26-year-old engineer plans to make solar energy at night
Tons of Mirrors, an energy company that focuses on making solar energy cheaper and accessible, plans to make sunlight...
New York design studio recycles waste into beauty
Slash Objects, an award-winning design studio based in New York, recycles materials to create durable quality products...
Extreme cold closes schools and COVID testing sites
On Monday, the New Hampshire Department of Health announced that the state's COVID-19 would close due to extreme...
Canada library reflects elements of parks and shopping malls
Competitions are often an effective way to bring new ideas to the table. In the case of the Pierrefonds Public...
Sea Stone Project recycles seashells into mirrors and vases
Every year around seven million tons of seashells are tossed out from aquaculture and fishing industries. Although...
Smart flower LOTUS moves in response to light
The recipe for this art display includes a dash of intrigue, a measure of intelligence and a full serving of "WOW"...
Pool house uses traditional Spain “pedra en sec” design
Casa Fly is a home that mirrors the surrounding Mallorca, Spain landscape and culture. Finished in 2020, it offers...
The Invisible House is a reflective building that mirrors its desert surroundings
The Invisible House is a mirror-clad home designed to look like a New York skyscraper flipped on its side. It is...
Boutique Ibiza hotel sports a checkerboard facade to take in cooling breezes
Barcelona-based studio Ribas & Ribas Architects has transformed an old apartment building into Hotel Sir Joan...
Luminous LEDs transform Prague’s historic Mirror Chapel into an interactive art space
The lavish interiors of Prague, Czech Republic’s Mirror Chapel were recently transformed into a psychedelic art...
A dome made of rearview mirrors, seat belts and soda bottles floats on Grand River
Husband-and-wife team Amanda Schachter and Alexander Levi of New York City-based SLO Architecture recently set...
Timber wedding venue in China mirrors the mountainous landscape
When charged with adding a multi-functional building to a mountain resort in China, Shanghai-based firm AIM Architecture...
This rustic Quebec cottage now has a beautiful, prismatic extension
When a client with a large family reached out to ACDF Architecture for an extension of their rustic country cottage...
Solar-powered seaside cabin blends prefab design with traditional building techniques
This small solar-powered hideaway in British Columbia mirrors the natural incline of the cliff on which it sits....
Mirrored nativity in Italy invites passersby to reflect—literally—for the holidays
The holiday season is a time for reflection—a tradition that Italian studio thesignlab took literally with the...
Luxury lakeside hotel promises a return to nature in Italy
Architecture studio noa* mixes alpine and Mediterranean influences in their renovation of a family-run hotel in...
Give this clock a roll and it’ll show you the time anywhere on Earth
This World Clock is something that every global citizen needs today. The simple yet incredibly clever device quickly...
Dazzling art-filled passageway immerses visitors in everything that makes Amsterdam special
The city of Amsterdam just added another attraction to its long list of must-sees. Artists Arno Coenen, Iris Roskam...
New solar canopy provides both shade and clean energy
In a beautiful marriage of form and function, architect and designer, Carlo Ratti has created a light-reflecting...
World’s largest thermal solar plant could be coming to Nevada
While thermal solar power plants have had a bit of trouble catching on in the US, solar energy company SolarReserve...
California’s BrightSource Energy inks deal for massive new solar farm in China
As part of the country’s ongoing bid to invest in renewable energy, China’s state-run utility this week inked...
Beautiful timber office sequesters carbon in Austria
Located in Mödling, Austria, 52 Cubic Wood is mostly clad in vertical strips of timber carefully crafted and joined...
VIVID light art dazzles the streets of Sydney
This year, in addition to the regular sites where artists show their beautiful work every year, the organizers...
700 colorful mirrors bathe a 19th-century cathedral in gorgeous rainbow light
Our Colour Reflection is ambitious in scale, however, it only comprises two main materials: mirrors and acrylic...
Award-winning reflective pavilion in Chile mirrors everything around it
The undulating structure meanders through the grassy plot to envelops visitors and make them a part of the entire...
Interactive LED sculpture mirrors the clouds and transforms the night’s sky
Inspired by local weather phenomena, Creative Machines installed an interactive, LED-illuminated sculpture entitled...
“Reflect London” conceals Covent Garden construction with a dazzling mirror display
The eastern wall of the Market Building will be covered in 32,000 square feet of mirrors beginning this month as...
Dabs African Bead Museum transforms donated trash into an outdoor sculpture park in Detroit
The site which is now Dabls’ impromptu outdoor sculpture park was just an illegal dumping ground. Seeing more...
South Africans revolutionize small-scale concentrated solar that’s cheaper than diesel
Concentrated solar power, or CSP, is a pretty extraordinary technology; it uses an array of mirrors to focus the...
The Archive: Stunning Mirrored Art Studio Melts Into the Landscape
The exterior of The Archive is completely covered in mirrors that reflect the world around it. These reflections...
