Flexible prefab cabin wins Volume Zeros 2020 Tiny House competition
Mumbai-based architecture competition platform Volume Zero has announced the winners of the 2020 Tiny House Architecture Competition, a call for entries that celebrate sustainability and individuality...
View ArticleWalkingboxes turns shipping containers into custom food trucks
The future of food trucks is sustainable — at least according to Walkingboxes, a German startup creating custom food trucks out of shipping containers. The company, which is barely a year old, is the...
View ArticleHECTAR offers free design plans for open source hydroponics unit
Among all of the new hobbies picked up during the COVID-19 lockdowns, gardening has to be one of the most popular. Felix Wieberneit from the Royal College of Art and Imperial College London imagined a...
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BioLite’s new BaseLantern is Bluetooth-enabled and charges up to four...
Do not fear the dark. The new BaseLantern from BioLite is here to help you navigate through the night. A classic outdoor lantern with a modern twist, the BaseLantern is sleek, energy efficient, and...
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The Earth’s magnetic field is weakening ten times faster than expected
New satellite data from the European Space Agency has revealed some puzzling findings : the Earth’s magnetic field appears to be weakening much faster than previous research would suggest. These...
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Modroof: low-budget cardboard roofing that doesn’t leak during monsoon season
In areas where poverty is rampant, sometimes a roof over one’s head simply isn’t enough. Corrugated metal roofs are costly, can be dangerous, and are insufferably hot during summer months. That’s...
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Prefab Casa Algarrobo mimics the rhythm of surrounding trees in Chile
The volume of Algarrobo House is divided into areas housing different programs: private, semi-private and public. Its modular structure makes it easy to differentiate between open and intimate spaces,...
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Affordable and compact Dinky Dub camper offers a modular twist to the vintage...
Weighing in at just 1,000 pounds, the Dinky Dub does come with some sacrifices when compared with its full-sized sibling. The smaller VW Type 2 tow-along loses a pair of windows, 3 feet in length, and...
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Penda unveils temporary nature-filled village for the Beijing Horticultural Expo
Architecture studio Penda’s love of modular, timber architecture will make waves at Beijing’s International Horticultural Expo 2019 in the form of a stunning, village-like exhibition space....
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Beautiful cabin pops up in ten days with minimal landscape disturbance
BIO Architects recently completed a modern modular cabin, proving yet again how beautiful homes can be affordable with the help of prefabrication . Commissioned by a young couple that desired a...
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Set up camp anywhere with Latvia’s luxurious Camping Box
Camping just got a lot more glamorous with the Camping Box , a modular eco-friendly box that’s super easy to set up. InBoxLifestyle designed the creative tent or camper alternative, and their...
View ArticleNatural light floods this solar-powered business school in Frankfurt
According to the World Green Building Council , students score higher on tests and learn up to 26% faster when placed in rooms lit by natural light. Danish practice Henning Larsen Architects took this...
View ArticleZaha Hadid Architects futuristic KAPSARC named Saudi Arabias smartest building
Despite its name, the King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Centre (KAPSARC) is big on renewable energy, as evidenced by its LEED Platinum certification—the first of Zaha Hadid Architects’...
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