Designer John Wright’s Modern Coop is a Stylish Hen House Made from Recycled Wood

Cartopia: Portland Food Carts Are Tiny Mobile Businesses That Revitalize Vacant Lots in the City

While food carts in Portland have been making headlines for the diversity, quality, and value of street food – having been ranked #1 in the world by CNN Travel and U.S. News Travel – the real

Urban Lace: Elegant Jewelry Made from Recycled Bike Inner Tubes

With its line of elegant-yet-rugged jewelry, a Portland-based company is giving new meaning to the term ‘cycle chic.’ Urban Lace (previously known as Inner Beauty) has a full line of filigreed

Vintage Trailer Transformed Into Adorable Holiday Hair Studio in Portland

Green-Roofed Port of Portland Headquarters Aims for LEED Gold

Chic Modern Chicken Coop Grows a Green Roof

At-home fruit and veggie gardens are nothing new, but a growing trend amongst those trying to go more organic are backyard chicken coops. Our friends at Dwell recently shared the story of one

Core77.com Launches Their First Flagship Retail Store!

Any design buff knows that the best place outside of Inhabitat to get to scoop on all the hottest new industrial designs is Core77. As huge fans of the site, we were more than thrilled to hear that this

22 US Cities Consider Building Streetcar Lines

Urban greenies across the US may finally get what they desire — streetcar lines in their home cities. Due to a change in federal transportation policy under President Obama, 22 American cities are

Portland to Get 250ft Vertical Garden With Vegetated Fins

Vertical gardens are nothing new — avid readers of Inhabitat may even remember PNC Bank’s announcement that it completed North America’s largest living wall back in September — but

Hopworksfiets Bike Bar is a Pedal-Powered Party

Pedal power is clearly on the rise. Bike sharing programs are spreading throughout the world, David Byrne’s new book Bicycle Diaries is flying off the shelves, and brilliant new designs like this,

San Francisco and Portland Race to Build First EV Grid

The Mayor of the fine city of San Francisco has a bit of blogger in him. Just yesterday Mayor Gavin Newsom wrote a guest post on our favorite beyond petroleum blog gas2.0, kicking off the race to build

INTEGRATING HABITATS Design Competition

Out of a pilot program called the Wild Urbanism design studio at the University of Oregon’s Department of Architecture comes Integrating Habitats, an open design competition focused on the interface