For those of you who work in a professional design office, you know how quickly we become inundated with samples of all sorts. From rubber to glass and everything in-between, we can’t help but

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Sarah Susanka of the “Not So Big House” series held a session as part of the AIA Convention last week. Her ongoing books have thus far been a great resource for distilling our ideas

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The Exposition at this year's AIA Convention was overwhelming, to say the least. After traversing the floors for over three hours, I think we might have seen half of the exhibits, and perhaps

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The American Institute of Architects 2007 National Convention and Design Exposition starts this Thursday in San Antonio. This year’s theme, “Growing Beyond Green,” highlights

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We love stumbling across ways to incorporate nature into our urban lifestyle, and birdhouses always seem to do this effectively. We've featured birdhouses many times before, ranging from clean

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The Dutch design shop Atelier Bomdesign features several products fabricated from recycled materials. By far, our favorite is the Booklamp (or Boeklampen, in the native tongue), a clever take on

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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. It’s a great start to simply use less. But how about living in less? Friday’s New York Times published a great article on a few pioneers of smaller living.

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Samples! Product representatives have opened our eyes before about their company's sustainable efforts. So we were thrilled to receive this sample bracelet from 3form, a company that makes

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As global leader of the bizarre world of upscale development, Dubai has yet another feat of both engineering and excess in the works. The latest spire to be added to the desert landscape will be

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The Sawfish has been around for a couple years now, but we took notice after spotting it at Greenbuild two weeks ago. The timber provided by this robotic logger received accolades as one of

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While prefab construction is just beginning to influence the building industry in the United States, there are considerably more offerings for such ventures in Europe. Take for instance, Ari

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For those of you who think that last week's Greenbuild Conference was all about grass roofs and composting toilets, think again. One of the more diverse sessions was led by a group of chemists

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Well folks, we've got some good news and some bad news; The good news is that you're currently reading one of the best weblogs for keeping up to date with all the latest and greatest materials

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Not all prefab is created equal. Some, like Rocio Romero's LV Home, are made for middle-income, modernist loving homebuyers. Others, like Ray Kappe's Living Home, are a super high-end version

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Living in Texas, we've seen our fair share of cacti. So it goes without saying that we were intrigued to hear of the Urban Cactus, an architectural project in Rotterdam. Designed by UCX

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Jorre van Ast has a knack for realizing common problems that plague us in our daily lives – especially the ones we aren't aware of. An industrial designer, his projects approach these problems

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Alain Bertreau's Instant Chair is a plywood transformer chair that folds down into one small flat sheet for storage, but pops into a sturdy seat in a matter of seconds. Using the latest panel

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Alain Berteau, architect, interior designer, and product designer has designed some fabulously efficient chairs that are noteworthy both for their ingenuity and frugality of material. The Fence

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Last year, readers went crazy over our feature on the Streamgarden by Green Fortune, A Swedish company dedicated to “urban cultivation.” The Streamgarden helps aspiring green thumbs

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Cooper-Hewitt, home to the National Design Awards, will put on its first ever National Design Week October 15th -21st, focusing attention on how our lives are enriched everyday by design. In

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One of the largest problems plaguing sustainable development today is the tendency to use the cheapest, most readily available land. More often than not, this results in the degradation of green

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The recent fad of using wood cladding, louvers, and filigree as sun shading for buildings has left architects scrambling for a substitute material that's beautiful, structurally stable, durable,

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Here at Inhabitat, we frequently focus on the latest green designs or sustainable products, but on occasion we come across wonderful publications that absolutely deserve to be brought to our

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Growing up in a Marcel Breuer House would make one no stranger to modernist aesthetic and space. Thus, architect Maryann Thompson was privileged to come across such clients when she was

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image from last year's PARK(ing) project, November 16, 2005 via www.rebargroup.org. Surely by now you are well aware of Rebar and their fabulous project which turned an ordinary, urban, San

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Once again, California seems to be leading the way in green building initiatives. Friday's New York Times has published a video article on Carsten Crossings, a subdivision outside of Sacramento

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As summer comes to a close, so does our weekly series on green building. Hopefully we have expanded your knowledge of applying sustainable concepts in your own home, whether it’s a studio

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Stuart Tanner Architects has created a breathtakingly beautiful modern getaway, tightly perched on a cliff between the Tasman National Park and the Pirate's Bay Beach. Not only does this home

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All images copyright Andy Ryan – www.andyryan.com Okay, so at first glance, Steven Holl’s new eco-friendly building seems a little austere. But let’s put it into context:

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What is it about tree houses that we love so much? Their playfulness, the escapism they offer, and the platforms they provide into nature all come to mind. We have written about the 4Treehouse

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