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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Venice bans all fossil fuel powered boats- for five hours on Sunday
If only it could always be this way with less pollution, fewer boats and no destructive waves.
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12 year old Manhattan Museum to be demolished, it's "too opaque."
Tod Williams and Billie Tsien join the Rubble Club, as The Museum of Modern Art tears down their nice bit of modern art.
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Affordable bamboo housing floats when it floods
Severe flooding is a major concern in many parts of the world, but this low-cost bamboo house may literally help its inhabitants keep afloat during a disaster.
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London's annual Design Museum Competition winners announced
It's the Academy Awards of the design world, so let's see who's in the running.
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In the great Cities vs Suburbs battle, companies and workers are voting with their feet and moving downtown
In this corner, the city represented by Richard Florida; in that corner, the suburbs represented by Joel Kotkin. The numbers give it to Florida.
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Heavy duty hardware designed by Tom Kundig will outlast any building
The architect of gutsy solid buildings designs door pulls and rollers to match.
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Wooden LEGOs from Mokurukku: A non-plastic alternative
Detest plastic toys? Check out these natural, biodegradable children's building blocks from Japanese design company Mokurukku.
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RIP Paolo Soleri, architect of Arcosanti, 1919- 2013
The great visionary architect and builder of a green urban laboratory in the desert's work was barely started.
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DIY: How to tell if a pallet is safe to re-use
Find how to decipher what's stamped on your pallet to see if it's safe or not for your project.
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Just What We Needed Dept: we were wrong about the Hutzler Banana Slicer
Last year I called it one of the dumbest inventions ever; Amazon reviewers say otherwise.
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Build your own transformer bed that turns into a desk
Graham Phakos did, with an interesting design that does everything the expensive Italian jobs do.
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More hot poop on composting toilets
A look at what has changed, and how much has actually stayed the same.
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Teachbox puts pop-out puzzles for kids on disaster relief supply boxes
The cardboard box has always been the quintesential toy for kids. With this creative design, it also becomes a puzzle and teaching tool.
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Warehouse adapted for collaborative innovation
This 247,500-square-foot dry-dock space has been transformed into an educational facility, where several schools can mix together and exchange ideas.
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Nomadic Resorts' self-sufficient living pod packs luxuries
Inspired by the caterpillar, the Looper is a conceptual prefab tent with all the amenities.
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Home made chairs are DIY and accessible
These tables and chairs are easily made and assembled .
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The House on Limekiln Line
An extraordinary off grid home built with local materials, that fits right into the rural Ontario landscape.
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Passivhaus Precedents: Zero Energy House from 1970s recognized with award
The passive house principles didn't just pop out of thin air, but were based on the work of others before it. But why are some precedents missing in action?
