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Not content to merely conquer the world of eco-blogging, the Treehugger crew is expanding into product design. Treehugger’s Graham Hill & Petz Scholtus (who are both product designers by trade)

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All around the America people are reclaiming the streets from the grasp of the greedy, gas-guzzling automobile. First there was Rebar’s PARK(ing) project, where a rogue bunch of San Francisco

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With floods and hurricanes on the brain, we always take note of houses that can float if waters start rising…Flexibility in the face of disaster can be a saving grace. This Bucky-esque dwelling is

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As many of you know, we switched software last week (from Pivot to WordPress), and while the transition was mostly smooth, there were a few small expected bumps. One issue is that our image library

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Jane Jacobs, the iconoclastic urban activist and author of The Death and Life of Great American Cities (1961) died yesterday in her home in Toronto. Jacobs was a fearless and vocal critic who was one of

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Have you ever wondered why all gas stations look exactly the same? Despite the inconvenience of getting in and out of them (especially Arco), the design of gas stations is based on a prototype that

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On May 20, the National Building Museum will open a new exhibit, The Green House: New Directions in Sustainable Architecture and Design. Inspired by Alanna Stang and Christopher Hawthorne’s 2005

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federated_media_section = "chevy_volt"; Guest writer Bryan Finoki of Subtopia and Archinect authored today’s illuminating and in-depth post. Thanks, Bryan! Remember the typhoon in July of 2000 that

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Well if you can measure the importance of a holiday by whether Google adorns its logo in the spirit of the day, then Earth Day has truly come into its own. It’s not surprising to see solar panels

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Guest writer: Jared Silliker Ballard Library, photographed byMark Svensen The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and its Committee on the Environment (COTE) selected their this week. These buildings

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The more important it becomes to incorporate environmental sustainability into building design, the more we see architecture sharing a seat with the natural sciences. Monitoring weather patterns, UV

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The International Interior Design Association and Metropolis Magazine announce their first annual Smart Environment Awards recognizing interior environments that integrate design excellence, human

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There’s a new contender vying for the title of World’s Most Sustainable Skyscraper: The new headquarters for the CNTC Guangdong Company, a large tobacco company in China, will be a zero-energy

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Today’s guest post was written by Carissa Bluestone, a freelance editor and hamster-lover who lives in Seattle. May’s a big month for design conferences in New York. If you’re lucky

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Move out of the way shipping containers… there’s a new kid on the block: airplane fuselages. New York’s urban architect recyclers, LOT-EK, have recently designed a library in Guadalajara

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Guest writer Jared Silliker lives in Seattle and works as a senior analyst at The Cadmus Group, an environmental consulting firm. He works with the architectural community to encourage high-performance

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Long before green buildings entered popular vocabulary, futuristic eco-architect Paolo Soleri was pioneering his vision of an entire city — or arcology – structured in harmony with nature.

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Dear Readers- You may have noticed we’ve been m.i.a all weekend… This is because we’ve been in the process of switching our software to WordPress. I’m happy to announce that we

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In the recent Design Within Reach newsletter, DWR founder Rob Forbes called trees the “grace notes” of urbanization. It seems paradoxical, since in most cities, trees preceded the buildings

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Although it’s not your typical prefab, we found the level of design and approachable scale of this Canadian cabin to be irresistibly charming. The owners asked Toronto-based architecture firm

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In my recent move, the one thing I left behind was my truly awful bookcase, which I knew I’d hang onto if I didn’t abandon it 1,200 miles from my new home. Unfortunately, my dreams of

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Constructed with over 600,000lbs of recycled materials, this is the house that Boston’s Big Dig built — or more precisely, a house that engineer, Paul Pedini, built with the design expertise

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At its core, [Design Science Lab] is a new way of seeing the world – one that takes a global, whole systems perspective that incorporates a well-developed sensibility about social justice and

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There’s been plenty of excitement the last day or so over the news of this year’s Pritzker Prize winner, Brazilian architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha. Da Rocha’s work is significant for his

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The divergence of prefab from its original utilitarian intentions has some buyers in a snit – How did prefabrication turn into a fashion show? Prefab was invented to be affordable! For those of you

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We hold a special place in our hearts for green roofs and the economy of modular construction. GreenGrid Roofs brings the best of both worlds together as a modular green roof system. Competitive in cost

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Prefabrication isn’t just for people! Even tiny crustaceans can benefit from the economic efficiency of mass-produced standardized dwelling units. Case in point : Elizabeth Demaray’s fabulous

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Good news rumbled out of Washington earlier this week regarding the Katrina Cottages. In an unprecedented step, the senate is considering allowing the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide

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