METROPOLIS NEXT GENERATION: Lunar Resonant Lights
We've seen tons of lighting projects that harness the sun's energy, but none that respond to the other, oft-overlooked...
GREEN LIGHT: Botanical Lamp, Terrarium, Air Filter All-In-One
xDesign's fabulous Air-Filter Plant Lamp Combining LED lighting with indoor air purification using living plants,...
PREFAB FRIDAY: LOT-EK Container Home Kit (CHK)
We've raved about Lot-Ek before for their ingenious conversions of industrial shipping containers into inhabitable...
STEVEN HOLL’S WHITNEY WATER PURIFICATION PLANT
One of our favorite projects mentioned in the AIA/COTE 2007 list of Top Ten Green Projects was perennial Inhabitat...
THE LIGHTHOUSE: Dubai’s 1st Low Carbon Commercial Tower
Last week, the Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC) announced their design for a 66-story office tower ...
STUDENT DESIGN TURNS HIGHWAYS INTO WIND FARMS
The great thing about collaborative design sites like Archinect is that they allow brilliant student ideas to...
WIND POWER FROM NEW JERSEY HIGHWAYS
Wind, as we all know, can be used to generate electricity. Turbines installed in wind-prone areas have been proven...
INHABITAT IN VOGUE!
If you want to see where the world of green design meets high-fashion, pick up this month's copy of Vogue. We...
PREFAB FRIDAY: David Adjaye’s East London House
Here's a recipe for good design: take London-based architect David Adjaye, mix with a prefab timber construction...
WORLD’S SMALLEST WIND TURBINE
This little wind-powered toy brings clean, green energy to the palm of your hand, and is a great little gadget...
BLOCH BUILDING by Steven Holl
Architect Steven Holl is no stranger to remarkably lit gallery spaces, and his latest addition to the Nelson Atkins...
FLAKE BLIND by WOODNOTES
Biomimicry proved to be all the rage at the Salone Internazional del Mobile this year, with designers drawing big-time...
STUDIO LIBERTINY’S VASE MADE BY BEES
I'm a self-proclaimed Droog addict, and have touted the "je ne sais quoi" of the always-engaging and wryly humorous...
INHABITABLE CARDBOARD ROOMS
Cardboard, you abundantly mundane material, what would we do without you? Or rather, what else can we do with you?...
FLOATING ELECTRO-MAGNETIC SKYSCRAPERS by Geotectura
Ever imagined that a building could hover about the ground - floating in mid air? Architect Joseph Cory thinks...
