Technology
Read the rest of R6 is a Daylit Boutique Residence for Transient Urbanites in South Korea Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: community, cross-ventilation, Daylighting, eco design, [...] Read »
Read the rest of Silvervillan is a Low-Impact & Low-Energy Home in Sweden Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", eco design, eco house, energy efficient [...] Read »
Read the rest of 24 Gorgeous Green Lamps That Look Great With Energy-Saving LED Bulbs Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: energy efficient lighting, green design, green floor lamps, [...] Read »
Read the rest of Edmonton Airport Unveils Massive Air-Cleaning Living Green Wall! Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "green wall", "living wall", "sustainable architecture", airport, [...] Read »
So you finally got around to hanging some hooks on the wall by your front door, or maybe you even bought a coat rack, but what about your keys, your phone, your dogs toys, and all the other [...] Read »
Need an escape from your fellow office workers? Or maybe a serene space to concentrate on what youre doing? The Private Rocker, designed by Cranbrook product design student Kyle Fleet in [...] Read »
Read the rest of Modular Mazda Shipping Container Car Dealership To Be Built in Phases Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Cargotecture, eco design, green architecture, Green Building, [...] Read »
We recently spotted these nifty wool bowls by MIO at ICFF during New York Design Week. Even though theyre not new to the scene, we were so enamored by their cute design, we couldnt help but [...] Read »
Lighting designer Christopher Poehlmann is no stranger to Inhabitat or the International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York City. Although 2012 marks CP Lightings 18th year at the ICFF, [...] Read »
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Miscellaneous
The destruction of rainforests has long been a huge cause of concern for environmentalists due to trees ability to capture carbon — however a new collaborative study published in the journal [...] Read »
In order to operate as efficiently as possible, maximizing the amount of sun energy they convert into electricity, solar panels must be regularly cleaned and maintained. With this in mind, a [...] Read »
Read the rest of Berlins Technik Museum Is Topped with a Historic Candy Bomber Plane Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "wind power", 'Candy Bomber', Architecture, German Museum [...] Read »
Miscellaneous
A very short little note about a diagram we made yesterday. The fuller story is over at Helsinki Design Lab, which notes how my interest in The Shard tower in London was piqued by Bryan tweeting [...] Read »
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[Image: " Zero-Gravity Design " at the Domus Academy in Milan]. Given all the justifiable excitement in the past few days about the successful launch of SpaceX , Milan's Domus Academy is hosting [...] Read »
Algae fuel and other biofuels have gained popularity in recent years to the point that even the US Military has adopted it as jet fuel. Given its recent rise to prominence, its not particularly [...] Read »
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Nissan has announced plans to release a new electric compact van, the e-NV200 that will be produced in Barcelona starting in 2013. The new electric van will be Nissans second all-electric vehicle [...] Read »
"Envisioned by Amsterdam-based studio Hans van Heeswijk Architecten, Rieteiland House and is a 2,900 square foot, three story home especially developed for the van Heeswijk family. The residence [...] Read »
[Image: Art by Joe Alterio ]. New Yorkers, stop by Studio-X NYC tonight, Wednesday, May 23rd, at 7pm for free drinks and the launch of Man-Made Lands , "a collection of seven stories and five [...] Read »
Two design competitions that might catch your eyes and ears: 1) Legendary L.A. radio station KCRW is looking for a mobile sound booth : a "space where conversation can happen amidst the urban [...] Read »
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(c)Stanton Williams The winning competition entry by Stanton Williams Architects for the Museum of Concrete Art and Design to be located in Ingolstadt, Germany. The museum retrofits a disused [...] Read »
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Most Chippewa Middle School students havent been to Hong Kong or South Africa, but on Tuesday they took a tour of those places and others parts of the world under the wings of architecture buff [...] Read »
News
The 620-m-tall Landmark Tower, designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop, will dominate Seoul's 3.4-million-sq-m multibuilding Yongsan International Business District. Read »
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