Eco Design

Roger Christ, Germany, House S, glazing, natural light, green roof, urban farming, rooftop garden, rooftop farming, urban development, green design, sustainable design, eco design, energy efficiency

3 Rooms, 3 Trees and a Meadow Adorn the Roof of House S in Germany

The three new boxes on the roof house a master bedroom, dressing room and bath room, as well as a personal living...

Josep Camps & Olga Felip, Arquitecturia, Girona, Spain, natural lighting, prefabricated design, artist studio, garden studio, painter's studio, green design, sustainable design, eco-design, L-shaped studio

Arquitecturia built this darling Girona artist studio in a mere 3 weeks

Comprised chiefly of wood and glass, the garden studio preserves a giant Ash tree, which in the elevation plan...

tetris house, tetris, rzlbd, toronto, daylighting, green home, eco home, space efficient design

Rzlbd’s Light-Filled Tetris House Wins at Architecture by Eliminating Wasted Space

The Tetris House is located on a narrow 40’ by 110’ lot with tight zoning that minimized the allowable building...

dry stone wall, Spain green home, spanish green house design, Mediterranean country house,Enproyecto Arquitectura, Refugio en La Vall de Laguar,

Enproyecto Arquitectura’s Spanish Coastal Stone Cabin Holds More Than a Few Surprises

Located on the outskirts of a small agricultural village, the house is surrounded by cherry fields and is graced...

green design, eco design, sustainable design, IKEA, IKEA Foundation, climate change, IKEA, effects of climate change, solar power, wind power, IKEA renewable energy portfolio, IKEA climate change pledge, IKEA invests in renewables, IKEA solar, IKEA wind, IKEA climate change

IKEA pledges 1 billion euros to fight climate change

Sweden's mega design retailer IKEA is pledging 1 billion euros ($1.13 billion) to fight climate change. Chief Executive...

green design, eco design, sustainable design, Paul Cocksedge, Living Staircase, vertical garden, Ampersand London, living garden

Paul Cocksedge’s living staircase spirals from floor to ceiling with lush greenery

Curving planters line the banisters of Paul Cocksedge's Living Staircase, creating lines of swirling greenery that...

Vincent Callebaut, passive design, bioclimatic design, biomimicry, China, wooden orchids, green design, sustainable design, eco-design, renewable energy, recycling, rainwater harvesting, geothermal heating and cooling, responsible shopping, eco-shopping, organic foods, conscious consumerism, design competition, ount Lu Estate of World Architecture Competition

Wooden Orchids reimagines the shopping mall as a living, breathing ecotopia

Vincent Callebaut's design won an honorable mention in the International Union of Architects’ (UIA) Mount Lu...

Donghyun Kim, micro housing, micro apartments, adaptnyc, nyc architecture, green architecture, tiny house, tiny apartment, tiny spaces, small spaces, small living, tiny living, green design, eco design, sustainable design

Donghyun Kim’s Micro-Housing Concept Aims to Turn Wasted Space into Tiny Apartments

Kim, an Architectural Designer at Neal Beckstedt Studio with an MArch from Cornell University, conceptualized his...

Bunker fish die off, Peconic Bay red tide, red tide, Long Island, Long Island fish die off, Long Island turtle Die off, Flanders Bay, Flanders Bay fish die off, Flanders Bay red tide, Long Island red tide, NY pollution, Long Island pollution, polluted waters

Thousands of dead fish wash ashore in Long Island’s Peconic Bay

Beach season in Long Island is not starting as planned, as thousands of dead bunker fish washed ashore in Peconic...

green design, eco design, sustainable design, Sustainable Forestry Initiative, SFI, reforestation, deforestation, 200,000 planted trees by hand

The Sustainable Forestry Initiative just planted over 200,000 trees in one hour

The team at the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) has raised the bar for environmentalists and fighting deforestation...

Hay Stack Café, visiondivision, hyperlocal food, cafe in the city, urban design, urban farming, urban agriculture, stacked ecosystem, urban cafe, Esther Klein Gallery, green design, sustainable design, eco-design, locally sourced materials, hay stack, ecology and society

Hay Stack Café raises goats and hens in the heart of Philadelphia

The design team proposed to source every material for the temporary structure locally, including the goats and...

green design, eco design, sustainable design, United War Veterans Council Recyling Program, textile recycling, clothing recycling program NYC, veteran programs NYC

Nearly 3 million pounds of clothing recycled by the UWVC in NY last year

New York City’s United War Veterans Council Recycling Program recently announced its achievement of recycling...

green design, eco design, sustainable design, WHBC Architects, perforated facade, concrete envelope, Tropical Box House, Kuala Lumpur, sun shade, concrete home

Tropical Box House stays naturally cool with geometric perforated concrete skin

Interior climate control is an important factor when designing homes for the tropical heat of Kuala Lumpur. In...

the future of food is green, algae, urban algae canopy, urban algae folly, algae canopy, green design, sustainable design, eco design, futuristic design, bio-digital design, ecoLogicStudio, Milan Expo 2015, algae, Spirulina, food, fuel and design, interactive pavilion, microalgae, carbon sequestration

Futuristic Urban Algae Folly grows food, fuel and shade

Visitors to Milan Expo 2015 have an opportunity to interact with the Urban Algae Folly pavilion, which incorporates...

6 ways to make your wedding more sustainable

If you haven’t considered how to have a more sustainable wedding, you’re missing out on more than just a chance...

