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Diller Scofidio + Renfro’s Gigantic Hirshhorn Bubble to Ooze Out of the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington D.C.

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7 Gorgeous Green Home Furnishings

Decorating your home can be a rewarding way to spend your time and money – and investing in beautiful, eco-friendly furnishings is a great way to express yourself and give any room a boost while supporting the environment. There is still a lingering stereotype about green design being boring or crunchy, but nothing could be further from the truth. There are many high-en... weiterlesen...

Guilherme Torres Recycles Brazilian Artist’s Home Into A New Live Work Space

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Abandoned Buildings Given a Literal “Face” Lift By Russian Street Artist Nomerz

Talk about a “face” lift! Making waves with his street art that transforms enormous abandoned structures into giant portraits, Russian artist Nikita Nomerz uses details already present at the sites he chooses to create his crazy faces. Nomerz travels to cities across his native country to make these creative pieces and as opposed to painting over a wall to create s... weiterlesen...

Abandoned Buildings Given a Literal “Face” Lift By Russian Street Artist Nomerz

Talk about a “face” lift! Making waves with his street art that transforms enormous abandoned structures into giant portraits, Russian artist Nikita Nomerz uses details already present at the sites he chooses to create his crazy faces. Nomerz travels to cities across his native country to make these creative pieces and as opposed to painting over a wall to create s... weiterlesen...

SOM Wins Master Plan Competition for Beijing Bohai Innovation City Along High Speed Rail Line

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Playful Never Never Land House is Built Around Trees in Ibiza

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Artist Makes Giant Winter Crop Circles Just by Walking in the Snow!

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Green Roofed Vancouver Residence Was the First LEED Platinum Home in Western Canada

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Stockpile Designs’ Jake Wright Upcycles Decommissioned Military Ammo Into Home Decor

Make your living room the bomb with Stockpile Design’s upcycled furniture and lamps made from decommissioned missiles and ammo. Designed by ex-military brat Jake Wright, the furniture and housewares will fuse some hard edge into your interior design. Available at his Etsy store, each piece is chock full of history repurposed into functional furniture. Read the rest of S... weiterlesen...

Plant Growing Sprout Table Brings Fresh Spring Greens to Any Meal

Getting the whole family to eat their vegetables can be a challenge – but thanks to this super cool Sprout Table by Swedish student, Lena Louise Meyer, you can harvest and grow veggies right in the middle of your kitchen table! Unveiled at the recent Stockholm Furniture Fair, the table combines traditional craft and modern design to bring eco-friendliness and env... weiterlesen...

Tenna, Switzerland Unveils World’s First Solar Wing-Powered Ski Lift

The tiny Swiss ski town of Tenna recently put itself on the map with the world’s first solar wing-powered chair lift! While solar-powered lifts are popping up in ski resorts all over the world, this is the only one with a string of photovoltaic “wings” that float on a string above the lift chairs all the way up the mountain. The little lift is quite popular ... weiterlesen...

Tenna, Switzerland Unveils World’s First Solar Wing-Powered Ski Lift

The tiny Swiss ski town of Tenna recently put itself on the map with the world’s first solar wing-powered chair lift! While solar-powered lifts are popping up in ski resorts all over the world, this is the only one with a string of photovoltaic “wings” that float on a string above the lift chairs all the way up the mountain. The little lift is quite popular ... weiterlesen...

Commuters Can Skate Through a Recycled Tree Forest in Winnipeg’s Winter Garden

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David Adjaye’s African-American Smithsonian Museum Breaks Ground This Week

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Apple Announces It Will Build America’s Largest End User–Owned Onsite Solar Array

Even as the company’s social record undergoes continued scrutiny, Apple has recently released its 2012 environmental report, in which the firm unveils plans to build America’s largest end user-owned onsite solar array at its massive data center in Maiden, North Carolina. The data center itself is LEED Platinum certified – the only building of its kind to receiv... weiterlesen...

Dome-Shaped Eco-Tourism Center in France is a Living Room in the Woods

Inca Architectes has designed a dome-shaped eco-tourism center that feels like a cozy living room in the woods. Commissioned by the Department Tourism Committee of Seine et Marne to protect the Gorges de Franchard biosphere reserve in Fontainebleau, the first such center in France is made of natural materials that have superficial foundations in order to keep their long-term env... weiterlesen...

Dutch Earnest Studio’s Multifunctional Furniture is More Than the Sum of Its Parts

Rotterdam-based designer Rachel Griffin created her multi-functional furniture Sum of the Parts by questioning why our objects are designed to be static when almost everything else in our lives is dynamic. Her transforming piece of furniture consists of various interlocking parts so the user can mix and match according to particular needs, engaging with the object in a playful ... weiterlesen...

The Wall of Zudaji by 403 Architecture is a Scrappy Shed Made From Leftover Materials

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The Wall of Zudaji by 403 Architecture is a Scrappy Shed Made From Leftover Materials

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