Tag: Buildings - Page 6
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Best of Inhabitat: 6 Super-Cool Floating Homes and Habitats
It used to be that rising tides due to climate change were just a far-off fear - now they're a present-day reality. But we all know that humans are a race of survivors, and some of the best designs come out of the necessity to adapt to environmental
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An iPhone App about Biomimetic Architecture: BioDesign #3 by Dennis Dollens
This seems to be the year for green iPhone apps, with already over 100 to choose from, including TreeHugger's own which was launched last month and the Green Map app launched recently. Now here is one for the biomimicry and architecture fans amongst
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Live Like Rent Free, Energy And Water Efficient, Jetsons
Want to live rent free for a year, and pay no costs for energy and water needs? Not enough incentive for you? How about the possibility of having a plug-in electric car in your garage, as well?
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21st Century Tech Meets 15th Century Architecture
Can you imagine the Eiffel Tower with wind turbines? The Taj Mahal with rooftop solar panels? No matter how much you support renewable energy, it's jarring to think about
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Twins' New Stadium to Cut Water Use in Half
When the year's first calls of "Play ball!" are heard in baseball stadiums around the United States, the Minnesota Twins will be fielding their team on a field that's greener than ever. Among
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We Win Yet Again. Australia Amongst the World's Most in Debt
Look out America! Australia wants to beat you at the dubious record awards. First we stole the title of world's best per capita greenhouse emitters, then we robbed you of the biggest new homes trophy. Then last month we
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Real Life Flintstones House Lures Tourists in Portugal
It's a bit of a shame that the easiest way to describe this magnificent structure requires reference to a cartoon from the 1960s, but the way in which it
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Factory from Pink Floyd's Animals Has a Rockin' Past and a Green Future
There's no band in history with more iconic album covers than Pink Floyd, and there's perhaps no more iconic album cover than that of the band's 1977 album Animals. The photo, with that big inflatable pig soaring between the towers, has become
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Best and Worst of 2009: The Year (and Decade) in Review
In another week, it's out with the old and in with the new, but what about that old? Now's the time to reflect on the big events, the changes to the world as we know it. Over the next two weeks, we will dish up a total of 14 slideshows, focusing on
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Forest Carbon Management: Let's Brainstorm The Trade-offs
Often lately when I post numbers, and especially if I offer a definitive analysis on climate, I get blasted by some of you data-drivens, and endure a few silly
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Australia Has The Biggest Homes in the World
The recent discussion on the size of living space, both for New Yorkers and TreeHugger writers reminded me of a report out last month indicating that Australia has now overtaken the United States in the size of new homes. In figures
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Tubular Skylights for Ad Hoc Daylighting Are Totally Cool
Even the most incredible light bulb technology cannot compete with the warmth -- and energy-efficiency -- of natural light. The only problem with natural light is that not every house has been built with daylighting
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Gensler's Gervais Thompkin at Opportunity Green on Rethinking the Modern Workspace (Video)
As a principal for global architecture megahouse Gensler, Gervais Thompkin has rethought how multi-disciplinary scientific communities collaborate, helped support a shift from post-crime forensics to pre-crime intelligence, reduced the carbon footprint
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Jeff Bezos Wants to Fly You to Space and 10 More Stories From Fast Company
We still haven't found a better way to sleep off a turkey feast than beach ourselves in front of the boob tube. But that doesn't mean there aren't better
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ReBurbia Winner Reimagines McMansions as Suburban Living Machines
Image: ReBurbia When Ken Eklund created his alternate reality game World Without Oil, one of the emergent themes of the "historical pre-enactment" was that the suburbs became ghost towns. As populations ballooned and fuel prices surged, the distant burbs
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A Conversation with 7 Planning Directors: Theft is a Good Thing!
Planning Directors from 7 forward thinking cities
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The Best of Fast Company: BP's Bid to Move Beyond Petroleum, Growing Algae in Abandoned Mines, and a Green Makeover for the Humvee
This week at Fast Company, we looked at BP's move into next-generation biofuels, a plan to grow algae quickly and efficiently in abandoned mines, EnerDel's hybrid makeover of the Humvee, and the world's tallest green building.