National Grid, National Grid House, Warwick, UK, Europe's largest living wall, One World Design, vertical garden, living wall, pollinators, birds, bees, green design, sustainable design, eco-design, LED lights, birds, bees,

Europe’s largest living wall unveiled in the UK

Vertical gardens and living roofs have become enormously popular in recent years. In France, for example, all buildings...

green design, eco design, sustainable design , Anish Kapoor, San Gimignano, Decension, adaptive reuse, Galleria Continua

Video: Anish Kapoor’s “Decension” is a black vortex in the floor of an old movie theater

World-renowned artist Anish Kapoor has created a mysterious vortex of swirling black water on the floor of a disused...

The Urbanite, recycled oil drum furniture, recycled furniture, oil drum chairs, oil drum tables, sustainable design, green design, eco design, green furniture, sustainable furniture, New York Design Week, NY Design Week, ICFF 2015, upcycled furniture, upcycled coffee table, upcycled chairs

The Urbanite Home rescues oil barrels from landfills to create upcycled modern furniture

To create their line of coffee tables, dining chairs and rockers, The Urbanite Home designers cut, weld and rivet...

Nanoleaf, Nanoleaf Gem, LED lights, New York Design Week, ICFF, ICFF furniture fair, green design, New York design, sustainable design, eco-design, green lighting, eco lighting, energy efficient lighting, green furniture fair, new york furniture fair, green designers new york, splyt light,

Nanoleaf’s Gem LED light bulb shines like a glimmering jewel

Unlike the rounded conventional lightbulbs, the Nanoleaf bulbs are crafted with striking dodecahedron shapes. The...

Senneville sur Fécamp, writer's nook, observatory, Normandie, English Channel, northern France, Senneville sur Fécamp, Ziegler Antonin, green renovation, simple material palette, green design, sustainable design, eco-design, France

Rural writer’s nook overlooks the English channel in northern France

Housing a library and a garage, the elevated addition is glazed to ensure plenty of natural light and unobstructed...

green design, eco design, sustainable design, ISIS, Islamic State, Palmyra, destruction of artifacts

ISIS claims it will not destroy ancient architecture in Palmyra

As violence escalates in the ISIS-occupied city of Palmyra in Syria, the Islamic State group claims they will...

stop wasting food, eat me first box, fridge box, refrigerator box, fridge triage, food waste, green design, eco design, sustainable design, how to make an eat me first fridge box, how to stop wasting food, how to save money on groceries

How to Save Food and Money with a Fridge Triage Box

MATERIALS: - a large box (a clean shoebox works great, especially if it's colorful and eye-catching) - plastic...

green design, eco design, sustainable design, Royal Academy of Arts London, Bjarke Ingels, BIG Architecture, Annual Architecture lecture

Bjarke Ingels will be youngest architect to speak at the Annual Architecture Lecture in London

Young starchitect Bjarke Ingels has been named as this year’s guest speaker for the Annual Architecture Lecture...

Villa Mörtnäs, Strömma Projekt, Stockholm Archipelago, aerated concrete, green design, sustainable design, eco-design, natural lighting, south-facing windows, Sweden, fourfoursixsix

Villa Mortnas nails the cool factor on the icy Stockholm archipelago

In order to hasten construction time, fourfoursixsix opted to use aerated concrete for this design. Lightweight...

art in balance, steelcase, LMNOP, design events nyc, nyc design challenge, nyc architecture, Perkins + Will , Janet Salzer and Andrew Fuston , IA Interior Architects , mmoser, m moser, Dattner Architects

LMNOP challenges NYC architects and designers to craft creative mobiles out of recycled materials

“All day long I dream about sushi” by Steven South and Cecilia Cordova-Kling of Perkins + Will. "LMNOP’s...

Bolivia, Kasa Cultural Sol y Luna, eco-friendly accommodation, Lake Titicaca, recycled materials, dry toilet, rainwater collection system, solar water heater, vegetable garden, empowering women, Libertad, South America, eco-hostel, Andean Culture, Pachamama, green design, sustainable design, eco-design

Experimental eco-hostel promotes Andean culture and Pachamama love in Bolivia

Originally from a left-wing family from La Paz, 'hermana Libertad' keeps herself busy with the hostel, giving offerings...

green design, eco design, sustainable design, Michael Green Architecture, Wood Innovation Design Center, WIDC, timber construction, timber office building, timber skyscraper

Wood Innovation Design Center rises as world’s largest timber office building

WIDC was designed as both a functional center, but also as a showcase of the durability and design potential of...

green design, eco design, sustainable design, Relax Park Verholy, Poltova Ukraine, YOD Design Lab, stilted house, prefabricated cabin, mirrored glass

YOD Design Lab’s modern cabins mirror the forest in Ukraine

The newest addition to Relax Park Verholy, YOD Design Lab’s guest houses feature hotel-room sized accommodations,...

New York Design Week, ICFF, ICFF furniture fair, green design, New York design, sustainable design, eco-design, green lighting, eco lighting, energy efficient lighting, green furniture fair, new york furniture fair, green designers new york, splyt light, interactive lighting, modular lighting, LED lights

Splyt’s LED light trees are made from modular parts – so you can build your own!

Do you ever look at designers and think, wow, I wish I could do that? Well, there's a way for you to try out your...

green design, eco design, sustainable design, FitDesk, Exercise desk, laptop bike, stationary bike desk

FitDesk Lets You Pedal Your Way to Fitness While You Work

Telecommuting saves workers money on subway or gas costs while conserving energy - but it can also mean less exercise....

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