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Hauptman Products Inc. (HPI) was founded five years ago with a mission to create well designed products that are socially and environmentally responsible. Judging by the aesthetics and specs of their

As part of the ongoing renovation of Coney Island (Brooklyn), the infamous Stillwell Subway station has recently unveiled a 76,000 square foot solar roof manufactured by RWE SCHOTT Solar. The station has

GEORGIE BENCH

54Dean is a Brooklyn based design duo making some remarkable furniture. The studio’s Georgie Bench (named after George Nelson’s famous slat bench), is made with sustainability in mind, thanks

MATT GAGNON RECYCLED PAPER TABLE

Something about Matt Gagnon’s work is just indefinably superb. He seems to have a penchant for design feng shui; an innate sense of the alchemy of form and material. Whatever it is, Matt

RAMMED EARTH

Have you been dying to know what rammed earth is? Well, today is your lucky day. Alternative builder / programmer Richard Schave is here to explain it to us… Rammed earth is an ancient building

PHILIPS LED CANDLE

I have mixed feeling about candles. On the one hand, candles are simple, pretty, and can the soft glow of one can enhance the mood of any space. The scented kind can be particularly soothing, if the scent

VEDIC ARCHITECTURE

Tired of Feng Shui, and looking for a new eastern philosophy on which to govern your design choices? No? Well either way, its time to check out Vedic design. While many of us are familiar with the ancient

SMARTWRAP: Interactive Building Film

On display at the Cooper Hewitt back in 2003, Smartwrap is a thin plastic film designed to envelop a building, acting as a multi-tasking, intelligent wall. Smartwrap integrates the currently segregated

SUNLIGHT DIRECT – Sunlight Transportation for the home

Nothing in the realm of new technology gets me more excited than sunlight transportation. Since sunlight is our most infinitely renewable resource, I am amazed that it has taken us so long to start

MODERN BIRDHOUSES

Have you met Jr., Richard and Ralph? Three distant cousins of Beaver Cleaver? No, they are the three different models available from Modern Birdhouses, a small company manufacturing a sleek, modernist

CRADLE TO CRADLE CERTIFICATION

There’s nary an eco-design fan who hasn?t seen Cradle to Cradle, the eye-catching book from Melcher Media by William McDonough and Michael Braungart of MBDC (McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry).

RECYCLED NEWSPAPER PENCILS – $5.60 for 10

Pencils made from rolled discarded newspaper that don’t break when dropped and last twice as long as regular pencils? Yes, please! Myobon’s pencils appeal to Mom and Dad’s green sense as well as

SKYSCRAPER FARMING

By the year 2050, nearly 80% of the earth’s population will reside in urban centers. An estimated 109 hectares of new and (about 20% more land than is represented by the country of Brazil) will be

URBAN UNDERGROUND AGRICULTURE

If you’ve ever been to Tokyo, you know that beneath the crowded streets, unexpected worlds exist. Subway exits lead to awe-inspiring underground food courts, where every culinary delight under the

BOOPOP & MOXBOX

Design company Moxbox has a thing for swingin’ sixties names like “Moxipop” and “Chromosomo” And, as one might expect from a company with a “Barberella” screen,

CONVERTIBLE “POUF” TRANSFORMS FROM CHAIR TO BED

At Design Within Reach I spotted this fabulous 3-in-1 furniture piece which converts from bed, to chair, to table. Called a “pouf” (and I’m not really sure why) this space-saving sleep

MODERNIST MURPHY BEDS

Readers of Inhabitat may have noticed that I have a thing for folding furniture. Transformer furniture is just so much more space-saving and efficient than regular furniture. I really feel that all

reTHINK / reDESIGN / reCYCLE

The AIA Chicago Young Architect’s Forum is currently accepting entries for reThink / reDesign / reCycle, – a two-phase juried competition that seeks proposals for an ecologically intelligent,

LIVING ART

I discovered New York City botanical artist Paula Hayes while on my morning jog through the east village. I kept passing this mysterious shop window on E13th street full of beautiful glass terrariums, and

HILTON GOES GREEN

Hilton Hotels is about to open America’s first green hotel, in Vancouver, Washington. The 226 room hotel was designed to be green in almost every way, and will be the first LEED-certified major

SCRAPILE REVISITED

Word is out on the street that Brooklyn furniture company Scrapile has added a bunch of new designs to their fabulous line of recycled wood scrap furniture. I love these guys, so I am very excited to hear

GREENLIFE at NEOCON

The NeoCon 2005 conference is wrapping up today in Chicago. If you find yourself in the area with some free time and you’re reading this ? well, you have to move quickly, cause today’s the

Print a house in 24 hours with robots!

You may have heard of 3D printing, but did you know that rapid prototyping has grown to architectural scale? Inventor Behrokh Khoshnevis has developed a contour crafting machine which will allow one to

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Canada’s first LEED building makes wine

Stratus Vineyards in the Niagara region of Ontario has the distinct honour of being recognized as the worlds first LEED certified winery and the first building to be certified by LEED Canada. Designed by

ECOSPHERE

For all those out there who are too lazy to feed your fish, and too broke to afford a fine art terrarium ? your salvation has arrived in the form of the Ecosphere. These sealed glass mini-biospheres are

TOYO ITO’s tree building

Is architecture the future of branding? Looking at retail trends over the past 5 years one might draw that conclusion. When Prada hired Rem Koolhaus to design their flagship NYC store in 2001, fashion

PERIPHERE

Periphere is a Montreal?based brother & sister design duo who makes beautiful furniture like this decorative Uno chair(above), and Iceberg table(below). I spotted Periphere at ICFF, where their

SOLAR PANEL ROOF TILES

Everyone knows that using solar energy is a great way to conserve energy AND lower your energy bills. So why haven’t more people jumped on the solar energy bandwagon yet? Researchers think it has a

RECYCLED FERRY HOME

How many of you have wished you could trade your apartment & crappy office space for a floating live/work houseboat in the San Francisco Bay? I know I have. I came across an article in last

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