour of political & civil activists Drs. Julian + Raye Richardson and provides supportive housing to 120 formerly [...] Read »
This Saturday, May 5 at 11am I'll be giving a walking tour of parts of Tribeca, Soho, and the West Village. The focus of the tour, which is organized with the 92YTribeca, focuses on recent changes [...] Read »
Archinect had the opportunity to speak with Tadao Ando. Check out the Interview: 20 Minutes with a Master. b3tadine[sutures] was so inspired that he posted three times and archaalto wrote "I [...] Read »
Skywalking basically involves a photographer making his way up to a death-defying height, and snapping a photo thats meant to give you both a perspective youve never seen before, and that feeling [...] Read »
When the hotel workers released a short film a few months later that vividly made the connection between poverty and the uprising, there was a memorable freak-out in the Convention Bureau and [...] Read »
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