Green Design Competitions
Building Trust International Unveils Winning School Design For Child Refugees in Burma
Through their School 4 Burma competition, Building Trust International aimed to provide a modular educational facility for Burmese child migrants and refugees – and the winners have finally been
VIDEO: The Buckminster Fuller Institute
The Buckminster Fuller Institute (BFI) is an organization after Inhabitat’s own heart. It was formed by the visionary eco architect/designer’s family in 1983 to champion Buckminster
NYIT Students Redesign a Failing Waste Management Unit for a Costa Rican Community
A team of architecture students have put their creative skills to practice to design this waste management solution for a Costa Rican community. Winning the New York Institutute of Technology’s
LAST CALL: Enter Inhabitat’s 2011 Green Halloween Costume Contest!
Today is the last day to submit your DIY costumes! Halloween may have come and gone, but there’s still time to enter our Green Halloween Costume Contest for a shot at fame, fortune, and some
Announcing the Inhabitots 2011 Green Halloween Costume Contest!
ATTENTION ALL CUTELY COSTUMED BOYS AND GHOULS (and their parents)! Halloween is less than two weeks away – are you ready to get crafty? If you’ve concocted a creative costume (or are planning
Midtown Buzz: Design an Urban Beehive and Support Biodiversity in London
Are you an aspiring designer with a love of honey? Then have a go at creating a hive fit for urban bee-keeping in the brilliant Midtown Buzz competition from The Architecture Foundation (AF) and
GIVEAWAY: Enter to Win a Sloan AQUS Grey Water Toilet System That Recycles Your Sink Water (Worth $189)!
Win a Sloan AQUS Grey Water System! Saving water is one of the most important things we can do to ensure environmental and social sustainability for generations to come – but while many of us try to
BACK TO SCHOOL GIVEAWAY: Enter to Win a HP Pavilion dv6 Laptop and Green Prize Package (Worth $1155!)
While no one likes to bid adieu to summer, if you’re a student gearing up to go back to school, September couldn’t come sooner! New people, new classes, new possibilities – the
Enter Your Hilarious Home Improvement Videos in the 3M Couple Speak Contest to Win $5,000!
Ever feel like you and your significant other are speaking two completely different languages? Believe it or not, that phenomena is so common that there’s a name for it – Couple Speak.
Hybrid House: Extraordinary Green Home Can be Built for Under $300
Joseph Sandy’s incredible Hybrid House design was recently honored as one of the winners of the $300 House competition, a contest launched by both the Harvard Business Review blog and Ingersoll Rand
Vote Now for Barbie’s New Sustainably Designed Dream House!
Now that Barbie has taken on the profession of architecture, it’s about time for her dream house to receive a sustainable makeover. Thankfully, four out of the five finalists in AIA’s Architect Barbie
Enter to Win Chic Cycling Gear From Nau (Worth $530!)
Any good bike enthusiast knows that shoulder bags and suit jackets aren’t conducive to a smooth ride around town. So why not get decked out in some stylish duds meant especially for cycling? This
Enter the Methodology DIY Design Competition to Win a Year’s Supply of Method Cleaning Products!
This month Method and Dwell are teaming up to give one lucky designer a year’s supply of Method cleaning products! They’re challenging you to dazzle them with imaginative, innovative, and
LAST CHANCE TO CAST YOUR VOTE: Bright Ideas Voting Closes Tonight!
Did you get a chance to cast your vote yet in the Bright Ideas Lighting Design Competition? Voting for the Bright Ideas Lighting Design Competition closes TONIGHT at midnight, which makes this your last
Studio Verissimo Transforms Plastic Spoons Into a Stunning Chandelier
Each day hundreds of thousands of disposable spoons are used to stir coffee and then thrown in the trash and sent directly to the landfill. Seeing this, Studio Verissimo designed a luxurious lamp to give
Mobile Eco-Trailer Concept Advocates Change for Chicago
Part of an effort to empower residents in their Chicago neighborhood, long time friends Jeff Munie and Bill Vassilakis conceptualized a mobile, participatory research center that will capture the stories,
Dazzling Cascade Chandelier is Made From Chains of Recycled Plastic Bottle Flowers
British designer Michelle Brand‘s Cascade Lancashire Ceiling Lights are an eco-friendly twist on the iconic chandelier. Made from hanging flower-shaped bottle bases cleverly attached together by
WEmake’s Beryl and Friends Collection Gives Old Lamps a New Life
WEmake‘s Beryl and Friends collection transforms tired old light fixtures into luminous modern designs. The designers rewire lamps that have come to the end of their lifespan, installing low-energy
Marine Conservation Group Blue Ventures Wins 2011 Buckminster Fuller Challenge
Blue Ventures, a conservation organization that works to protect marine ecosystems while improving the lives of the people depending on them, has just been named the winner of the 2011 Buckminster Fuller
Nourishment Lamp Takes the Lead in the Bright Ideas Lighting Design Competition!
Our Bright Ideas Lighting Design Competition is nearing its end, but the battle for the best is still raging on. In fact, Carolyn Joan Lau’s Nourishment Lamp has just shot to the top of the pack,
Delicate Leaf Lamp Mimics Nature With a Beautiful Felt Shade
This beautiful felt Leaf Lamp features a light-as-air design that mimics the structural geometric forms found in plants and trees. Designer Peter Schumacher sought to use as little material as possible to
Repurposed Olive Tin Transformed Into Cool ‘Kalmata Spotlight’
This clever recycled Kalamata Spotlight is a directional floor-based lamp with an industrial edge. Created by Ori Ben-Zvi, the innovative design gives a 10-liter olive tin a second life by turning it into
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