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Gargantuan Living Wall with 10,000 Plants Completed in Canada
While it’s not the largest living wall in North America, this vertical garden is certainly one of the most beautiful and diverse vertical gardens out there. With 10,000 individual plants
Fractal Gardens Can Be Rolled and Arranged into Infinite Patterns
These gorgeous Fractal Gardens was created by Legge Lewis Legge for the International Garden Festival in Métis (Québec, Canada). Composed of a group of 21 low planters on wheels, the garden can be
Canada Becomes First Country to Ban Toxic BPA
Photo by Steven Depolo As avid Inhabitat readers know, BPA is a nasty substance. The organic compound, found in everything from reusable water bottles to soup cans, is thought to cause both hormonal and
Dude! Canada to Build a Cannabis Car
Here’s one way to get college students to go to class: assign them to build things with cannabis. Several Canadian companies are teaming up with polytechnic schools in Alberta, Quebec and Toronto to
BuildGreen Solutions Launches Energy Efficient Home Retrofit in Canada
One of the most energy efficient single family home retrofits ever attempted in Canada is now under way. The project will be carbon neutral and feature a 3.5 kw PV installation, a 10,000 litre cistern for
Toronto Unveils Stunning Green Marketplace
According to Treehugger, yesterday the city of Toronto announced the winning design for the new St. Lawrence Market North Building. Proposed by Adamson Associates Architects and Rogers Stirk Harbour +
PREFAB FRIDAY: Twelve Cubed Mini Prefab Home
Could you live in 144 square feet of space? That’s what James Stuart of Canada set out to do and in the process created a mini prefab home with all the necessary amenities inside of 12 x 12 foot
Parkside Victoria: Canada’s First LEED Platinum Resort
Green buildings in British Columbia gained a lot of recent attention from the Winter Olympics that were held in Vancouver in February, and the province’s capital city, Victoria, has a LEED project
Water-Harvesting Wood Clad Canada Pavilion Designed by Cirque du Soleil
The 2010 World Expo in Shanghai is set to kick off in May and construction is nearly completed on the water-harvesting wood-clad Canada Pavilion. The famous acrobatic troupe Cirque du Soleil had a part in
Aquaquest Center Teaches Sustainable Living Through Design
Aquaquest is a beautiful addition to the Vancouver Aquarium that was conceived as an education center to teach the surrounding Canadian community the importance of eco-friendly living. True to its nature,
Habitat 67: Montreal’s Prefab Pixel City
Canadian architect Moshe Safdie designed and built this extraordinary experimental housing complex made up of modular concrete units for the 1967 World Expo in Montreal. Named Habitat 67, the apartment
The Brooks Ave House: A Californian Study in Green
Vancouver-based architecture firm Bricault Design’s vegetation-clad house in Venice, California is a sexy study in green. The mod abode incorporates sustainable design in a new residential addition that
Gordon Graff’s Skyfarm for Toronto
The UN predicts that we will need 60% more food over the next 30 years in order to meet the demands of the world’s ever-growing population, and one designer has found an interesting place to look for
Calgary’s new green skyscraper by Foster + Partners
What does one of the largest independently owned oil and gas companies do to turn over a more sustainable leaf? Well, in this case, EnCana hired green-tech architecture firm du jour Foster + Partners to
BAKE FOR A CHANGE: Gingerbread House Contest!
Sweet and sustainable, what could be better? Spice it up while promoting global ideals and you’ve got an idea that’s deliciously irresistible. That’s just what the multi-disciplinary non-profit
COULD TORNADOES POWER YOUR HOUSE?
Tornadoes are a force to be reckoned with, as evidenced by leveled Midwestern towns like Greensburg, Kansas. But the sheer power they wield, it turns out, can also be harnessed for good, potentially
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