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Google isn't 'feeling lucky' after Mountain View city council chokes HQ plans

  • Cat DiStasio
  • 05/06/2015

We sort of thought that Google was well on their way to owning the world, but it seems that isn't really the case, especially in Mountain View, California, where plans for a sprawling green headquarters campus have been dashed by a few newly-appointed city council members. In a vote earlier this week, the council...

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INFOGRAPHIC: How we can help reduce the impact of natural disaster

  • Kristine Lofgren
  • 05/06/2015

Studies show that the number of people displaced by natural disasters has nearly doubled since the 1970s and scientists believe that, ultimately, urbanization is to blame for such displacements. Driven by climate change and economic reasons, urbanization creates a dangerous situation when a natural disaster strikes....

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Architecture

This abandoned 300-year-old home was turned into a cafe wrapped in a bamboo frame

  • Ana Lisa
  • 05/06/2015

[gallery_extend] The cafe's house was part of a dozen of abandoned homes left behind after families fled the small town of Kasang-ri Kyung-book to go to the city. The cafe's shape developed after the architects removed and added new walls including the bamboo frame and a platform that works as a...

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This bamboo bicycle kit comes to you in the mail

  • Jane Mountain
  • 05/06/2015

If regular bikes aren't quite sustainable enough for you, this bamboo bike kit could be the answer. The Bamboo Bicycle Club, which started as a bike-building workshop in London, now creates mail-order kits, complete with all the parts needed to build a bamboo bike frame at home. Besides the environmental...

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Fully automated parking garage helps reduce vehicle emissions in Turkey

  • Lidija Grozdanic
  • 05/06/2015

[gallery_extend]   The garage is located in the busiest district of the city where three main boulevards create congestion and produce high levels of air pollution, The garage encourages people visiting the area to park in the structure and walk around town, rather than driving around the city looking...

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Colorful Spinning Tops transform traditional toys into large-scale interactive art in Atlanta

  • Lucy Wang
  • 05/06/2015

[gallery_extend] The architects took inspiration from the form and movement of traditional spinning top toys, which they translated into the over 30 large-scale “tops” that make up the “Los Trompos” installation. The interactive structures come in a variety of colors and shapes and are covered...

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[gallery_extend] TroutHouse (named for its address at 225 Troutman Street) was designed by thread collective partners Gita Nandan, Elliott Maltby and Mark Mancuso as a place for the firm's offices as well as three additional residences. Completed in 2012, the Energy Star-rated, LEED Gold building was also...

[gallery_extend] TroutHouse (named for its address at 225 Troutman Street) was designed by thread collective partners Gita Nandan, Elliott...

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  • Greg Beach
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Do you aspire to care for your own plants yet fear that your busy modern life will lead to the neglect and death of your botanical wards? You need not worry anymore, for 21st century technology will water your plants for you! Pikaplant, a design company based in Amsterdam, is promoting a new series of self-watering...

Do you aspire to care for your own plants yet fear that your busy modern life will lead to the neglect and death of your botanical wards? You...

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[gallery_extend] The owner wanted to preserve parts of the three existing cabins and incorporate them into a much bigger space made up of two old volumes and a new addition. In order to create a consistent space, the architects built the new part using traditional construction techniques and timber...

[gallery_extend] The owner wanted to preserve parts of the three existing cabins and incorporate them into a much bigger space made...

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  • Lucy Wang
  • 05/06/2015

[gallery_extend] Designed to house 500 employees of the Boston Public Schools, the Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Center stitches together three 19th-century buildings—the 1895 Ferdinand Building, the 1888 Curtis Building, and the 1890 Waterman Building—into an interconnected contemporary building that...

[gallery_extend] Designed to house 500 employees of the Boston Public Schools, the Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Center stitches together...

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Perforated brick screens create private space admist busy Bangkok streets

  • Lori Zimmer
  • 05/06/2015

[gallery_extend] With rising costs of land in Bangkok, Jun Sekino turned to brick as an inexpensive building materials to keep on budget. Rather than build traditionally, the home was designed to use brick in a forward thinking way. Encasing outdoor areas, the architect created a latticework of brick...

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Architect Todd Saunders' family home cantilevers with a swing set hanging underneath

  • Lori Zimmer
  • 05/05/2015

[gallery_extend] Building a home for himself meant that Saunders could tailor the designs to fit the desires and requests of his two children and his wife. The family sought to make the most use of outdoor space, so Saunders elevated the volumes so that the main living spaces lifted off of the ground...

[gallery_extend] Building a home for himself meant that Saunders could tailor the designs to fit the desires and requests of his two...

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