Added 28 August, 2013
The Berlin-based art collective Bosso Fakata is taking to the streets finding disused furniture, boxes and trash of all sorts and turning it into guerrilla art. Found objects are tightly wrapped with plastic film and spray painted as an artistic statement about waste and turning garbage into beauty. According to the artists, "We're walking through...
Added 15 August, 2013
Because neither Brooklyn nor Portland have major league baseball teams, the it has fallen on San Francisco to install an organic garden in their ballpark. Slated to open next season at AT&T Park, the large vegetable garden will supply produce for some of the parks' concessions and serve as an open-air dining area and community classroom. The...
Added 28 July, 2013
A subterranean park in New York City just got critical political support for it to go forward. Dubbed the Lowline, as a humorously named counterpoint to the city's Highline on the other side of Manhattan, will be built inside the former Williamsburg Trolley Terminal, a depot for streetcars that was opened in 1903 and in service until 1948 when...
Added 3 June, 2013
More and more we are seeing cities implement pedestrian-friendly walking areas and bike lanes. Now, if an Osaka company has its way, getting roaring drunk and jumping, or falling, into Dotonbori Canal after either a Hanshin Tigers victory or a wild night out in neighboring Shinsaibashi will be less risky, health wise. But it will no longer be free...
Added 28 May, 2013
A Canadian man is hoping to be the first person to sell his house for virtual currency Bitcoins. Owner Taylor More told the BBC "Bitcoins are really hard to get your hands on if you want to get them in large quantities. I have a couple projects that I want to get started, and they will take a lot of Bitcoins." According to the real estate listing...
Added 14 May, 2013
Merchant Square Footbridge at Paddington Basin will span the Grand Union Canal at the heart of the new Merchant Square development. The design concept is both simple and spectacular: a wide cantilevering deck is hinged at its north end and is raised using hydraulic jacks with an action similar to that of a traditional Japanese hand fan. The steel...
Added 2 May, 2013
The Parkroyal in Singapore breaks new ground the state’s first solar-powered sky-gardens. Amongst its energy conservation features are the use of automatic light, rain and motion sensors, rain harvesting and recycled water. Greenery flourishes throughout the entire complex, and the trees and gardens of the hotel appears to merge with those of the...
Added 25 April, 2013
Located just 2.5 miles from downtown, Beacon Food Forest is designed to grow food, draw people together, and rehabilitate the local ecosystem. The land management system mimics a woodland ecosystem but substitutes edible trees, shrubs, perennials and annuals for other kinds of plants.
Added 19 April, 2013
Tenants are now moving into Seattle's Bullitt Center, said to be the largest structure in the world yet to qualify for the Living Building Challenge, a particularly rigorous standard in sustainable building.
Greenness means that the building can not contribute any waste to the environment. The structure can only use as much water as it can collect...
Added 15 March, 2013
Coffee and the cafes that sell it are ubiquitous in the world's major cities - but how about a jungle of coffee trees on the edge of a central business district?
That's what the design firm HASSELL has brought to the Australian city of Melbourne in partnership with the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival.
A total of 125 coffee trees transformed the...