
New Zealand's Whimsical Yellow Treehouse Restaurant Towers Above The Redwood Forest
The Yellow Treehouse Restaurant by New Zealand based Pacific Environments Architects Ltd. (PEL) is a stunning architectural...

Solar Park Transforms Old Viaducts Into Eco Education Centers
Colombian firm Jaramillo-Azuero Architects (J-A) have proposed a plan to transform a series of obsolete Italian...

Top 5 Most Innovative Green Bridges on the Planet
Design and engineering innovations over the last two decades have had a dramatic impact on our ability to create...

Beautiful Buildings Made From Whole Trees
According to the Forest Products Laboratory, a whole, unmilled tree can support 50 percent more weight than the...

Hangeliers: Clothes Hanger Chandeliers by Organelle Design
Clothes hangers are clogging our landfills at a rate of nearly 8 billion per year. We've recently brought you designers...

Concrete Mushrooms: Transforming Abandoned Bunkers Into Eco Hostels
There are reportedly over 750,000 abandoned concrete bunkers scattered throughout Albania, remnants of Communist...

Human Powered Velomobile Bikes over Land or Sea
Now that it's clear that the flying cars we were promised as youngsters are not going to appear anytime soon, we...

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...

Zeppelin House is a Treetop Escape
Magically appearing from the trees along Great Ocean Road, Australia is Cocoon, an incredible weekend getaway by...

Hemcrete®: Carbon Negative Hemp Walls
Buildings account for thirty-eight percent of the CO2 emissions in the U.S., according to the U.S. Green Building...

The Cosmic Muffin: A Boat Recycled From Howard Hughes' Plane
At Inhabitat we've brought you some terrific examples of recycled aircraft here, here, here and here. But Dave...

OFF Architecture's Visionary Eco-Bridge Spans the Bering Strait
In one of the most ambitious examples of speculative architecture of the year, Paris-based OFF Architecture recently...

Stunning 'AquaIris' Water Purifier by Talia Radford
In answer to the ever-intensifying global water crisis, industrial designer Talia Radford has created the AquaIris,...

The EcoDrain Cuts Water Heater Use by 40%
A hot shower is relaxing, but is also a huge waste of energy: we heat our water with massive amounts of natural...

Shanghai Dragon: Futuristic Office by Morphosis
On the western outskirts of Shanghai, China, a dragon is coming to life. Constructed of concrete, steel and glass,...