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Smarter traffic light programming could help cut carbon emissions, MIT study shows

Idling cars create unnecessary greenhouse gas emissions, so common sense indicates that less time sitting in traffic would lead to a cleaner world. A new study by researchers at MIT shows how reprogramming traffic signals could lead to fewer traffic jams and a world with lower carbon emissions. Researchers...
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Kettal and Patricia Urquiola create Kettal Cottage: a part tiny house, part tent escape

[gallery_extend] Spanish architect and designer Patricia Urquiola is known for her unique furniture pieces and her collaboration with furniture manufacturer Kettal has resulted in interesting lines of outdoor furnishings that use natural and sustainable materials and provide optimal levels of comfort....
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Tadao Ando's first New York condominium design features one of the largest green walls in the city

[gallery_extend] The design is a long-awaited unveil from the world-renowned Pritzker-award-winning Japanese architect, and the early images show a stark and simple rectangular building composed mostly of concrete and glass. According the architecture firm, the building will be anything but boring and...
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Portland architecture students build incredible outdoor stage from 520 recycled pallets

How do you design an outdoor music festival which leaves no trace? That was the goal of Pickathon founder Zale Schoenborn when he and his team envisioned an eco roots music festival in the outskirts of Portland Oregon. Since it was launched in 1999, Pickathon Music Festival has been the only waste-free and plastic-free...
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Thomas Kroeger Architekt transformed this 19th-century barn into a gorgeous holiday home in Germany

[gallery_extend] This 19th century Lanhaus country house is located in a small village near Berlin. The architects renovated its large double-height hall and removed damaged and rotten structure on the interior, leaving the well preserved wooden beams and columns exposed. They also transformed one...
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How to Grow Your Own Lemon Tree from a Seed

If you love plants but don't have much outdoor space to indulge your green thumb, you might feel a bit bummed about all the things you can't grow indoors. Fortunately, there are plenty of things that you can grow inside, and citrus fruits fall into that category. Lemon trees in particular are easy to grow, and...
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Winners announced for the 2015 eVolo Skyscraper Competition

[gallery_extend] eVolo Magazine created this award in 2006 to celebrate outstanding ideas for vertical living. Architects and designers submit their designs, using innovations in technology, aesthetics, and materials to challenge current views about vertical architecture, and give us a glimpse as to...

[gallery_extend] eVolo Magazine created this award in 2006 to celebrate outstanding ideas for vertical living. Architects and designers...
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Gogoro to launch battery-swapping electric Smartscooter this summer in Taipei

This past January Gogoro unveiled its battery-swapping Smartscooter - and the start-up just announced that its zippy electric vehicles will hit the streets of Taipei this summer! The pilot program will blanket greater Taipei with the first Gogoro Energy Network - a series of connected battery swapping stations...

This past January Gogoro unveiled its battery-swapping Smartscooter - and the start-up just announced that its zippy electric vehicles will hit...
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After scandal, GNC commits to test all herbal supplements for unlabeled and fraudulent ingredients

In the wake of a scandal which found that herbal supplements such as ginseng and valerian root sold at major retailers contain cheap fillers such as wheat and soy, Pennsylvania-based GNC has signed an agreement with the New York Office of the Attorney General to implement rigorous testing of all GNC supplements....

In the wake of a scandal which found that herbal supplements such as ginseng and valerian root sold at major retailers contain cheap fillers...
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Foster + Partners reveal plans for new metro system in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Award-winning architecture firm Foster + Partners just unveiled plans for a new city-wide public transportation plan for Jeddah—one of the most vibrant city centres in Saudi Arabia. Foster + Partners came out first in an international design competition for the city's transport network, and a contract-signing...

Award-winning architecture firm Foster + Partners just unveiled plans for a new city-wide public transportation plan for Jeddah—one of the...
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Spaceship-like ski chalet sheds snow with its sharp crystalline form

[gallery_extend] Commissioned by Martin and Sue Hadaway, the eponymous 460-square-meter home is clad in ipe hardwood planks and punctuated by shard-like glazing strips and black steel. The shape of the geometric wedge-shaped home was informed by two main considerations: the building footprint and height...

[gallery_extend] Commissioned by Martin and Sue Hadaway, the eponymous 460-square-meter home is clad in ipe hardwood planks and punctuated...
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Berlin's Tchoban Foundation Museum shelters architectural history within an energy-saving, hand-drawn concrete facade

[gallery_extend] Architects Sergei Tchoban and Sergey Kuznetsov created a form that complements the neighbouring historical buildings with a fresh and different minimalist stance. Open at three sides, the situation invited the designers to do something different with the facade. They responded by etching...

[gallery_extend] Architects Sergei Tchoban and Sergey Kuznetsov created a form that complements the neighbouring historical buildings...