Rainbow Nests: What Wasps Build with Colored Construction Paper
Worker wasps build with the materials available in their environment, including different hues and shades of paper, which can lead to radical rainbow homes when properly ...
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Radical Aquatic Recreation: 10 Extreme Designs for Water Sports
Whether powered by jet packs or taking the capabilities of the human body to whole new depths (literally,) these water gadgets and activities multiply the fun and danger of more conventional ...
H2O Yeah! The Water Tank Project Makes NYC Cooler
Like rainwater flowing from rooftops to roads, The Water Tank Project seeks to artistically enhance New York City's gritty skyline from the top down. Spearheaded by artist/activist Mary ...
Form Follows Treehouse: Tiny Green Canopy Home Tops Wood Trunk
Wrapped in living greenery, the upper story of this solar-powered, tree-shaped dwelling branches outward, set upon a wooden framework supporting it from below. Designed by Elevate ...
Water Bed: Tow an Amphibious Mobile Shelter Behind Your Bike
Combining the cheap convenience of a hostel with the outdoor access of a tent, this wheeled micro-dwelling can be carted behind a bicycle then lowered into the water for a night of floating ...
Liquid Stop Sign: Emergency Laser Projection on Sheet of Water
Serving as a bright and bold last-chance warning for vehicles about to enter tunnels, this wall of water painted turns into a kind of hovering hologram designed to STOP impending drivers from ...
Neolithic Modernism: History Museum Appears Carved from Stone
A bold break from traditional closed-box museums, this gorgeous open Museum of Indigenous Knowledge design is as much an interactive rock-hewn landscape as a work of contemporary ...
Underwater Homes: Deserted Basements as Stormwater Cisterns
In a dual effort to address urban blight and ailing infrastructure, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is piloting a new program to turn the basements of abandoned houses slated for demolition into ...
Super Pier: Green-Roofed Modular Cargo Container Mall for NYC
A massive 14,000-square-foot green roof is the latest addition to a city-approved pier conversion plan, part of an overall scheme to convert Pier 57 in New York City into an extensive modular ...
Floating Farms: Agricultural Barges to Yield 10 Tons Per Year
Powered by solar-paneled roofs overhead, these barge farms feature hydroponic space for produce above and support fish farming below, using extant technologies to offshore vast quantities of ...
