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The Earth House inspires a recall of sustainable living practices from our past. Created by Art and Architecture Associates, the 3000-square-foot house was designed to blend with the natural habitat amidst expansive farmlands. With a thick “skin” of rammed earth and other materials that were excavated from the site, the structure has reduced solar heat . . .
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Skysphere: The Ultimate Solar Powered Android Controlled Man Cave
Man or woman, there are plenty of reasons to want to escape the rigors of everyday life and retreat to your own private space. Instead of setting up in the basement or garage, New Zealand graphic designer and engineer Jono Williams decided to build his man cave in the sky. His “Skysphere” room stands in . . .
Beautiful Offices of Stelmat Teleinformatica
We love this cute chirpy headquarters of Brazilian telecommunication company Stelmat Teleinformatica. This is not your average boring office. Designed by About:Blank Architecture, the office stands out with its modern eco-friendly approach to office design. Green roofs, photovoltaic panels, rainwater reuse and sun-shading techniques like brise-soleil, among others, maximize efficiency and reduce resource consumption. There . . .
The Art of Recycling
Recyclart is nice little site that showcases the wonderful ways in which people choose to repurpose common household items. Some people just don’t like to throw away items, but with creativity like this, who’s complaining… Who out there doesn’t have corks waiting to be recycled? Save about 175 and you too can make a new . . .
Household junk Recycled into Portrait Masterpieces
We get really excited when seeing the creative things people do with stuff that is normally destined for the dustbin. In fact, we have featured plenty of articles from 17 Life Forms Created from Waste and Recycled Home Decor to Creative Chairs made from Old Materials, which we hope you enjoyed as much as we . . .
What insanely creative people do with waste newspapers
Do you ever try to brainstorm creative ways to recycle the junk you accumulate at home? Well this New Yorker put his mind to work and came up with a very dynamic solution for his recyclables. Queens-based artist Nick Georgiou makes three dimensional sculptures out of newspaper! The representation of color, line and texture in . . .
17 Stunning Life Forms Created from Waste
Artists are known to be eccentric and greatly devoted to their passion. Sayaka is one amongst them with very high reverence for human beings that are yet to find a place in the world. According to her, the work she does is a reflection of her experiences she has gained travelling around the world and . . .
Recycled Home Decor
Are you mulling over what to do with the waste in your house? We came across Recycleart, a very interesting website which has fun best ideas for making the best from waste. If you are looking for inspiration then take a look at the images below: This little dragonfly is made up of things which . . .
Bomb shelter house designs!
You may have thought of living in luxurious homes that cost millions, but never in your worst nightmare would you have imagined staying in the houses shown below! You were probably told when you were young as to what was to be done in case a natural disaster struck your area. But did anyone ever . . .
Concept Earthquake Resistant Homes
We live in an uncertain world where natural calamities like earthquakes cause more havoc than they did before. The staggering magnitudes of the the earthquakes which recently struck Indonesia and Samoa Islands give us another painful reminder of this. The physical loss amounts to millions and no price tag can be attached to the emotional . . .
Sustainable Home Designs for Katrina Victims
Actor Brad Pitt has partnered with real-estate developer and philanthropist Steve Bing to create low-price, sustainable homes as part of the “Make it Right” project. A set of duplex designs were proposed by 13 of the world’s top architects to visualize and design green, sustainable houses for hurricane Katrina victims.The designs had to be flexible, . . .
26 Chairs Made from Recycled Materials
It is chairs, this time! We take a look at some of the most creatively recycled chairs out there. There is no argument that some of these may not be the most comfortable ones to sit on, but there is also no denying the genius of their designers in thinking of new ways to add . . .