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Architecture

Hundreds of red plastic crates are repurposed into a public mosque in Indonesia

  • Nicole Jewell
  • 01/22/2020

One green-thinking firm, Parisauli Arsitek Studio, has managed to find a way of giving new life to hundreds of discarded plastic crates. Located in Tangerang, Indonesia, the Kotakrat Pavilion is a 440-square-foot "Space of Kindness" that can be used for various purposes. In its initial form, the pavilion is currently...

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Carbon-negative snack company AKUA offers kelp jerky and pasta

  • Mariecor Agravante
  • 01/22/2020

Amidst the growing awareness about our planet’s climate crisis, there is now a burgeoning need for more sustainable food resources. In recent years, seaweed has been quite a catch for health-conscious consumers, in turn, making kelp, a brown macroalgae, one of the more in-demand types of seaweed offerings. As...

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Architecture

Off-grid home is inspired by the iconic Australian Akubra hat

  • Nicole Jewell
  • 01/22/2020

The Australian Akubra hat is one of the many symbols of the country, and one architectural team has used the hat's recognizable form as inspiration for a spectacular off-grid home in the small NSW town of Nundle. Designed by architect Alexander Symes, the Upside Down Akubra House, which is located on a bull farm,...

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Architecture

Modular homes in Sweden are specially designed for solar panels

  • Katherine Gallagher
  • 01/22/2020

Swedish firm Street Monkey Architects has unveiled new solar-powered, prefabricated modular homes in Örebro, Sweden. The row-house project was based on a similar award-winning construction project near Stockholm that was built using passive house principles but designed to complement the urban setting. The single-family...

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Luzinterruptus turns plastic waste into “Death by Plastic” eco-art for COP25

  • Lucy Wang
  • 01/21/2020

Frustrated with the “ludicrous charade” of the COP25 World Climate Summit in December, Spanish design collective luzinterruptus turned to visual protest by creating the temporary guerrilla art piece, “Death by Plastic.” Made from plastic waste and transparent fabric, the glowing environmental art installation...

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Architecture

CRA proposes “reconfigurable” roads and a floating garden to revitalize Lugano’s waterfront

  • Lucy Wang
  • 01/21/2020

Carlo Ratti Associati (CRA) and Mobility in Chain (MiC) have unveiled a technologically savvy plan to better connect the Swiss city of Lugano with the beautiful Lugano Lake. Informed by studies on mobile and traffic data, the proposed regeneration of the waterfront will introduce dynamic public spaces that can...

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  • Nicole Jewell
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Finding a little serenity in NYC is never an easy feat and often requires New Yorkers to head outside of the city to take in a little quiet time. But thankfully, Big Apple residents and visitors alike can now enjoy a relaxing stay in a fabulous new tiny home retreat on Governors Island. Just a 7-minute ferry ride...

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Cross-laminated timber makes this Scottish home climate resistant

  • Nicole Jewell
  • 01/20/2020

Scottish firm Mary Arnold Foster Architects has unveiled a stunning home made out of several timber “pods” and tucked into the idyllic landscape of the Scottish Highlands. Clad in cross-laminated timber (CLT) and covered with slats of charred larch, which provide the home with resilience, the Nedd home was...

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  • Dawn Hammon
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