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This French art collective is building the world's largest hanging garden

French art collective Les Machines de L’ile is embarking on plans to build the world's largest hanging garden - which will be on the scale of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. The Nantes-based design team is currently working on what they are calling The Heron’s Tree - a massive interactive garden that will...
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6 cool cave homes that stay comfortable in summer and warm in winter

Cave homes have come a long way since prehistoric times. Far from primitive, many modern cave dwellings are surprisingly luxurious, comfortable, and beautiful places to call home. In addition to their head-turning location, cave homes tend to be naturally energy efficient thanks to their insulating earth walls...
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RRA’s Mandal Slipway offers a contemporary twist on the local Norwegian vernacular

This striking timber housing development breathes new life into the former industrial area of Mandal at Norway’s southern tip. After five years of development, Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter recently completed the Mandal Slipway Housing Complex, a residential project that combines contemporary timber construction...
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Urban Rivers designs a multiplayer Trashbot Game to clean the Chicago River

The non-profit organization Urban Rivers is currently fundraising to deploy a remote-controlled, trash-cleaning robot on the Chicago River. Urban Rivers already has a prototype out in the water and hopes to expand this into a full-fledged, multiplayer internet game. The organization's "Trashbot Game" would allow...
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The melting Arctic is already changing the ocean's circulation

In the far North Atlantic, scientists have uncovered new evidence that an unusual infusion of freshwater into the ocean may already be affecting the ocean's circulation. Mostly likely sourced from melting glaciers in Greenland or Arctic sea ice, the freshwater remains on the surface of the ocean for longer than...
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Ryan Zinke claims wind energy contributes to global warming

Wind turbines kill up to 750,000 birds every year, according to Donald Trump's Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke. There's one problem with that figure: it's grossly overstated. Zinke also condemned wind power for its carbon footprint — which he said is significant. Zinke said he is "pro-energy...
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BIG unveils designs for bow tie-shaped National Theater of Albania

Albania’s capital of Tirana is undergoing exciting changes — and it will soon see the construction of a new National Theater of Albania designed by Bjarke Ingels Group. The proposed bow tie-shaped theater is an extension of the government’s ongoing efforts to turn the city into a greener, more pedestrian-friendly...

Albania’s capital of Tirana is undergoing exciting changes — and it will soon see the construction of a new National Theater of Albania designed...
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Family of five moves from a 2,100-square-foot-house to a beautifully renovated school bus

After deciding to move out of their 2,100 square foot house, Brandon and Ashley Trebitowski spent six months converting a classic Blue Bird bus into a sophisticated mobile home for their family of five. The family relied on the principles of minimalism to create their new home, building almost all of the furnishings...

After deciding to move out of their 2,100 square foot house, Brandon and Ashley Trebitowski spent six months converting a classic Blue Bird bus...
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Beloved physicist Stephen Hawking passes away at 76

Stephen Hawking, the brilliant and iconic British scientist who inspired countless millions with his intellect and humanity, has died at 76. After being diagnosed with a degenerative motor neuron disease similar to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) at age 21, which left him nearly completely paralyzed, Hawking...

Stephen Hawking, the brilliant and iconic British scientist who inspired countless millions with his intellect and humanity, has died at 76. After...
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This hand-built island is the start of Copenhagen’s “parkipelago” of floating public spaces

A tiny wooden island floating in Copenhagen harbor is bringing life and interest back to the city’s waters. Australian architect Marshall Blecher and Magnus Maarbjerg of Danish design studio Fokstrot designed CPH-Ø1 - an experimental island park buoyed by recycled plastic bottles that could bring about more...

A tiny wooden island floating in Copenhagen harbor is bringing life and interest back to the city’s waters. Australian architect Marshall Blecher...
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"Have to have see-through," says Trump of border wall

President Donald Trump stopped in Otay Mesa during his trip to California to inspect eight prototypes of the potential border wall. His feedback? "You have to have see-through," Trump told reporters, according to CBS Los Angeles. "You have to know what's on the other side of the wall. You could be two feet away...

President Donald Trump stopped in Otay Mesa during his trip to California to inspect eight prototypes of the potential border wall. His feedback?...
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PUP Architects disguises a tiny house as a rooftop air duct

PUP Architects disguised a dwelling as a rooftop air duct to bring attention to London’s housing crisis. The “guerrilla habitation” project playfully exploits development loopholes by fashioning a habitable rooftop space atop a canal-side warehouse in east London. PUP Architects based their design off a...

PUP Architects disguised a dwelling as a rooftop air duct to bring attention to London’s housing crisis. The “guerrilla habitation” project...