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Hyper-efficient prefab home hovers above a wetland in Minnesota

Minneapolis-based prefab purveyors Alchemy Architects has completed the Lake Elmo weeHouse, one of the newest additions...

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Award-winning Geographies of Urban Filth rethinks waste in cities

Developed cities around the world go to great lengths to hide their waste and sewage systems from view by hiding...

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Trump's EPA moves to kill Obama's Clean Water Rule

In the battle of Trump vs the environment, the environment is definitely losing. Regulations giving the federal...

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Stone apartments appear to float above a lush wetland in Hangzhou

Xixi Wetland Estate’s built environment is clad in muted blocks of grey stone that make the monolithic apartments...

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Are Mangroves The Solution to Urban Sustainability in Asia?

Mangrove forests are some of the most carbon-rich habitats on earth, but unintentional urban shifts continue to...

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Everything You Need to Know to Build a Backyard Greywater Wetland

If you stop to think about it, it’s quite odd that we flush our wastewater into local rivers, isn't it? It flows...

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Stunning Nature-Centric Children’s Garden Opens at Singapore’s Gardens by the Bay

The Children's Garden is divided into four major play areas: the Water Play centerpiece with modern water technologies;...

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Mayor Bloomberg Announces New Science and Resilience Institute for Jamaica Bay

This week, Mayor Bloomberg and Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell announced that Jamaica Bay will be home to...

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PierESCAPE: Aedas Envisions a Series of Outdoor “Dock-Like Extensions” for Navy Pier in Chicago

Aedas Architects and a team of other world-class consultants and designers have conceived of PierESCAPE: a series...

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Dazzling Circa Art Gallery in South Africa is Wrapped in an Ellipse of Bark-Hued Fins

StudioMAS has taken huge strides to reduce the building's carbon and energy footprint by relying mostly on passive...

Suncheon Wetland Visitor Center

Green Roofed Suncheon Wetlands Center Flows With the Tides

Each year over 2.8 million people visit the Suncheon wetlands in Korea, which comprise world's 5th largest tidal...

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