The METI School designed by Anna Heringer and Eike Roswag is a building project in Rudrapur, Bangladesh that does more than just teach kids. It shows the people who live in that area the goodness of using the resources they …
Tag: architecture
A building makeover goes literally green
A building in Portland, Oregon is getting a green makeover by Cutler Anderson and it involves lots of vines and other vegetation. The architects plan on putting up vertical garden “fins” on the building’s walls so that they can cut …
Tiny houses that are as cute as buttons
I love the coziness of these tiny houses from the Tumbleweed Tiny House Company. They’re adorable and more importantly, friendly to the environment. Jay Shafer started this company because he was concerned about the impact a large house would have …
Concept: To make fast food healthy
The purpose of the newly-founded Nat. Fine Bio Food is to make fast food healthy, to offer delicious organic food in a timely manner – and all this in a contemporary environment. Nat. Fine Bio Food Restaurant was designed by …
Jenga-inspired wooden house
Architect Sou Fujimoto created an entire house from one of my favorite games, Jenga. The house is made up of cedar blocks and each one is placed carefully to create places to sit, stand, lay and form windows and doorways. …
Cooper Point house is a green dream!
Seventy-four year-old green architect Mickey Muennig is featured in this month’s Wall Street Journal magazine for this incredible Cooper Point House. [via designboom]