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When Altereco Design was approached to overhaul a hundred-year-old worker’s cottage in Melbourne, the clients asked that the renovation leave as small a carbon footprint as possible. As a result, the home—called Melbourne Vernacular—sports a stylish and sustainable redesign that combines recycled materials...

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  • 05/07/2018

It takes hundreds of years for disposable diapers to decompose in landfills - but this new machine can turn 220 pounds of dirty diapers into clean, raw materials in a single hour. Sz-Chwun John Hwang and a team of researchers at Taiwan's Chung Hua University built the machine as a pilot plant - and they're planning...

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Architecture

Designers envision innovative affordable housing for Sydney

  • Lidija Grozdanic
  • 05/07/2018

The Sydney Affordable Housing Challenge, organized by Bee Breeders, calls for ideas that try to solve the affordable housing shortage in Sydney. The competition attracted worldwide talent as designers attempted to create innovative solutions. Many of the successful entries offered more than just housing — they...

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These new airless 3D-printed bicycle tires never go flat

  • Lacy Cooke
  • 05/07/2018

Will cyclists pedal bikes with airless tires in the future? BigRep just unveiled a new set of 3D-printed bike tires and took them out for a whirl in Berlin, Germany. The airless tires are made from PRO FLEX Filament - a new thermoplastic elastomer that introduces flexibility to 3D-printing. Designer and test...

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Hawaii's Kilauea volcano eruption has destroyed 26 home and caused thousands to flee

  • Lacy Cooke
  • 05/07/2018

The eruption of the Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island has destroyed around 26 homes and five structures. Since the eruption began, 10 fissures have emerged, and thousands of people have been forced to evacuate. Hawaii County Civil Defense Agency administrator Talmadge Magno told CBS News yesterday, "There's...

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Architecture

Over 1,000 spinning pinwheels make up this “moving garden” in Italy

  • Lucy Wang
  • 05/07/2018

ENTER Studio and OBR just unveiled an ornamental Baroque garden with modern and playful flair. Created for the famous international flower show Euroflora 2018 in Genoa, Italy, the pop-up landscape—known as “Locus Amoenus”—comprises 1,200 white pinwheels arranged like a floating flowerbed encircling a timber...

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  • Nicole Jewell
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Good news, surfers! The surf is always up at the ultra-cool Truck Surf Hotel - a converted Mercedes Actros truck that has been revamped into an expandable two-story retreat. The hotel on wheels has an innovative hydraulic system that enables the walls and sealing to expand upwards and outwards once parked, offering...

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