Blue LED Rings On Famous London Monuments Show Just How Far Sea Levels Could Rise

Ai Weiwei and Herzog & de Meuron Chosen to Design the 2012 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion

Four years ago, Ai Weiwei and Herzog & de Meuron made waves with their Bird’s Nest National Stadium for the Beijing Olympics. Now they will be turning heads again, this time by designing the

A Room for London: Living Architecture’s Wind Energy-Generating Boat Sits Atop a UK Roof

London’s Flint House is a High-Performance Handcrafted Green Home

HORTUS is a Crazy Greenhouse Contraption of 300+ Algae-Filled Bags

HORTUS — or Hydro Organisms Responsive To Urban Stimuli — is a crazy new exhibit in London made up of 325 transparent bags of algae hanging from the ceiling via a network of ropes. Long

Aloft London Excel Hotel Has An Iridescent High Performance Exterior

World’s Largest Garment Made From Golden Spider Silk Now on Display

We couldn’t believe our eyes when we saw this glistening yellow cape made from spider silk. The un-dyed, untreated garment is the world’s largest piece of clothing made entirely from the durable

3D-Printed “Little Shining Man” Kite by Heather and Ivan Morison is a Stunning Kinetic Sculpture

The Muse: Bere Architects’ Paradisiacal London Home Has Four Roof Gardens, Forty Trees, Ponds and Meadows

Europe’s Tallest Living Wall Rises Over London’s Digby Road Apartments

Peter Marigold’s Log Chess Set is Made from a Single Branch

The Log Chess Set is a handmade, woodland version of the classic board game. Designed by British designer Peter Marigold, the set was made using only a single tree branch. Originally created for use

Thomas Heatherwick’s New Hybrid Double-Decker Bus Hits The Streets of London

Spiky Sustainably-Designed Ecology Pavilion Sprouts in East London

The World’s Largest Cardboard Christmas Tree Springs up in London!

Giles Miller has wooed us with his intricate cardboard creations before, and now he’s brought us the world’s largest cardboard Christmas tree! Standing at roughly 20 feet in the Design Museum

Studio Gilthero Uses Light to Print Floral Silhouettes on Blueware Vases

Blueware Vases is a collection of white and blue ceramics inspired by traditional British Blue Willow housewares. Handmade by design Studio Glithero, this violet earthenware captures the delicate

Susie MacMurray’s Prickly “Widow” Gown Is Made of 100,000 Dressmaker’s Needles

Are you willing to suffer for fashion? Then try this on for size: Susie MacMurray has constructed a prickly gown out of more than more than 94 pounds of adamantine dressmaker pins. The Widow Gown, which

Pants to Poverty Crams 60 People Into a Pair of Briefs for Guinness World Records Day

How can an underwear company raise awareness about world poverty? Cramming a bunch of half-dressed people into an oversize pair of purple underpants in the streets of London seems like a pretty good way

London’s Kew Gardens Herbarium Uses Underground Cooling and Hot Air to Protect Its Contents

London’s Deptford Cafe Transforms an Old Train Carriage Into an Eco Eatery

CHUG: A Floating Community That Grows Their Own Vegetables in the Heart of London!

London’s Energy-Efficient Jodrell Laboratory Houses the World’s Largest Fungi Collection

Hackney City Farm is a Hidden Piece of Countryside in the Heart of London

Ikea To Build Massive 26-Acre Suburb in East London

It’s official: Ikea is taking over the world. Yesterday, Inter Ikea Systems, owner of the popular furniture chain, announced plans to build an enormous 26-acre, environmentally friendly suburb next

Top 6 Creepiest Buildings for a Frightful Halloween

Stefanie Nieuwenhuys Makes Snakeskin-Like Couture from Recycled Wood Chips

You may not want to throw out the scraps from your latest home improvement project too quickly – you may find inspiration in the “trash”. Stefanie Nieuwenhuys, inspired by seeing

Frieze Art Fair Pavilions Wrap Regent’s Park in Timber and Plastic

Each year, the Frieze Art Fair brings top galleries and artists from around the world to London. This year, architects Carmody Groarke were asked to create temporary pavilions for the fair in Regent’s

Ariane Prin Creates Brilliant Colored Pencils from Recycled Waste

French student Ariane Prin developed a fantastic project while studying at London’s Royal College of Art that recycles the University’s waste into fun and colorful pencils. ‘From Here