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Sustainable Day-lit House in Greenwich Boasts Enviable Panoramic Bay Views
Since the homes’ residents had lived in a house on the land previously, the orientation of the bedrooms and living rooms was required to follow specific guidelines in order to maintain the family’s...
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10 Brilliant Green ‘Designs to Improve Life’ Shortlisted for the 2013 INDEX:...
Lepsis Terrarium Grows Edible Grasshopers As the world’s population expands and resources for producing food become scarce, the World Health Organization thinks that we could all do with more insects...
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Chinese Man Lives in Portable House He Carries on his Back Like a Snail
One traveling man in China has made his home part of his wardrobe by carrying a hand made shelter on his back like a snail. China News caught up with Liu Lingchao, a 38 year old man who makes his...
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Richard Rogers’ Prefab Homeshell Built in Just 24 Hours in London!
Richard Rogers’ practice, Rogers Stirk Harbour and Partners (RSHP), has designed the Homeshell as a way of addressing the increasing housing problem in the UK, and as an opportunity to experiment with...
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Nike’s Shanghai Concept Store is Made With 50,000 Old CDs, 5,500 Used Soda Cans
Everything inside Nike’s newest concept store in Shanghai is made from trash,except for the products on sale of course. Taiwanese architectural firm Miniwiz Sustainable Development Ltd. used 5,500 soda...
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Stink Bug Populations Could Harm Late-Season Harvests
Halyomorpha halys, better known as the stink bug, was accidentally introduced into the United States in 1998. Being known as an invasive species in recent years, this bug has infested homes from the...
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CityHEART is an Interactive Sculpture Made from Upcycled Bicycle Wheels
Architect and artist Casey Milbrand wrote a love letter to his hometown of Buffalo by creating a gorgeous upcycled sculpture called CityHEART. Made from twenty five disused bicycle wheels, the...
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INTERVIEW: Home Improvement Legend Bob Vila Talks to Us About Green Building
Bob Vila’s name has been synonymous with home improvement since he helped launch This Old House in 1979. After nearly thirty years of producing and hosting television shows about the world of home...
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BOOK REVIEW: Bridgette Meinhold’s Urgent Architecture Showcases 40...
James&Mau’s Casa El Tiemblo is an energy-efficient home made of four stacked shipping containers. Urgent Architecture is an organized, straightforward, no-nonsense collection of prefabricated,...
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85% of Brazilian leather goes to markets sensitive to environmental concerns
Around 40% of beef and 85% of leather production serve markets that are potentially sensitive to environmental concerns, providing a partial explanation as to why Brazilian producers have made recent...
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