Ramon Knoester (the brain behind Recycled Island), Judith Egberink and Gerben Vos propose to convert an abandoned factory site in Maastricht, the Netherlands, into an apartment complex and a new L-shaped building. The initial designs validate that the...

Eco Factor: Cob home utilizes green technologies for energy self-sufficiency. Ann and Gord Baird, the Victoria residents have allowed the traditional, European Cob homes to adorn a strictly American countryside. Working for more than one and a half...

Eco Factor: Newly developed slates harness solar energy. Cupa Group, the Spain’s largest construction materials company has come up with the world’s first solar collector slate that is just perfect for any kinds of roofing. The solar slates,...

Originally developed as a competition entry for the Athens Olympics, The Tower of Winds is a sort of mobile tower for cleansing urban polluted air. The massive cooling tower, conceived by Working Architecture Group in conjunction with engineers...

Eco Factor: Concept home designed to run on green energy. Conceived by Italian designer Massimiliano Menegale for Materica Studio, the Stay Grounded is an eco-home that buries itself deep into the ground to make solar panels and microaeolic...

Nearly five months ago, we ripped veils off the IT focused, non-profit Computer Aid International’s plan of installing a new solar-powered, shipping container based Internet café in Kenya. The cyber café has now started operating in Nairobi....

PETA adverts have become so synonymous with nudity that expecting stars to pose with their clothes on in photo shoots is something next to ineffectual (won’t say impossible). So replicating the same frenzy, a latest shoot features stars of the...

Having scored green at the FIFA World Cup 2010, South Africa’s iconic plastic horn vuvuzela asks for a revamp now. A recently concluded, special competition dubbed Wozela requested DIYers to suggest some cool reinventions for these instruments....

Just recently, the official blog of the Town Car project ripped the veil off two versions of Russian hybrid electric car: a compact hatchback and a cross-coupe. Mikhail Dmitrievitch Prokhorov, Russia’s leading industrialist and President of...

Eco Factor: Ship-shaped pavilion envisioned to support endangered animal species. The Ark, conceived by Czech designer Jan Vranovsky, is an inventive pavilion for Prague Zoo in Troja. Aside from serving as a new entrance, a tearoom or a bike...