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INFOGRAPHIC: How to successfully grow an herb garden

Whether you’re looking to beautify your home or save money in the kitchen, growing your own windowsill or indoor herb garden is an economical way to satisfy both goals. While all herbs can adapt to life indoors and outdoors, their success depends on different environmental factors like soil type and temperature....
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Architecture

Sky garden-lined hotel in PyeongChang is a sustainable retreat for the 2018 Winter Olympics

[gallery_extend] In anticipation of the influx of tourists that will flock to PyeongChang for the 2018 Winter Olympics, Planning Korea Designs designed a sprawling hotel that covers 29,493 square meters, offering 946 rooms to incoming guests. The hotel’s loop shape was inspired by the ecological structure...
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Homes

Passively cooled Olympia Residence is a modern home on the prairie

[gallery_extend] The clients, Eric and Melinda, sought a simple yet contemporary home that emphasized a connection with nature. Unlike the farmhouse aesthetic common in Yelm, the custom-designed Olympia Residence is topped with flat roof and is clad in generous amounts of glass, wood and stucco siding,...
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Architecture

The top 5 issues affecting interior design today

Interior design is undergoing its most drastic transformation since the sustainable design revolution of the 1990s. Advances made in creative methods, the application of data, neuroscience and health, and building performance are demanding new interior design leadership. Designers who have mastered the skills...
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Architecture

Fentress Architects' new Tom Bradley Terminal receives LEED Gold Certification

[gallery_extend] The 1.25-million-square-foot terminal is inspired by ocean waves and is Fentress Architects’ thirty-second LEED project-the architects designed Sacramento’s new airportas well as Terminal B at San Jose International. Its interior comprises different media features with more than...
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Architecture

Belgian leisure center pays tribute to local history and sustainability

[gallery_extend] The leisure center, whose construction is set to begin in 2016, will break ground in the heart of Edegem. Yet, instead of being an imposing, modern structure, the center will compliment its surroundings. Collaboration with Delobelle Architecten and DELVA Landscape Architecture will...
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Architecture

Vancouver will be powered by 100 percent renewable energy

Vancouver, Canada, has become the latest city to commit to running on 100 percent renewable energy. Following a City Council vote on March 26 in favor of making the switch, the city formally announced its commitment late last week at the ICLEI World Conference 2015 in Seoul, South Korea. Vancouver now joins...

Vancouver, Canada, has become the latest city to commit to running on 100 percent renewable energy. Following a City Council vote on March...
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Design

Never buy toothpaste again with this nanotech toothbrush

Japanese designer Kosho Ueshima of The Industrial Design Studio created Misoka, a nanotech toothbrush that can clean your teeth without toothpaste. The designer teamed up with nanotechnology company Yumeshokunin Co. LTD to develop a toothbrush coated in nanosized mineral ions which move in the water, removing...

Japanese designer Kosho Ueshima of The Industrial Design Studio created Misoka, a nanotech toothbrush that can clean your teeth without toothpaste....
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Reclaimed wood artwork beautifies downtown Johannesburg

Artist r1 beautified Johannesburg’s urban fabric yet again with his recently completed reclaimed wood art installation. Commissioned by the owners of the new Betty Fox grocery store in the Maboneng Precinct, the large geometric wood mural breathes new life into an old neglected wall. The Betty Fox artwork stretches...

Artist r1 beautified Johannesburg’s urban fabric yet again with his recently completed reclaimed wood art installation. Commissioned by the...
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Edith Macefield's 'Up' house may come down after auction closes on April 20

The world has closely followed the story of this little Seattle house that belonged to a tough old lady named Edith Macefield. When developers sough to build a shopping mall on her block, Macefield reportedly refused offers mounting to $1 million; she would not sell her beloved cottage, only to watch it torn down...

The world has closely followed the story of this little Seattle house that belonged to a tough old lady named Edith Macefield. When developers...
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Architecture

Gustavo Penna's modular bus stop blends into the urban landscape in Brazil

Gustavo Penna Arquiteto & Associados just completed their design for the BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) bus stop in Brazil- a modular metallic structure that blends into the urban landscape. This unique prefabbus stop features glass and perforated plates as enclosures and uses efficient internal ventilation and lighting...

Gustavo Penna Arquiteto & Associados just completed their design for the BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) bus stop in Brazil- a modular metallic structure...
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Architecture

Inkaterra Hacienda Urubamba Hotel opens in Peru's Sacred Valley of the Incas

[gallery_extend] Tucked into the Andes mountains, close to both Macchu Picchu and Cusco, this magnificent Colonial-inspired hotel sits in the very heart of the Inca empire. The hotel and grounds were designed by Denise Guislain-Koechlin alongside her husband Jose Koechlin—Inkaterra's founder and...

[gallery_extend] Tucked into the Andes mountains, close to both Macchu Picchu and Cusco, this magnificent Colonial-inspired hotel...