The Clean Hub, “a new prototype for sustainable infrastructure” conceived by Shelter Architecture in collaboration with Architecture for Humanity, and designed and built by architecture students from the University of Minnesota, is a breath of fresh air in an often-luxury prefab world. One of the finalists in American Express’ Members Project (vote for the Clean [...]

A few days ago we got word that the Herning Center of the Arts building, designed by Steven Holl, broke ground in Denmark. As with other projects by Holl, this building is a playful combination of light, shape and meaning that manages to work both as a museum and as an architectural showpiece.

Amazing desk lamp at a really reasonable price. Shade is handmade smooth aluminum.

$99.95

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Originally designed in 1960 to distribute the weight of the chair over the length of the chair to prevent tatami mat damage, these chairs would add a little nice simplicity to a quiet sitting room.

$1,500.00

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Maxim Velcovsky turns a familiar symbol of pollution into an ironic comment on industrialism with his porcelain Factory vase. Instead of harmful exhausts, clean, delicate flowers emerge from out of the smokestack. A dramatic reminder of global warming in an engaging and eye-catching form!

3.25″W x 4.25″L x 10″H

$99.00

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Despite its sinister history as a world-famous prison, no one’s stopping Alcatraz from becoming an innovative learning center for the latest in green technology. With its location in the middle of San Francisco Bay, Alcatraz is perfectly positioned to play host to solar, wind, and tidal power. The new turn to green comes [...]

Inhabitat believes that sustainable design isn’t just about what things are made of, but how they’re made, how they function, and whose lives they improve now and in the future. Operation Blessing, a non-profit committed to “breaking the cycle of suffering” has taken the age-old technique of harnessing the sun’s heat to cook food, and [...]

At $899, this seems like an absolute steal. You’d be crazy not to consider something like this if you are limited in your budget for upholstered goods.

“Neo chesterfield sofa turns yet another century, another society with sleek roll of the arms, minimal X-tufts across the back, clean bench seating, and bright chrome T-corner legs. Big cloth, neutral tweed suiting reads new vintage. Removable chrome legs.”

74.25″Wx30.75″Dx28″H

$899.00

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With all the sobering news lately about global warming and war, it’s important to remember all the positive things that are ALSO going on in the world at any given time. Case in point: the story of intrepid Malawi youth William Kamkwamba who, despite having no formal education or training, recently engineered and built [...]

Red lights in Taiwan will soon be much greener. By 2011, all traffic lights on the small island republic will be fitted with efficient LED lights thanks to a NT $229 million (US $7 million) project set to begin next year. Almost half of all traffic lights in Taiwan already use LEDs; the remaining [...]