
"City of Dreams" pavilion on NY's Governors Island will be made from 300,000 recycled cans
Every summer, Figment NYC selects a team to design and erect a temporary "City of Dreams" pavilion for its annual...

Zero-waste Japanese town builds a unique building from abandoned materials
The small yet ambitious Japanese town of Kamikatsu has achieved an 80% recycling rate and residents sort their...

AART Architecture's Elsinore Culture Center Encloses a Historic Shipyard With a Crystalline Facade
The minimalist renovation preserves elements from the original warehouse like iron rod staircases and exposed concrete...

Sleeper Cells: A Cluster of Porcupine-Esque Huts Made from Found Wood
"Sleeper Cell: A group of people who remain dormant in a community until activated, by a prearranged signal, to...

St. Louis City Museum's Towering Jungle Gym of Found Objects Includes a Plane and Ferris Wheel
With all there is to choose from in the museum, we're not quite sure where to start. To give you some background,...

Cove Park Shipping Containers: An Inspiring Cluster of Green Roofed Artist Retreats
The architects who developed Cove Park, Urban Space Management, installed the 6 containers that make up the community...

Thai Temple Built From One Million Recycled Bottles
The Wat Pa Maha Chedio Kaew temple has found a way to bottle-up Nirvana, literally. The temple, which sits in...

Giant Boat Shaped Houses in Encinitas, California May Not Be What You Think
While the faux ship homes would most likely sink right away if ever placed on the open sea, the clever way they...

Lime Green Garbage Collection Center is a Recycled Aluminum "Urban Stomach"
Located in Huarte, Spain, near the French border, the plant was conceived as an analogy to a stomach with intestines....

6 Absolutely Heavenly Green Houses of Worship
Thai Temple Built From One Million Recycled Bottles If the higher being that the Wat Pa Maha Chedio Kaew temple...

Berlin Factory Renovated Into Stunning Recyclable Live/Work Space
The Palomar5 "Camp" is an incredible project that brought 30 thinkers under the age of 30 from 30 different disciplines...