
The Dragonfly: A Giant Winged Vertical Farm for New York City
In this utopian superstructure offices, research labs, housing, and communal areas are interspersed between orchards,...

Water Droplet Resort Will Convert Air into Purified Water
Architecturally and thematically designed in the shape of a drop of water, the Water Building Resort intends to...

Top 5 Pieces of Living, Growing Furniture
In the world of green furnishings there are always a few literalists out there looking to push the envelope and...

IS IT GREEN?: The Compact Fluorescent Light
Shortly after Al Gore debuted An Inconvenient Truth the general public started giving a damn about climate change...

Blue Crystal: A Sustainable Iceberg Lodge in Dubai?
Temporary ice hotels materialize each winter in frigid northern towns from Russia to Canada. As temperatures rise...

Michel Bussien's Growing Chair is Deep-Seated in Nature
More ironic than practical, Swiss designer Michel Bussien's Growing Chair evokes pertinent ideas for the 21st century:...

Pyramid Farm is a Vision of Vertical Agriculture for 2060
The Pyramid Farm is an incredible concept for the future of agriculture envisioned by professors Eric Ellingsen...

Vertical Park: Stackable Solar Skyscraper for Mexico City
In the ever-expanding metropolis of Mexico City, green space is hard to come by. An estimated population of 22...

Madrid's 'Distrito C' Self Shading Solar Office
Distrito C is an ambitious project designed to consolidate 40,000 employees in Madrid from Spain's largest company,...

Tulsa NINE Project Lofts Go LEED Platinum
Not only did this Tulsa loft give Oklahoma its very first LEED certification — it went platinum. Local architect...

Veggie Trader Makes Swapping Homegrown Produce Easy
Too many tomatoes? Too few fava beans? Why not swap them with Veggie Trader, a brand new online community for gardeners...

EDEN BIO: Paris Grows a Green Heart
Villas des Vignoles or EDEN BIO is an entire block of public housing nestled in urban Paris. The newly unveiled...

OFIS Unveils 4 Self-Sustaining Islands in Maldives
Slovenian architect studio OFIS was recently granted a 25 year lease by the Maldivian government to develop a set...

Orange Dish Rack Grows a Green Herb Garden
One of fifteen finalists in our Spring Greening DIY Design Contest, Nibha Jain and Srikanth Jalasutram's "Orange"...

Abu Dhabi's Spiraling Helix Hotel
The Helix Hotel in Abu Dhabi's Zayed Bay doesn't have floors like we're used to - instead it spirals in sections...