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VTN Architects Gives Modern Architecture a Fresh Spin with Bamboo

In countries like Vietnam and Thailand, bamboo is taking on more complex forms than ever before, playing an integral role in the future of modern sustainable architecture. One of the firms at the ...

Fuller House: 15 Geodesic Dome Creations Pay Tribute to Bucky’s Classic

Architect, engineer and inventor Buckminster Fuller developed the world’s most infamous dome structure while searching for the most efficient housing solution possible during the 1940s. The ...

Svart by Snøhetta: A Futuristic Circular Hotel Glows Under the Aurora Borealis

Redefining what it means to be a hotel on the water, Svart by architectural firm Snøhetta is an energy-positive circular structure hovering above the frigid fjord at the foot of Norway’s ...

It’s Alive! 14 Algae-Powered Inventions for Food, Light, Energy & Oxygen

If we could just get beyond pesky hiccups like catastrophic climate change and wanting to obliterate each other with nuclear weapons, we humans could learn from our mistakes and create a future ...

Bold Bamboo: 8 Dramatic Organic Structures by Chiangmai Life Architects

With the completion of their latest project, a spectacular sports hall made of prefabricated bamboo trusses, Thai firm Chiangmai Life Construction (CLC) shows off the stunning architectural ...

Bamboo Architecture: 14 Sustainable and Spectacular Organic Structures

Extraordinarily flexible yet strong, the fast-growing grass known as bamboo serves as a versatile medium for architectural projects with sculptural flair, especially when it's bent or woven. ...

Urban Off-Grid: 12 Creative Solutions For Self-Sustainability in the City

Off-grid housing is almost always relegated to remote areas due to strict urban building codes and access to affordable land, but sometimes self-contained structures pop up in parks, on rooftops ...

Fantasy to Reality: Twisting Tree-Covered Callebaut Tower Taking Shape

We’ve seen lots of dazzling concepts by Belgian architect Vincent Callebaut, most of which seem far too fanciful to ever actually materialize, but his twisting high-rise tower in Taipei is ...

Urban Human Habitats: 13 Compact Concepts for Growing Cities

  How will various cities around the world adapt to rapid population growth while maintaining quality of life and responding to their unique environments and cultural context? In some ...

Seascraper: Lush 3D-Printed Self-Sustaining Floating Cities

In the not-so-distant future, once we land-dwelling humans have exhausted all of our resources and trashed the climate-change-ravaged continents we live on, a new civilization will inhabit a ...

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