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Surprise: The World’s Tallest Structure Is Not a Skyscraper

Believe it or not, there are a number of structures taller even than the infamous Burj Dubai. The tallest structure in the world, however, is an unusual candidate that reaches more than twice as ...

Local Materials: Sustainable Clay-Fired Desert Architecture

Imagine a sustainable building system that requires only the skills of a potter to complete. A basic earthen structure is formed and finished by traditional clay-firing processes. This remarkable ...

Package Equals Product in 5 Innovative Industrial Designs

(Check out our complete collection of Unusual, Creative and Transforming Furniture.) [above: The Design Pod mobile office concept by Andrew Maynard] What if you could simply reuse packaging as ...

5 Unusually Green Vehicles: Stackable to Wireframe Cars

(Check out our complete collection of Green Art, Design and Technology.) As demand for environmental alternatives grows, some green-thinking automotive designers have gone above and beyond simple ...

8 Great Green Roofs: Brief History of Eco-Roofing Systems

(Check out our complete collection of Green Art, Design and Technology.) A green roof can be much more than just a lawn on a building, and the concept is much older than many people realize. ...

Strangest Urban Animals: City Chickens to Thieving Monkeys

While you're unlikely to see El Chupacabra, the Jersey Devil or the Windigo in real life, you might be surprised by what animals are increasingly lurking in cities. Monkeys seem to be slowly ...

Painting the Town Green: 7 Works of Plant, Grass & Moss Art

(Check out our complete collection of Green Art, Design and Technology.) Green art and environmental design are often thought of as pragmatic strategies for promoting sustainability such as ...

5 Recycled Buildings Made from Bottles, Cans, Bales & Tires

(Check out our complete collection of 70 Works of Recycled Art and Design.) Have you ever thought of recycling as a creative act? To recycle something doesn't necessarily mean just hauling used ...

Burning Man 2007: Tragedy, Controversy & Sustainability

The dust has finally settled in the Black Rock Desert, both literally and otherwise. Black Rock City, the largest temporary urban encampment in the world was 45,000 strong this year and for the ...

Burning Man 2007: World’s Largest Temporary City, Green?

Burning Man is an amazing annual event that takes places for one week a year in the remote Black Rock Desert. This location, also dubbed Black Rock City, is home to art and artists from around ...

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