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Broad Hospital

Broad Sustainable Buildings builds a COVID hospital in two days

This is the way you mix shipping container transport tech with spaces that work for human beings.

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter in Modular Design April 1, 2020

Mark Sanders with mask

Build your own face mask and respirator from a soda bottle

Sustainable Product Design

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter April 3, 2020

Toronto streetcar right of way

It's time to take back the streets for people who walk, run, or bike

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter March 31, 2020

Mrs. Dobson cleans her furniture in Tottenville

Interior design lessons from the coronavirus

Interior Design

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter March 30, 2020

CURA biohub

CURA is a hospital in a box

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter March 27, 2020

tiny home

The top US states for homesteading, tiny homes, and off-grid living

Melissa Breyer

By Melissa Breyer March 27, 2020

Jupe Care Unit

JUPE health is an 'immediate response to hospital overcrowding'

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter March 27, 2020

Woman bikes through bike lane surrounded by other cyclists and bikes in Amsterdam.

What does a gender-neutral city look like?

Lindsey Reynolds

By Lindsey Reynolds March 27, 2020

Alleycat interor

Alley Cat laneway house looks a lot bigger than it is

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter March 26, 2020

New York City

Urban density is not the enemy, it is your friend

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter March 25, 2020

exterior at night d(mountable building)

Cepezed's new offices are a demonstration of circular design

Green Architecture

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter March 25, 2020

Lloyd Alter teaching about simplicity

Teaching in a time of COVID-19

Green Architecture

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter March 24, 2020

Kitchoo in living room

How big a kitchen do you need in a tiny house?

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter March 24, 2020

planning your home

Home design lessons from the coronavirus

Green Architecture

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter March 23, 2020

Building science in a room

Can building science help reduce the risk of COVID-19?

Green Architecture

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter March 20, 2020

Toilet paper hoarding

How much toilet paper do you REALLY need? Try this calculator

Bathroom Design

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter March 19, 2020

Our local coffee shop

City, suburb or country? Where's the best place to ride out this crisis?

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter March 19, 2020

Empty aisles

Can't find any toilet paper? Get a bidet

Bathroom Design

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter March 16, 2020

desk

How to work from home and not go crazy

Interior Design

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter March 12, 2020

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Mark Sanders with mask

Build your own face mask and respirator from a soda bottle

drawing of earth and moon

Here's why the April super Pink Moon is so special

young plants

Now is the best time to plant a vegetable garden

Garbage in the streets of New York

We are about to get buried in garbage

Portrait of physicist Albert Einstein sitting in an armchair and smoking a pipe, circa 1932.

Why Albert Einstein hated capitalism

tool bench

Man sets up camera to see who was secretly cleaning his shed at night (video)

movie marquis with coronavirus advice

Common household products that can kill the coronavirus

Portrait of physicist Albert Einstein sitting in an armchair and smoking a pipe, circa 1932.

Why Albert Einstein hated capitalism

dreaming octopus

Sleeping octopus's changing camouflage narrates her dream (video)

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