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Monaco brings repurposed freight containers and vertical gardens to Expo Milan 2015

  • Katie Medlock
  • 05/04/2015

[gallery_extend] Italian architect Enrico Pollini designed the exhibition to cover 1,010 square meters and to include both visual and tactile elements of sustainability within its walls. The roof is covered with a Mediterranean peat moss called sphagnum, which is essential to many crops in the region....

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Ikea imagines a refrigerator-free kitchen for 2025

  • Charley Cameron
  • 05/04/2015

From bio-refrigerators that cool food with gel to zero-energy clay alternatives, we see a lot of designs that look to make one of the home's most energy-hungry appliances more efficient. But in Ikea's Concept Kitchen 2025 installation at the Milan Design Fair, the Swedish furniture giant goes one step further,...

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In Milan, New Holland’s Earth Screening pavilion raises skepticism about big-ag and sustainable farming

  • Katie Medlock
  • 05/04/2015

[gallery_extend] Tractors touted to be zero-emission and powered by on-site energy methods rove the field, simultaneously demonstrating the efficacy of this advanced technology and the possibilities for future farming practices. Underneath the display, the designers have created an exhibit of video...

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Anti-Expo protests in Milan erupt in violence, clashes with riot police

  • Charley Cameron
  • 05/04/2015

The May 1 opening of the Milan Expo 2015 architectural show has been marred by violent clashes between a group of protesters and Italian riot police. Reuters reports that "thick clouds of smoke from burning cars filled parts of central Milan" as masked individuals threw rocks and petrol bombs, and law enforcement...

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BottleCloths are modern, stylish table cloths made out of recycled plastic bottles

  • Kristine Lofgren
  • 05/04/2015

Designed by Southern California based Brenda Sacks, this eco-chic line of contemporary table coverings is made from 100% woven fiber sources entirely from recycled plastic bottles.  A consummate entertainer, Sacks couldn’t find a cool, modern tablecloth that was highly functional  and sustainable as well,...

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Japan's Milan Expo pavilion is an earthquake resistant wooden 'bowl of diversity'

  • Tafline Laylin
  • 05/04/2015

[gallery_extend] The 3D pavilion is made partly with bamboo, a fast-growing grass that is ubiquitous in Japan, and partly with wood. A sophisticated joining system that relies strictly on carved wood and no metal couplers holds the grid together. Called living construction, this design technique helps...

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Enel's solar-powered Expo pavilion is a virtual forest made of 650 LEDs

  • Lidija Grozdanic
  • 05/04/2015

[gallery_extend] The network of LEDs placed on a grid produces a continuous changing of visitors' perception of space. The polycarbonate tubes have a diameter of 150mm (about 6 inches) and vary in height, between 5.3 and 7 meters (about 17 to 23 feet). Together, they create a wavy pattern that conveys...

[gallery_extend] The network of LEDs placed on a grid produces a continuous changing of visitors' perception of space. The polycarbonate...

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  • Michelle Kennedy Hogan
  • 05/04/2015

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This massive LEGO Death Star is made from 500,000 bricks

  • Charley Cameron
  • 05/04/2015

[youtube width="537"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDmA8F3z_s8[/youtube] In March, California's LEGOland resort unveiled the latest addition to its Star Wars Miniland; a 1900lb model of the Death Star that is made from over 500,000 LEGO bricks! The replica weaponry, which measures 13 feet high and eight feet...

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Environmental center by 24H Architecture is powered by the local forest

  • Liz Eve
  • 05/04/2015

[gallery_extend] 24H Architecture designed this environment centre to inspire sustainable thinking. The project will provide green offices, exhibition spaces, a restaurant and facilities for the neighbouring children’s farm. An ecological approach is reflected in the integration of the surrounding...

[gallery_extend] 24H Architecture designed this environment centre to inspire sustainable thinking. The project will provide green...

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LEED-certified TMB Headquarters raises the bar for the construction industry

  • Lidija Grozdanic
  • 05/04/2015

[gallery_extend] The building features an underground thermal labyrinth and an active thermal slab cooling system which exploit the diurnal temperature range of the local climate to reduce the energy demands. Air heated up due to the operation of machines and the presence of people is collected in ventilation...

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IKEA's all-natural NIPPRIG line is handmade, and available for a limited time only

  • Tafline Laylin
  • 05/04/2015

[gallery_extend] [youtube =http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ToRQRIsIxk] Traditional craftsmen and women have been using bamboo, rattan, seagrass and water hyacinth for hundreds, if not thousands of years. Naturally strong and easy to work with, they are idea materials for such traditional craftmaking...

[gallery_extend] [youtube =http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ToRQRIsIxk] Traditional craftsmen and women have been using bamboo, rattan,...

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