How New York City plans to survive the next storm
The Building Resiliency Task Force presented a report to New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg on ways the city should adapt to better handle the next superstorm.
Latest Stories in Design - Page 15
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No Logos and no Noise allowed at UK Department Store
Here's the question: is Heinz ketchup still desirable without its logo?
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Architectural Valentines: Love means never having to say you’re Saarinen
They are all over the internet today; here are some that relate to buildings we have shown on TreeHugger
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A vision of the urban building of the future
Giant engineering firm Arup once again looks at they way we might build in the future, and it's alive.
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Artist carves haunting natural forms into discarded objects (Photos)
There's more than one way to reuse old things -- this artist whittles new life into stuff he finds in Montreal's streets.
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"Homeworkers" can customize this clever desk
Designed for the home-based office or studio, this fully adaptable desk lets you add on different dedicated surfaces, accessories and storage as you need it.
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Paul Rudolph's Orange County Government Center saved
They won't be demolishing it to build a cutesy pastiche after all
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Softkill Design joins race to build the first 3D printed house
The clever design is built up of smaller pieces clicked together on site in a day. But will it keep the rain out?
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Affordable ceramic purifier uses nanoparticles to clean water
Using ceramics and metal nanoparticles, a non-profit organization from University of Virginia is making these simple but effective purifiers that can eliminate up to 99.9% of waterborne pathogens.
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Brooklyn designer rescues landfilled wood for stylish geometric furniture
The colors and shapes of discarded wood are reused for maximum beauty and utility in Ariele Alasko's tasteful furniture.
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Are Main Streets a thing of the past, or are they just getting ready for their closeup?
Kaid Benfield at the NRDC suggests that they are artifacts or tourist attractions; In fact they may well be the new economy
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Floor to ceiling glass is not green.
It's time to stop pretending that you can build a building this way and call it green; Even the best glass is worse than a crappy wall.
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Bercy Chen completes high-tech update of traditional pit house
Taking a traditional native American design and updating it for the 21st Century
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Transformer desk turns into bedroom
Athanasia Leivaditou designs the perfect desk for all-nighters, described as 1.6 Square Meter of Life
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The Week in Design, From Shipping Containers to Shipping Pallets
What else did you expect? How about literal dumpster diving and the world's greenest building?
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Go To Sleep in a Sleepbox
The tiny sleeping rooms designed for airports land in an old Moscow building; they are more than a hostel and less than a hotel.
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Glowing Terrarium Desk Soothes Work-Related Stress
This custom-made desk brings out the best of low-maintenance indoor gardening in a thoughtful design.
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Technicolor Furniture Collection Reuses Textiles of the Silk Road
Inspired by age-old cultures and fabrics of the historic silk route between East and West, Beirut's Bokja Design creates upcycled furniture with a story to tell.
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I'm On a Boat. On a Roof. In London. (Exclusive Pics)
Picture this: on-the-spot shots of this adorable boat on top of a theatre in the middle of London
