June, 2005 | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

RAMMED EARTH

Have you been dying to know what rammed earth is? Well, today is your lucky day. Alternative builder / programmer...

I have mixed feeling about candles. On the one hand, candles are simple, pretty, and can the soft glow of one...

Tired of Feng Shui, and looking for a new eastern philosophy on which to govern your design choices? No? Well...

On display at the Cooper Hewitt back in 2003, Smartwrap is a thin plastic film designed to envelop a building,...

Nothing in the realm of new technology gets me more excited than sunlight transportation. Since sunlight is our...

There's nary an eco-design fan who hasn?t seen Cradle to Cradle, the eye-catching book from Melcher Media by William...

By the year 2050, nearly 80% of the earth's population will reside in urban centers. An estimated 109 hectares...

If you've ever been to Tokyo, you know that beneath the crowded streets, unexpected worlds exist. Subway exits...

At Design Within Reach I spotted this fabulous 3-in-1 furniture piece which converts from bed, to chair, to table....

Readers of Inhabitat may have noticed that I have a thing for folding furniture. Transformer furniture is just...

You may have heard of 3D printing, but did you know that rapid prototyping has grown to architectural scale? Inventor...

Is architecture the future of branding? Looking at retail trends over the past 5 years one might draw that conclusion....

Everyone knows that using solar energy is a great way to conserve energy AND lower your energy bills. So why haven't...

For those of you out there who have Jacques Cousteau fantasies, a semi-submerged floating house may be just the...

I just spotted this crazy hanging treehouse, which looks like a cross between those uber 60's hanging bubble chairs...