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    Restoring a Rural Barn for a Quiet Vacation Retreat

    In the grand state of Washington, on the Northwest coast of the United States, Seattle-based MW Workssets the stage for a quiet vacation retreat. With emphasis on the use of salvaged materials, Canyon Barnis a patchwork of raw steel and ...
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    Spiraling Algaevator sucks up CO2 to Produce Clean, Green Algae Biofuel

    Algae—better known to some as ‘pond scum’—has exciting possibilities in the future of biofuel. The propagation of the slimy green stuff, however, is often hidden away in agricultural and industrial structures. To boost awareness of algae’s uses and production, designers ...
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    Colorado Outward Bound Micro Cabins

    Created by students at the University of Colorado Denver, these Colorado Outward Bound Micro Cabins are designed to house both students and educators alike. To facilitate a quick build time, each cabin is separated into two parts: a “frame” that ...
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    Architect Eco House Built With Paperboard

    Dutch design studio Fiction Factory conceived this eco-friendly house entirely built with paperboard layers wrapped around each other. This invention that is named Wikkelhouse, and that looks at first sight made with wood, is adjustable and welcoming. Source: fubiz.net...
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    Next-Gen Sustainable Buildings

    Created by architect Juan Blazquez and located in Malaga, Spain, this sustainable building design will set the precedent for future environmentally friendly architecture in Spain. The sustainable building design features several unique components in its construction. Most visible, two of ...
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    Giant Green Pyramid Rises in Paris – the AccorHotels Arena

    One of the largest concert halls and sports arenas in Europe just reopened in Paris after an 18-month refurbishment, and it’s absolutely gorgeous. The project was led by DVVD architects and engineers in collaboration with Populous in a consulting role, ...
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    Living in a Greenhouse: One Family’s Experiment in Sustainable Living

    Dutch stylist Helly Scholten is interested in living sustainably, so when the chance came to move herself and her family into an experimental sustainable house designed by Rotterdam University students and researchers, she jumped at it. Essentially an oversized greenhouse, ...
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    EFFEKT Designs ReGen Villages that Could Produce all their Own Food and Energy

    Danish studio EFFEKT has designed a self-sustaining, off-grid village of greenhouse properties, which it will present inside the Danish Pavilion during the Venice Biennale. Called ReGen Villages, the project imagines a community of buildings that produce all their own food and energy – a model ...
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    CSI-IDEA Building

    Sustainable design strategies in this building are: passive design to reduce the energy demand, use of vegetation as a constructive element, extra isolation of the envelope, the use of the thermal inertia of enclosure and floors, the use of efficient ...