CAVE COMEBACK
Nothing suggests primitive like the archetypical caveman, but our less-evolved predecessors knew a thing or two...
BILLBOARD BUILDING
The Billboard Building in Moto Azabu, Tokyo, was conceived as more a billboard than a building (hence the name)....
THE CARDBOARD HOUSE
If you're a fan of prefab homes, you'll love this fabbest-of-prefab Cardboard House. The $35,000, all-cardboard...
FLOATING ISLAND
In 1970, Robert Smithson (of Spiral Jetty fame) drew this sketch for a new earthwork concept: a 30x90ft barge landscaped...
ZERO ENERGY HOUSE
There are green houses and then there green houses. Zoka Zola's Zero Energy House which is currently being designed...
THE NEW CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
The impending grand opening of the DeYoung Museum in San Francisco has been getting a lot of attention. I pass...
FLOATING POOL BAR
Its getting to that unbearably hot time of year, and this floating pool bar from Custom Design is starting to look...
MATA DE SESIMBRA
Ten years ago, BioRegional development Group opened BedZED, a "zero-energy" housing and business development in...
AN UNTRASHY TRAILER
If you are a fan of Modern design, and you are in the market for a trailer home, then the stars are aligning for...
MODERN YURTS
What structure is simple to erect, easy to move, and will keep you cozy on the windy Kyrgyz steppes? If you answered...
TREES FOR A GREEN LA
One side effect of our growing power demands is the Urban Heat Island Effect, which results in elevated outdoor...
MODERN-SHED
These days I'm feeling a little forlorn that I've moved away from the golden state, and thus missed CA Boom, which...
