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    An Abandoned Inn Becomes an Eco-Conscious Hotel in Iceland

    With a past that involves housing workers at the Nesjavellir Geothermal Power Plant, this former inn was sitting vacant in 2011 when it was acquired. With the help of faraway Santa Monica-based design studio Minarc, the abandoned building was renovated ...
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    Airbnb Conceptualizes The Future Of Shared Space

    Airbnb and Japanese design house Go Hasegawa have teamed up on a project that challenges the notion of shared space. With a project titled Sugi No Ie, or Yoshino Cedar House, the two companies took part in the tri-annual exhibition, House Vision, and together worked ...
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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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    A House Full of Recycled Materials

    Located in the city of Mumbai, the Collage House takes a unique approach with its façade. S+PS Architects collaged together recycled doors and windows as a lesson in resourcefulness and frugality creating an eye-catching patchwork of history that will last another ...
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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, ...