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Passage of Landscape House soaks up light, winds and sounds of Japanese rice fields

[gallery_extend] Three gate-shaped frames make up the structure of the house, whose configuration is dominated by two passages: one running from south to north on the first floor, and the other from east to west on the second floor. These transform the house into a breezy environment in which nature...
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Boston Food Forest inspires community through ecological design

As a brutal winter retreats into the record books, Bostonians of all species are out and about. “Mating sparrows, wild turkeys, hunting hawks, they’re all around us as we work,” says Orion Kriegman, Director of the Boston Food Forest Coalition. On the idyllic grounds of the Boston Nature Center in the Mattapan...
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Tablo upcycles lamps upcycled from the most unexpected household items

[gallery_extend] Some of the most overlooked household objects become one-of-a-kind centerpieces in these designers’ hands. Upcycling can take many forms, yet too often more challenging items are skipped over. The best upcyclers can take an item that would otherwise have no other place but a landfill...
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Tokujin Yoshioka’s Glass Tea House is a contemporary take on traditional Japanese architecture

[gallery_extend] Yoshioka, a designer famous for the use of transparent materials, chose to clad the modern teahouse in glass to preserve the pavilion’s spectacular views and create a seamless integration with nature. In place of the scrolls and flowers typically found in traditional tea houses, the...
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UK artist transforms salvaged circuit boards into gorgeous lifelike insects

[gallery_extend] Chappell first began tinkering with the idea of making insect miniatures out of discarded electronics several years ago when she experimented with donated electronic scrap at “The Craft Bank,” a Portsmouth arts center that collects and distributes donated craft material. She took...
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Gorgeous dune-inspired home uses bio-fuel to minimize its carbon footprint

[gallery_extend] The Dune House is a contemporary reinterpretation of the local architectural typology that features wood cladding and pitched roofs. The wooden cross-laminated structure uses a unique timber roofing system to mimics the gabled silhouette when viewed from the east facade, but is asymmetric...
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The Casa Caja "Box House" by S-AR is a model for low-cost concrete housing

[gallery_extend] An offshoot of S-AR, Comunidad Vivex aims to combat the shortage of high-quality affordable housing in Mexico by helping low-income construction workers create and customize their own homes. These masons build dwellings for other people but rarely can afford a permanent roof themselves....

[gallery_extend] An offshoot of S-AR, Comunidad Vivex aims to combat the shortage of high-quality affordable housing in Mexico by...
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MIT's self-assembling chair is really cool, but totally useless (for now)

https://vimeo.com/112761863 The future is here. We have in our midst self-sustaining homes, self-charging cell phones, and even a variety of self-driving cars. MIT engineers are digging on the autonomous vibe, and working to develop furniture that puts itself together. Whaaaat? MIT is testing...

https://vimeo.com/112761863 The future is here. We have in our midst self-sustaining homes, self-charging cell phones, and even a variety...
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Scientists discover the world's strongest natural material

Those little seashells loitering on your bathroom shelf are hiding quite a secret—at least, their teeth are. According to a new study from the University of Portsmouth, the strongest material found in nature is the tooth of a tiny sea creature. The aquatic, snail-like creatures' millimeter-long teeth feature...

Those little seashells loitering on your bathroom shelf are hiding quite a secret—at least, their teeth are. According to a new study from...
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Vintage teardrop trailer meets handcrafted steampunk design

[gallery_extend] Many of the details of the trailer’s interior have been crafted by hand. The original chandelier piece is born of a vintage tea pot and copper pipes. The illusion of a library is devised by using a clever wallpaper and much of the interior incorporates found wood, leather, and various...

[gallery_extend] Many of the details of the trailer’s interior have been crafted by hand. The original chandelier piece is born...
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Help kickstart this little SolarPuff lantern that could save the world

[youtube =http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFjxthY24iI] Imagine what it would be like to live without electricity. If you wanted to do anything after sundown, such as cook, work or read, you would need a portable lantern like a kerosene lamp. The reality for the 1.6 billion people around the globe who don't have...

[youtube =http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFjxthY24iI] Imagine what it would be like to live without electricity. If you wanted to do anything...
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Airbnb’s Portland call center offers a beautiful and flexible work environment

[gallery_extend] Harvey and Yu’s design team spent one month researching the preferences of the Portland team members before designing the space for the over 200-person staff, most of whom were already Portland residents. The 37,000-square-foot office is Airbnb’s first Customer Experience (CX) center...

[gallery_extend] Harvey and Yu’s design team spent one month researching the preferences of the Portland team members before designing...