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• WiredCompression is nature's glue.
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Architecture
You Can Help Redesign The Spaceship Buildings From 'Men In Black'
• popsci.comTHE iconic New York State Pavilion is in disrepair, but a competition wants to change that
This Village Is Built Almost Entirely of Plastic Bottles
• https://www.facebook.comThese homes built from plastic bottles are co-existing with nature while also protecting it
Living in a greenhouse: One family's experiment in sustainable living
• gizmag.comDutch stylist Helly Scholten is interested in living sustainably, so when the chance came to move herself and her family into an experimental sustainable house designed by Rotterdam University students and researchers, she jumped at it.
Welcome to Sunrise Domes!
• sunrisedomes.comGeodesic Domes were invented by R. Buckminster Fuller in the 1960's, and are a revolutionary building structure with many advantages over conventional rectangular designs:
Signature Edition of Floating Seahorse home unveiled
• gizmag.comWhen the Floating Seahorse floating home was first unveiled, it had the look of something that might well stay on the drawing board.
Australia's First Smart City Promises To Be Anathema To Privacy And Liberty
• https://www.technocracy.news, Max OprayWelcome to the future of total information awareness and smart cities. Adelaide is the first Smart City that will employ everything that the Internet of Things has to offer, from camera surveillance to control over energy via smart grid. This is the
Shipping containers offer welcome homes in Phoenix
• http://www.cbsnews.comPHOENIX -- A stack of shipping containers sitting in a lot in an industrial section of Phoenix has some developers thinking inside the box.
Europe pushes the houseboat out at Dubai's The World
• gizmag.comEver wondered what it looks like if you combine Dubai's wealth, ambition, coastline and climate?
San Francisco passes law requiring new buildings to be topped with solar panels
• http://www.gizmag.com, Nick LavarsSan Francisco has passed a law requiring all new buildings below 10 stories to have solar panels installed on their rooftops.
Behold What Brooklyn's New Tallest Skyscraper Will Look Like
• popsci.comI call it the 'Glitchtower'
UFO home concept floats off-grid ocean living
• http://www.gizmag.com, John AndersonWhile you can always head for the hills to wait out the apocalypse, a more stylish option could be a fully sustainable floating home from Italian mini yacht-maker Jet Capsule.
An Island Fit For A Bond Villain
• popsci.comThe new lifestyle for the rich and famous
ZED Pod would turn parking lots into sustainable communities
• http://www.gizmag.com, Adam WilliamsParking lots take up a lot of space in our towns and cities - could they be put to better use while still remaining functional? That's the thinking behind a new project by British architecture firm ZED Factory. Its ZED Pod is a small solar-powered
Ex-boat builder designs unique off-grid tiny house
• gizmag.comEx-boat builder and carpenter Jeff Hobbs from New Zealand-based studio Room to Move was recently commissioned to build a special bespoke tiny house for local resident Briar Hale.
Could you live in a ventilation shaft?
• http://www.gizmag.com, Adam WilliamsPeople's Architecture Office (PAO) has a knack for designing thought-provoking - if impractical - housing ideas.
Richard Gage: Silverstein's confession to designing new WTC-7 BEFORE 9/11 incredible!
• http://www.veteranstoday.com, By Kevin BarrettArrest Silverstein NOW for foreknowledge of high treason and mass murder
Spanish cave house resembles a scaled dragon looking out to sea
• http://www.gizmag.com, Adam WilliamsDrive through rural Spain, especially the south, and you'll find lots of cave houses built into hillsides. With searing heat throughout much of the year, keeping cool is the main worry and cave houses have excellent thermal properties.
Shipping container-based housing comes to South Texas
• gizmag.comSan Antonio, Texas-based firms Development Strategies, Inc and Alamo Architects recently completed the first phase of a shipping container-based housing development in Encinal, TX. The project comprises seven container-based apartments and focuses on
Home is where the Hub is:
• gizmag.comSelf-contained module turns empty spaces into living spaces
Tiny Houses for the Masses: 84 Lumber Launches Packages Starting at $7K
• http://www.cnbc.com, Jenny XieIf you thought the tiny house movement was just a fad, think again...
Roving tiny house kit caters for DIYers or unhandy buyers
• http://www.gizmag.com, Adam WilliamsUS building supplies firm 84 Lumber has joined the burgeoning small living movement with the launch of a new tiny house range that aims to cater to anyone's skills and budget, from screwdriver-phobes to DIY experts.
100% solar-powered super villa makes Arab housing sustainable again
• http://inhabitat.comAfter oil ushered in an era of excess, many people in the Middle East stopped building sensible homes adapted to harsh weather conditions.
Bling is so last decade. Now everyone wants their own bourgeois bunker
• http://www.independent.co.uk, Rosie MillardFarrow & Ball paint? Check. Playroom? Check. Home office? Yep
Carlo Ratti's mile-high park in the sky would be world's tallest building
• gizmag.comIf Carlo Ratti's newly-announced observation tower comes to fruition (and it's a big "if"), it will be as much a sight to behold as the views it provides.
Bioclimatic dome home in Costa Rica built with Nader Khalili's earth bag technique
• http://inhabitat.comEarth bag construction is taking off around the world, in large part thanks to Cal-Earth in Hesperia, California.
This amazing guy grew a Church with the help of trees. And, its the most peaceful ...
• http://amazingbeautifulworld.complace in the world...For some people, the worship of nature and the divine go hand in hand. They see the overwhelming beauty in the world around them and can't help but see the hand of some otherworldly force at work.
Ziggurat-like vertical farming tower would soak up the sun in Paris
• inhabitat.comWith cities increasingly squeezed for space, the future of urban gardening will likely lie with vertical farms.
MVRDV's green-roofed shopping mall shimmers like a giant pearl in Beijing
• inhabitat.comRotterdam-based studio MVRDV has unveiled designs for the Chongwenmen M-Cube, a pearlescent shopping center nearing completion in the heart of Beijing.
Gorgeous LEED Gold-designed Chicago theater recycles 98% of the former building materials
• http://inhabitat.comStudio Gang Architects recently completed yet another gorgeous and environmentally friendly building in Chicagoland: The Writers Theater.
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