NEW WORK FROM ANDREW MAYNARD

We were lucky enough this week to get a sneak peek of a new project by Andrew Maynard: a residential extension to an existing house in Melbourne. By prioritizing solar exposure and flexible construction,

PREFAB FRIDAY: Marmol Radziner

Sustainable design and prefabrication are two of our central obsessions here at Inhabitat. So when they come together in one sleek package, we take note. Lest you think we have been ignoring or

DALEX DESIGNS PAISLEY BENCH

Our friends at Core77 threw the hungry blogging pirhanas a tasty bite from Dalex Designs today — a little tool called a “toothbork” that is both a fork and a toothbrush. But I must say,

DOGTROT COTTAGE

In the sweltering climate of the Southeastern United States, a cool bit of shade can be a hot commodity. Long ago, before a cold blast of air was as simple as flipping the A/C switch, Southeastern

THE LA RIVER

Once again, we have the great pleasure of presenting a piece from guest contributor Geoff Manaugh, whose work regularly appears at BLDGBLOG and Archinect. [Image: Erik Gauger]. The first time many people

CAN BRAD PITT SAVE OUR PLANET?

PBS thinks so… The company has just announced a new television series about environmentally-friendly architecture called Design: E2, which will be narrated by starchitecture buff Brad Pitt.

SACRED SOIL: THE RAMMED-EARTH RECONCILIATION CHAPEL IN BERLIN

Risen literally from the dust of a divided Berlin, the Chapel of Reconciliation stands as one of the most compelling examples of contemporary rammed-earth architecture I’ve seen in a long time.

AIGA GROW CONFERENCE

We did the bi-coastal conference thing this weekend at Inhabitat. While our intrepid west-coast Inhabitants were staking out the CABoom conference in Santa Monica, I had the opportunity to check out

GORILLA FURNITURE DIVING BOARD TABLE

Gorillas may not be immediately associated with holistic lifestyles, but at Gorilla Furniture a holistic approach dictates the entire design process. Designers Dan Weber and Steve Wilson founded Santa

RANA CREEK LIVING WALL PANELS

From what I can tell, it would be limiting to call Rana Creek a “landscape design” firm, as the description would betray the breadth of their work and the depth of their philosophy. But they

ORGANO CONTEMPORARY HOME FURNISHINGS

It’s been almost a year since we first fell in love with kirei, the natural fiber board made from discarded sorghum stalks. It’s been spotted most frequently in the media inside

PLYWOOD OFFICE – NEW PHOTOS!

Day one at CA Boom introduced me to a number of great designers. One “first timer” at the show caught my eye right away – designer Chris Jamison was exhibiting furniture from his line,

PREFAB FRIDAY’S: CA Boom FabPrefab Zone

CA Boom is abuzz with activity on its first day. There’s lots to see, including the Prefab Zone, sponsored by fabprefab. The Zone includes such Inhabitat faves as Marmol Radziner, Clever Homes,

PREFAB FRIDAYS: Kieran Timberlake Associates

Our friends over at Treehugger introduced us to Kieran Timberlake Associates, an award-winning architecture firmed focused on integrating multiple strategies and perspectives into holistic design

BERLIN’S WINTER BADESCHIFF

While students at Berlin’s Free University are studying hard inside Foster’s glowing domed library, the more leisurly-minded of their fellow citizens might be enjoying another of the

CA BOOM COMING UP

The wait is over – the biggest independent design show on the West Coast opens tonight in Los Angeles. CA Boom runs through Sunday at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. Exhibitors span numerous

STUDIO DROR’S PICK CHAIR

As far as flexible furniture goes, the folding chair is as old as they come, the first one dating back literally thousands of years. You don’t expect to see much innovation in such a

LOOP.PH REACTIVE SURFACES

We discovered Loop.ph last week with their beautiful BioWall, and now we can’t get enough of the British design duo. CSM research fellow Rachel Wingfield and artist Mathias Gmachl collaborate to

GLOBE FIBER OPTIC LAMP

We fell in love with GloFab glowing textiles last week, and this week we are excited to announce a couple new designs that GloFab has just released. The GloBE lantern is composed of GloFab fiber optic

H-HAUS CUBE 5

When we first wrote about the green prefab H-Haus back in January, the innovative design was just a sparkle (i.e. cad rendering) in Aaron Bohrer and Arunas Repecka’s eye. Now a prototype of the Cube

O2 SUSTAINABILITY TREEHOUSE

We’ve covered a lot of fusion tree houses: treehouse meets Jetsons; treehouse meets Modernism; treehouse meets biology experiment. Today, we’ve been introduced to a new pairing from O2

EDIBLE BIRDHOUSE

Have you ever wished you could have your house and eat it, too? Not so practical…unless you are a bird (or Hansel and Gretel). But for our feathered friends, the wish comes true with Atelier

SYBARITE PLECTRUM HOUSE

Gazing at this spacecraft of a prefab house, you may be reminded of a certain colony of extra-terrestrial tree houses we wrote about last year. A new design from UK-based Sybarite (whose name alone makes

BIOFUEL ACCELERATES IN L.A.

Although my sister, the intrepid L.A. street-hiker, stands as proof that some Angelenos do travel on foot, it’s still fair to say that to get from point A to point B in Los Angeles, almost everyone

BEYOND GREEN: Towards a Sustainable Art

Regular Inhabitat readers know all about how sustainability is reshaping the worlds of architecture and product design — but what about the art world? Beyond Green: Towards a Sustainable Art, on

PREFAB FRIDAY: Prefabmod

In a world full of deceptive marketing and ambiguous ad campaigns, it’s refreshing to get a straight story; which is why today’s prefab pick has such obvious appeal. Prefabmod is exactly what

GLOFAB GLOWING TEXTILES

Torbjorn Lundell has just launched a new light-emitting textile at the 2006 Stockholm Furniture Fair called GloFab. This is such a fabulous idea it makes you wonder why this development has taken so long.

LAZY E INTERVIEWS INHABITAT

A couple of weeks ago, Jill was interviewed about Inhabitat for the Lazy Environmentalist radio show, “Green Goes Mainstream,” which aired on LIME Radio. Along with Mark Spellun of Plenty

BIOWALL

We love the idea of living walls here at Inhabitat, and if we could turn every surface into a living surface, we would. That’s why we were so struck by Loop.ph’s stunning new BioWall, which

NEW LUMEN DESIGNS

Adam Frank struck a chord last fall with his gorgeous Lumen oil lamp which casts a shadow of a tree on your wall. A couple weeks after the design made the rounds on the blogosphere, the Lumen got featured

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