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‘Cooking With Mama’ Uses Skype and Unloved Vegetables to Whip Up Yummy Meals
A year ago we showed you Prinzessinnengarten, a mobile urban garden that blooms in Berlin. Well, in addition to growing lots of organic vegetables, they also organize open events centered around
Berlin’s Passive Minimum House is a Modernist Glass Residence in the Woods
With the aim of blending the boundaries between indoors and outdoors, Ahlbrech Felix Scheidt Kasprush Architects designed this glowing glass home within a pine forest in Germany. Called Minimum House, the
Frisch vom Dach To Convert Former Berlin Malt Factory Into a Rooftop Aquaponics Farm!
Community gardens are already very popular in Berlin, but a group of agro-entrepreneurs is planning to take urban farming to the next level in the German capital. A team of three Berliners is planning to
Juergen H Mayer Architekten Complete Beautiful Organic Apartment Complex in Berlin
J. MAYER H. Architekten is putting the finishing touches on a new sustainable residential infill in Berlin just a few corners away from the top tourist spot of Museum Island. A metal brise-soleil projects
Gorgeous Floating Water Lily Islands Soak Up Solar Rays
Headed by architect Winy Maas, research group The Why Factory challenges us to think big in regards to going green and conserving our natural resources. Making bold and slightly fantastical designs, the
1970s Berlin Restaurant Transformed into Graffiti Art Tower
A tower restaurant built back in the 70s in Berlin has recently gotten an urban street-inspired face lift! The retro eatery, known by Berliners as the “Bierpinsel” (Beer Brush), no longer
Artist Jan Vormann Uses Legos to ‘Repair’ War-Damaged Buildings
Nothing attests to humans’ instinctual love of making stuff and taking it apart more than the Lego brick. The plastic toy has been featured in films and music videos and is the basis of some serious
Design for World’s Largest Man-Made Mountain Towers Over Berlin
German architect Jakob Tigges has unveiled a plan for a 1,000m tall faux mountain at the site of the former Tempelhof airport in Berlin, and his supporters are taking it rather seriously. Dubbed
Berlin Factory Renovated Into Stunning Recyclable Live/Work Space
The Palomar5 “Camp” is an incredible project that brought 30 thinkers under the age of 30 from 30 different disciplines together for six weeks to foster innovation outside of the corporate
SNUGGLES: Stay in a Modular Hamster Tunnel Hotel
This modular, mobile Snuggles hotel allows you to shack up in pods for an artsy camping experience not dissimilar to staying in oversized hamster cage tunnels. The project crosses the boundaries of
Germany Bans Polluting Cars from City Centers
Different cities are taking different approaches to reducing both pollution and car usage. While Londoners are charged a fee for entering the central district of the city, certain German cities are now
BERLIN, COPENHAGEN, & GOTHENBURG
Winter is not, perhaps, the most temperate time of year to head off to Germany and Scandinavia, but the airfare sure is reasonable! I’m excited to report that from February 23 to March 13 I’ll
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