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    Phipps Center for Sustainable Landscapes Achieves Living Building Challenge Certification

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is now home to one of the greenest buildings on the planet. The Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens has broken ground after achieving Living Building Challenge™certification for its Center for Sustainable Landscapes (CSL). Revered for its innovative sustainability ...
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    The Tent 1 by A21 Studio

    Situated in the Vietnamese natural heritage area Trang, the Tent is a small spa designed by A21 Studio. Located inside an operating hot spring and mineral resort, the Tent is a small spa perched in the folds of halfway terrace ...
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    Comfy aDream Pods Let you Take a Nap During Long Airport Layovers

    Having to sit on uncomfortable airport seat for hours while waiting for a delayed flight can quickly turn any trip into a nightmare. But being stuck at the airport no longer has to be a miserable experience, thanks to a ...
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    This Shipping Container House is Designed to Move

    Shipping containers were designed to move anywhere in the world; there are cranes and ships and trucks designed to move them. They were designed to be secure. They were designed to resist anything nature could throw at them. They were ...
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    ‘Smart Bricks’ That Recycle Wastewater, Generate Electricity Being Developed

    A new effort is taking a foundational approach to addressing environmental issues. Literally. Thanks to a new endeavor coordinated by Newcastle University in the United Kingdom, the very materials with which we construct our buildings may be the future in green architecture. ...
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    Weathered cork-clad beach house blends in beautifully with marshy landscape

    Cork has a lot going for it as a building material: it is fully renewable, a great alternativeto other toxic insulating materials, and has that warm, natural feel that makes it an attractive covering for floors, and even for making ...
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    Atypical Hotel in Amsterdam

    Located in the center of Amsterdam, the building of Generator hotel is more than 100 years old. Originally, it hosted a zoological museum and health sciences services.Design Agency and IDEA Ontwerpworked together to restore the structure and convert it, mixing ...
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    Glamping In Antarctica Is A Thing And This Is What It Looks Like

    When you think of places you’d like to go glamping, chances are Antarctica isn’t the first place that comes to mind. But once you realize the awe-inspiring experiences, unparalleled scenery, and cozy pods that await you, it might just move to ...
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    IN BOX Capsule Hotel

    It’s a pretty unique concept when you enter their premises, you are given a suit and things for your stay. Completely isolated from your personal things which made the experience quite memorable and bizarre at the same to be exposed ...