Read the rest of LOT-EK Unveils Plans for Solar Taichung Cultural Center Made from 1,620 Recycled Shipping Containers

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Read the rest of France’s Metaphone is a Solar-Powered Pixelated Music Hall That Vibrates with Music

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Read the rest of Spanish Train Station Transformed Into Gorgeous Daylit Office for Casa Mediterraneo

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Read the rest of Tiny Off-Grid Hawk House has Soaring Views of the Big Sur Mountains

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Read the rest of Renzo Piano’s Tiny Diogene Hut is an Off-Grid Shelter for One Person

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Read the rest of Studio Andrew Todd Unveils Plans for Circular Theater Made from Recycled Paper

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3D printing has yielded some amazing products, like robohands and prosthetic legs, but now Dewar’s has discovered a whole new way to print in 3D. The whiskey maker recently enlisted the services of 80,000 honey bees to “print” a Dewar’s bottle out of honeycomb! They’re calling it the 3B project, and they’re using it to promote the launch of their new Highlander Honey whiskey.

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People who live in Berkeley, California are certainly used to seeing some strange things on the streets of their city. But those who live in the neighborhood near 2747 Matthews Street may point out a structure that’s a little odd to even the most weathered of residents. Nicknamed “The Fish House” by locals, the Tsui House built by architect Eugene Tsui is touted by its creator as the one of the world’s safest dwellings. The design is based upon a small and segmented water creature known as a tardigrade, and also features a few architectural elements inspired by dinosaur physiology.

Read the rest of Sea Creatures and Dinosaurs Inspire a Virtually Indestructible Home in Berkeley, California

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Architect Denise Scott Brown has been denied a retroactive Pritzker Prize, according to the Pritzker Prize jury’s official response to an online petition started by a group of Harvard students. The petition called for Denise Scott Brown to be belatedly honored with a 1991 prize that was awarded to her husband and partner Robert Venturi, but ignored Scott Brown’s accomplishments. Ultimately signed by more than 17,000 people and nine Pritzker laureates, including Zaha Hadid and Rem Koolhaas, the petition failed to sway the Pritzker Architecture Prize committee.

Read the rest of Pritzker Architecture Prize Committee Rejects Petition to Give Denise Scott Brown Retroactive Award

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Read the rest of Sinuous Prefabricated Snow Huts Pop Up in the French Alps

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Read the rest of Powell River Library by Miller Hull to Become Social, Cultural Hub for Canadian Town

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When architect Ed Mazria announced that buildings account for nearly 50% of man-made greenhouse gas emissions, the building industry was taken aback. After a long career in passive solar architecture, he has taken on the goal of steeply reducing the carbon footprint of architecture – most notably with his 2030 Challenge, which aims to eliminate the use of fossil fuels in new construction, and to cut the use of fossil fuels in existing buildings by 50% by 2030. To help hit those targets, Mazria is launching a new initiative called the 2030 Palette—a robust, visually oriented online design tool which strives to help produce low-impact, people friendly projects. We recently visited Mazria’s offices in Santa Fe, where we spoke to the architect in-depth about his work and how sustainable development can save us from the worst climate change has to offer.

Read the rest of INTERVIEW: Ed Mazria, Founder of Architecture 2030 Introduces the 2030 Palette

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Read the rest of Dubai’s Sustainable City Will be Powered by 600,000 Square Feet of Solar Cells

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Read the rest of Exbury Egg: Amazing Self-Sustaining Floating Office Launches in the UK

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The Chamfer Home is a tiny self-sufficient shelter with a clean modern design that is made from eco-friendly materials. Designed by S-Archetype, the portable living unit can operate completely off the grid, which means that it can be anchored just about anywhere – from a city rooftop to a patch of sand near the beach.

Read the rest of Chamfer Home: Tiny Self-Sufficient House Operates Off-Grid in Any Locale

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Heatherwick Studio just unveiled plans for a new greenery covered pedestrian bridge to be built across the River Thames in London. Looking like a luscious garden suspended over the water, the bridge will be the first crossing built on the Thames since Foster and Partners’ Millennium Bridge opened in 2000, and it will connect Covent Garden with the South Bank.

Read the rest of Heatherwick Studio Unveils Plans for Lush New River Thames Garden Bridge in London

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