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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Jargon Watch: Fattelo. It's Italian for Do It Yourself, and here is a lamp to get you started
The 01Lamp is a demonstration of what we have been calling downloadable design; you can make it from a pizza box.
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Cool facade features movable modular skin of recycled pallets
Recycled pallets are the main material in this undulating modular facade of hinged shutters.
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Shed of the Year Competition has some inspiring entries
Vote for your favourite Tardis, Pub shed, home office or eco-shed.
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No, Sweat! furniture combines workspace with workout
Office suite of furniture is designed to let you take a break from your workday and get fit.
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Build a Free Things Box for your front yard
Freecyclers will love this project, which teaches you how to build a stand where neighbors can share tools, toys, books and anything else they want to freecycle.
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Yet another survey confirms: Young people want to be in town near transit, not in the suburbs
Canadian study shows different priorities for first-time home buyers.
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The Upcycle House goes beyond recycling
The architects claim it's " the first house build only from upcycled and environmentally sustainable materials". Is it?
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Batik teddy bears raise money for clean water in Mali
These irresistible little batik bears will help Malian villagers build a well.
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NY Design/ ICFF Preview: Patty Johnson
The peripatetic international designer explains it all in Core77
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Arkansas' Thorncrown Chapel under threat from energy company
The state motto of Arkansas is "The Natural State" and it is the remarkable beauty of the Ozarks with its dense, lush forest, caves, streams and waterfalls that helped earn this moniker. It will be a true shame if SWEPCO is able to win this fight.
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Quotes of the Day: Joe Lstiburek on the good, the bad and the ugly side of buildings
Andrew Michler does a great interview of the building science consultant in Inhabitat
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Cool but endangered conical houses get preservation treatment in Indonesia
Working with the local community on a remote island, a young architect is determined to ensure the survival of traditional building lore.
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Student designed "Elevator B" tower to boost Buffalo's bee populations
In the hopes of increasing local bee numbers, University of Buffalo architecture students created this intriguing wild urban bee habitat.
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There's nothing new about space-saving design
LifeEdited digs into the archives and finds that people have been designing transformer furniture for years.
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Do shipping container houses make sense for disaster relief housing?
Sometimes it seems that architects jump through too many hoops just because they love the idea of the things.
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Build your own log lounge chair for $30
Simultaneously modern and rustic, this fantastic chair is an entry in the Instructables Green Design Contest -- and you can make your own in less than 6 hours for $30!
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Stylish apartments built from stonecutting town's wasted material (Video)
Shortlisted for the 2013 Aga Khan Awards, this elegant building makes good use of wasted stone generated from a town's large stonecutting industry.
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What's new at NY Design Week and ICFF: DesignX on 3D Printing
Get an education in 3D printing right on the ICFF showroom floor
