One Building, One City: World's tallest prefab, Sky City, is breaking ground in June

Sky City will be 2750 feet tall, 220 stories, housing 30,000 people in 4450 apartments. That's sustainable design.

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  Sleeping Around: A Shipping Container Hotel That's on the Move

  January 23, 11:27 AM by Lloyd Alter in Modular Design

  Because shipping containers really hate to stand still.

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  Model Home for Living With Less Built in New York City

  January 23, 10:17 AM by Lloyd Alter in Interior Design

  It's not a dollhouse, it's not a joke. It is a way to make better housing for single people.

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  More Detail on New York's Stunning Micro-Unit Competition Winner

  January 22, 2:38 PM by Guest in Modular Design

  nArchitects have designed a gorgeous looking building that breaks all the rules, and Mike Bloomberg lets them.

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  BREAKING: Winner Announced in New York City's Tiny Apartment Competition

  January 22, 12:21 PM by Lloyd Alter in Urban Design

  And the winner is.....

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  Should "Dominique" Have Been Evicted From 17-Square-foot Paris Apartment? (Survey)

  January 22, 9:55 AM by Lloyd Alter in Interior Design

  It is a question that comes up all the time: Why should there be laws about personal choices when it comes to housing?

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  Bridge Built from Shipping Containers Is Trendy, but Inefficient

  January 22, 9:03 AM by Lloyd Alter in Modular Design

  Once again, we ponder whether shipping containers make sense for this kind of use. Our curmudgeonly response? Probably not.

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  3D Printed House Is a Giant Möbius Strip

  January 21, 12:29 PM by Lloyd Alter in Green Architecture

  The architect claims it will be the first 3D printed house, but has he bit off more than he can chew?

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  Other Comments: Steve Mouzon on the Citadel, Kaid Benfield on the New American Home

  January 21, 10:39 AM by Lloyd Alter in Urban Design

  My valentines pick up on TreeHugger stories and add serious substance.

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  Be Careful Where You Get Your Pallets

  January 21, 8:21 AM by Lloyd Alter in Sustainable Product Design

  They could be really yucky, full of chemical preservatives or covered in food gunk.

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  Gizmodo Visits Graham Hill's Amazing LifeEdited Apartment

  January 21, 7:53 AM by Lloyd Alter in Interior Design

  TreeHugger founder Graham Hill's transformer apartment never looked better.

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  Happy 100th Birthday, Formica

  January 21, 7:21 AM by Lloyd Alter in Kitchen Design

  The ubiquitous countertop from the 1950s may be making a comeback.

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  From GlennBeckistan to the Citadel, The Week in Crazytown Design

  January 18, 2:55 PM by Lloyd Alter in Green Architecture

  Plus LEED Platinum monster houses, shipping pallets and colorful igloos

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  Artist's Herds of Manmade Objects Transform Wild Norwegian Landscape (Photos)

  January 18, 7:00 AM by Kimberley Mok in Sustainable Product Design

  Using recycled everyday objects, this artist draws attention to the relationship between humans and nature.

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  Glenn Beck's Independence Park: Utopia or Crazy Town?

  January 17, 1:41 PM by Lloyd Alter in Urban Design

  It starts off sounding quite reasonable, a vision of a community based on "education, independence, entrepreneurship and apprenticeship. "

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  Researchers Design a Wet and Mouldy Wall On Purpose

  January 17, 11:32 AM by Lloyd Alter in Green Architecture

  Usually you want to keep a building dry and free of lichen and moss; Barcelona researchers do the opposite.

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  Elegant Geometric Pavilion Built with Recycled Wooden Pallets

  January 17, 7:00 AM by Kimberley Mok in Green Architecture

  A beautiful, multifunctional space in the outdoors is created in Florence, Italy by reusing wooden shipping pallets.

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  IBS Home Gets LEED Points, But Misses the Green Point

  January 16, 3:28 PM by Lloyd Alter in Green Architecture

  At the annual builders' show, a massive green show home has all the bells and whistles, but none of the logic of sustainable building.

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  I Can Has Architect-designed Home? Feral Cats Get Big Digs

  January 16, 11:34 AM by Lloyd Alter in Green Architecture

  In New York CIty, feral cats get clever shelters to help them with life-threatening challenges.