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America's "first micro hotel with 4-star design" packs big style into small rooms

[gallery_extend] The first of two micro hotels planned for the New York area, the Hudson Square Arlo Hotel has more than 300 rooms that measure less than 200-square-feet each. Despite their diminutive size, the rooms offer sophisticated design and optimize the use of their limited space. Flip-down desks,...
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Rooftop wheat fields elevate Chicago's urban farming scene to exciting new heights

[gallery_extend] The would-be wheat farm is atop a landmark building that once housed the Polish National Alliance but now serves as Studio Gang's headquarters. The rooftop was originally intended to be a wildflower meadow filled with many varieties of pollinator-friendly plants such as butterfly weed,...
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Atlanta’s elevated Buckhead Park will connect a city separated by highways

[gallery_extend] Rogers Partners and Nelson Byrd Waltz are the firms behind the project, and they hope to inspire other cities that are seemingly broken apart by sprawling highways to reintegrate and offer locals a beautiful gathering place. In Buckhead’s case, the area was divided by busy streets...
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California looks to its roads for new source of renewable energy

California is putting $2 million into research to determine whether gridlock can be a beneficial source of electricity. The technology at the heart of the idea is piezoelectric crystals, which could turn mechanical energy from traffic into usable electricity that can be added to the power grid. The approach seeks...
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Artist turns urban trash into amazing animal murals

[gallery_extend] We’ve featured Bordalo II’s works around the streets of Lisbon previously, and the prolific artist has continued to spread his environmental message around the world from the Unexpected art project in Ft. Smith, Arkansas to the Street Art Jam 2016 in Estonia. His lifelike animal...
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Finland’s longest bridge will be a beautiful pedestrian and cyclist superhighway

[gallery_extend] The architects collaborated with engineering firm WSP Finland to design this tram, cyclist and pedestrian bridge, the name of which translates to Crown Bridges in Finnish. The €259 million project will cross Helsinki's Kruunuvuorensilta bay and connect the new Kruunuvuorenranta housing...
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5 vegetables to plant in your fall garden now

Fall brings pumpkin spice lattes and kids going back to school, and it also means the start of your fall garden. Many people neglect their garden during the start of fall because of their busy schedules. However, there are several vegetables that are easy to grow and are hardy enough to outlast the frost. Here...

Fall brings pumpkin spice lattes and kids going back to school, and it also means the start of your fall garden. Many people neglect their garden...
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Dutch parliament votes to shut down all of the country's coal plants

The Dutch parliament voted Thursday night to shutter the nation’s coal industry in order to achieve a 55-percent cut in carbon dioxide emissions by 2030. The vote, which is not yet binding, would require shutting down the five coal power plants currently operating in the Netherlands, three of which just came...

The Dutch parliament voted Thursday night to shutter the nation’s coal industry in order to achieve a 55-percent cut in carbon dioxide emissions...
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Sinuous concrete pavilion is a spiritual oasis at the City of Hope research and treatment center

[gallery_extend] Located at the City of Hope research and treatment center in Duarte, California, the pavilion features undulating, sinuous concrete walls that create seating areas around a century-old camphor tree. Functioning as a serene sanctuary where visitors can relax and take in the air, the...

[gallery_extend] Located at the City of Hope research and treatment center in Duarte, California, the pavilion features undulating,...
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Prefabricated green residential building is slated for Berlin's new 'live-work city'

On a site in Berlin currently home to old, ugly oilfield tanks, a revitalized district called WerkBundStadt is in the works. ingenhoven architects, along with 32 other firms, are designing residential and mixed-use buildings to transform the stagnant space into one of life and activity. ingenhoven's design reinterprets...

On a site in Berlin currently home to old, ugly oilfield tanks, a revitalized district called WerkBundStadt is in the works. ingenhoven architects,...
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National Museum of African American History and Culture opens in Washington, DC

[gallery_extend] The National Museum of African American History and Culture is the United States' only national museum devoted to exclusively showcasing African American art, history and culture. Adjaye's design adds a striking, three-tiered piece of ornamental architecture to the National Mall....

[gallery_extend] The National Museum of African American History and Culture is the United States' only national museum devoted to...
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Natural Brookwater bottles use activated carbon and volcanic rock to purify and enhance drinking water

[gallery_extend] The Sylva biofilter is Sigal's original creation, a biodegradable tool of simple design. The filter is meant to remineralize and purify water slowly, at the patient speed of nature. Trace elements are invited back into water as odors and contaminants are extracted. Volcanic rock, activated...

[gallery_extend] The Sylva biofilter is Sigal's original creation, a biodegradable tool of simple design. The filter is meant to remineralize...