Source: whiteroofproject.org Published: June 4, 2014 White Roof Project is going green by painting white. Here is their mission – Our method of simple, tangible change facilitates community involvement to help solve big environmental problems, one rooftop, one block,...
Source: inhabitat.com Published: May 28, 2014 Is your apartment or workspace seriously lacking in natural light? Italian physicist Paolo Di Trapani of the University of Insubria has invented an artificial daylight device called CoeLux that looks just like the sunny...
Source: ecowatch.com Published: April 2, 2014 Brandon Baker Honda and the University of California, Davis aren’t particularly known for constructing homes, but an ambitious project places the two entities at the forefront of designing homes capable of producing...
Source: treehugger.com Published: February 29, 2012 © Morephogenesis Lloyd Alter Kris De Decker of No Tech Magazine ” refuses to assume that every problem has a high-tech solution”, and points to yet another example of how low-tech solutions can work very...
Source: treehugger.com Published: March 26, 2014 By Kimberley Mok © Abeer Seikaly/2013 LEXUS DESIGN AWARD – Abeer Seikaly – weaving a home Innovative disaster shelters have run the gamut of materials like recyclable plastic, to flat pack wonders, to...
Source: dezeen.com Published: December 2, 2013 A layer of grasses, herbs and flowers blankets the roof of this hump-shaped house near Reims, France, by architect Patrick Nadeau (+ slideshow). Named La Maison-vague, which translates as Wave House, Patrick Nadeau‘s...
Source: inhabitat.com Published: October 5, 2013 All Images Via Gizmag Citadel by Inhabitat Staff For centuries, the Dutch have manipulated the landscape to move water away from their dwellings. Instead of battling the elements, Netherlands-based firm Waterstudio just...
Source: inhabitat.com Published: September 24, 2013 Image ©Alen Lin and Ethan Pines by Bridgette Meinhold The Green Greenberg Green house isn’t called green for just any reason. Besides being named after its clients (Greenberg & Green), the home has been...
Source: matteroftrust.org Published: August 16, 2013 If you’re a renter — like 80% of San Francisco residents — you may think solar is out of reach for you. But the fact is, at least 75% of Americans can’t put solar on their own roof, even if they don’t rent. The good...
Source: treehugger.com Published: April 11, 2013 © H&P Architects Creating dwellings that can stand up to the extreme forces of nature presents a challenging design problem, no matter the locale. Hoping to address the issue of extensive loss of homes and...
