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Urban Algae Canopy Produces a Forest’s Worth of Oxygen Daily

Generating as much oxygen per day as 400,000 square feet of natural woodland, the Urban Algae Canopy combines architecture, biology and digital technology to create a structure that generates ...

For Shame! Anti-Littering Campaign Uses Sly DNA Collection

Litterbugs usually like to keep their polluting crimes a dirty little secret - but Hong Kong Cleanup wanted to show them that there is no way to hide from the all-seeing eyes of technology. They ...

Recycled Skylines: 8 Green Urban Tower Typologies for 2050

Exploring eco-friendly strategies for cities, this series of conceptual 'Smart Tower' skyscrapers and mid-rise structures incorporates design elements to reduce pollution, create renewable energy ...

Real Holodeck: 360-Degree Immersive Home Gaming Environment

Using a series of networked camera-and-projector units, this working demonstration turns an entire living room into and interactive gaming environment. Dubbed RoomAlive (a successor to ...

Inverted Zoo: Enclosure-Free Design Puts Animals in the Open

Aiming to change the nature of zoo experiences for species on both sides of the glass, Zootopia radically reverses traditional layouts and changes conventional expectations. It almost looks as ...

Cel(l) Shorts: Crafty Urban Augmented Reality Animations

Employing a cellular phone coupled with traditional transparent cel animation techniques, this artist inserts strange characters and surreal stories into everyday built ...

99% Invisible: 7 Episodes of the Best Radio Show on Design

There is no witty wordplay nor shocking truth in our title today, but that is quite by design - we simply did not want risk underselling Roman Mars, the maker of a radio show that covers ...

Bubble Hotels: Spacious Spherical Retreats Set in Nature

Somewhere on the scale between tent and cabin lies the bubble hotel, an optionally transparent or opaque plastic retreat that is roomier than normal camping accommodations but more minimal than a ...

City Cycle: Curved Urban Tread Wraps ‘Round Bike Tire

Rough around the edges, we rarely notice the unique landscape that evolves from regular wear and tear on our bicycle tires - this illustration draws on that familiar-yet-foreign ...

Gone Fission: 11 Unfinished Nuclear Power Plants

These 11 unfinished, abandoned, canceled, mothballed and/or suspended nuclear power plants will, for better or worse, never know the warmth of split atoms. ...

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