Nigerian man invents cool jet car that operates on land and water
If you're ever in Lagos, Nigeria, watch for a quirky aero-amphibious jet car roaming the streets. Self-taught inventor...
Renovated Jakarta home fights sultry summers with ventilation, green space and shade
Located in a surprisingly quiet neighborhood in midtown Jakarta, the existing L-shaped building presented a great...
How Opera used 1,000 old floppy disks and other e-waste in their new Poland headquarters
Opera's new headquarters are located in two prestigious townhouses in the heart of Wroclaw. The buildings-one built...
Turkey presents a huge ship made from 4 tons of reused materials in Venice
The large ship measures 30 meters (98 feet) and weighs four tons. It was built from more than 500 pieces of reused...
Perforated screens made from reused terracotta tiles wrap around this house in Malaysia
After purchasing the property, the owners commissioned the architects to rebuild the house and transform it into...
Wintervacht is transforming unwanted blankets cozy winter jackets
Wintervacht is transforming unwanted blankets into cozy, snuggly jackets that give new meaning to the term "blanket...
Japanese sculpture memorializes 18,000 people dead or missing after the 2011 earthquake
The laminated stones stacked to create the curving walls represent the victims and are topped with a mirrored stainless...
Floating Seabin trash collector could rid the oceans of plastic waste
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiy7WQYQyhY The Seabin was designed to operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,...
Spanish architects reuse railway sleepers to build a sculptural library extension
The architects covered the extension in wooden railway sleepers as if the tracks that once ran near the station...
BUREAU A recreates Stonehenge with stacked shipping containers
BUREAU A was commissioned to built a temporary venue for the first edition of the biennale for independent art...
The Nest home is a solar-powered prefab made from recycled shipping containers
The Nest Home was designed to accommodate a growing family. It offers both private and common spaces that can be...
Solar-powered Re-ainbow center helps Vietnamese community adapt to climate change
The building, called RE-Ainbow, which is coined from re-use and rainbow, is located in the Duc Tho district of...
A classic Baroque church is reimagined as a glowing Orangery in Denmark
The Orangery was built using the floor plan of Borromini's famous Baroque church of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane...
This gigantic shimmering disc is made from 14,000 eyeglass lenses
The lenses are meant to create a surface reminiscent of the Golden Horn waterway, the primary inlet of the Bosphorus...
7 Bright red shipping containers repurposed as modern offices in Israel
The building is located at the Port of Ashdod cargo area, located about 40 kilometers south of Tel Aviv. The shipping...
Colorful community center was built from recycled materials from the London Olympics
LYN Atelier designed the building as a pilot project exploring the reuse of material and could act as a model...
Fairphone’s Amsterdam offices built inside an old warehouse using reclaimed materials
The smartphone manufacturer wanted to create its workspaces as transparent offices built from reused materials....
Stefaan De Croock transforms discarded wooden doors and panels into giant murals
De Croock starts with a drawing of a face and then enlarges the scale using found materials and elements such as...
Canadian artist transforms keys and coins into surprising works of art
Using found materials in new and innovative ways seems to come naturally to Moerkey, as he describes being inspired...
Marmol Radziner transform old waterhouses into a sustainable community center
The main building comprises a large open classroom and three smaller ones, accompanied with a lounge area where...
Berkeley is building a pop-up library from 50,000 books!
This participatory installation will sit in MLK Civic Center Park for the duration of the festival. Visitors will...
Nymph’s Workshop makes unique, handcrafted lamps out of coconut shells
Lithuanian artist Vainius Kubilius creates lamps out of coconuts that not only look like a piece of jewelry, but...
Minnow creates spectacular lamps from New Zealand Macrocarpa and laser-cut bamboo
Each piece is handmade in a workshop in Christchurch, New Zealand. The veneer is sourced from Auckland, and all...
Low-cost bamboo restroom in Vietnam is completely covered in leafy foliage
According to H&P Architects, Toigetation was inspired by "the iconic image of a large tree with wide canopy...
RE-Place Redefines the Nature of Building Renovation
Buildings influence our behaviour. They are where we live, work, and eat, and they always seem to be evolving....
Re-vive: rENs Uses Bright Colors to Give Ugly Old Rugs a Second Life
Many things are often thrown away just because they aren't "cool" anymore, but Dutch design duo rENs teamed up...
Steel from San Francisco’s Old Bay Bridge to be Recycled Into Public Art
The old San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, deemed earthquake unsafe a few years ago, is being torn down piece-by-piece...
Ai Weiwei Creates a Massive Metal Bird Wing From Tibetan Solar Cookers and Teakettles
The installation is meant to represent freedom, but is immobilized like a trapped animal inside one of the lower...
Mode:lina Architekci Reuse Fruit Packaging to Design Apple’s New Retail Store in Poznań
Inspired by materials and elements of packaging fruit, Mode:lina Architekci decided to use natural materials to...
San Francisco’s Old Bay Bridge to be Recycled Into a Green Airbnb Home and Museum
While driving over the bridge one day, David Grieshaber came up with the idea to convert the bridge into a house...
