Electric-powered X Shore boats combine sustainability with luxury Scandinavian design
Promising minimal maintenance, lower operating costs and a gorgeous modern design, Swedish company X Shore is making...
Noise pollution is the new 'secondhand smoke' according to experts
Noise pollution is “the new secondhand-smoke." Researchers at New York University are conducting a five-year...
Vincent Callebaut's Arboricole tower brings vertical agriculture to the city
Vincent Callebaut Architectures, known for green projects that combine smart building with advanced renewable energy...
Foster + Partners’ London playground is built of natural and sustainable materials
A new urban oasis for school children in London combines sustainable design with holistic learning. Foster + Partners...
Natural light floods this solar-powered business school in Frankfurt
According to the World Green Building Council, students score higher on tests and learn up to 26% faster when placed...
How Barcelona "superblocks" return city streets to the people
An increase in pedestrian-friendly public space and the reduction of traffic are big benefits of Barcelona’s...
O-House vertical garden doubles as a sun screen in Vietnam
A retired Vietnamese couple commissioned a quiet home with a small garden in which they can spend their free time....
NOAA has a plan to protect the oceans from troubling noise pollution
As if the world's marine animals didn't have enough to worry about -- with climate change, ocean acidification,...
Cedar-clad Elizabeth II house in Amagansett shelters its residents from outside noise
The architects approached the design of the house by researching how form, materials and details shape acoustic...
Colorful noise-pollution barriers that also generate solar energy being tested in the Netherlands
Technology research is often about finding ways to combine two different functions into one tool or, as you might...
Maze-like Buitenschot Land Art Park cuts ground noise from nearby airport in half
With more than 1,600 daily flights going in and out of Schiphol Airport, the area is not only busy but also very...
World's First Quiet Treehouse Provides Safe Haven in a Noisy Environment
Luxury treehouse design and construction firm Blue Forest has charmed us before with their beautiful timber structures...
Luciano Pia's incredible urban treehouse protects against air and noise pollution in Turin
The building features a curved, varied facade that grows up along industrial steel girders, with the girders along...
National Parks Service maps show noise levels across the US—with and without humans
The National Parks Service (NPS) has published a map that shows the average sound levels across the lower 48...
UK Airports Commission Rejects Foster + Partners' Thames Estuary Airport
The U.K.'s Airports Commission just rejected Foster + Partners' plans for a new international airport in England's...
