Architecture Without Architects: Critic Blasts the Canadian Pavilion at...
Notwithstanding its green wall and rainwater harvesting, I was not impressed by the fact that Canada’s Pavilion for shanghai was being designed by acrobats and jugglers instead of architects. Excerpt...
View ArticleWave-Wrapped Solar Monaco Pavilion Unveiled for the 2010 Shanghai Expo
Excitement is amping up as Shanghai prepares for the 2010 World Expo by unfurling stunning feats of architecture ranging from supermassive sun valleys to epic energy-efficient pavilions . Keeping step...
View ArticleUS & Canada Lose Higher Percentage of Forests Than Brazil
photo: Owen Renn via flickr. All I can say is wow! Mongabay is highlighting a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences which reveals that between 2000 and 2005 over one million...
View ArticleFamous Architects Unveil Amazing Energy-Generating Buildings for the 2017...
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View ArticleIRIS: Kinematic Sea Pods Generate Energy in the Shadow of Beirut’s High-rises
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View ArticleNew Wave of Amazon Dam Building to “Force Industrialization of the Jungle”
Ecosystem collapse and social unrest could be in the Amazon’s future if plans for 412 hydroelectric dams move forward. According to a new report, a wave of dam building threatens the Amazon river and...
View ArticleWolfgang Buttress-Led Team Wins Bid to Design 2015 UK Milan Expo Pavilion
A team led by artist Wolfgang Buttress just scooped the winning bid to design a beehive-like structure for the UK pavilion at the 2015 Milan Expo . Titled BE, the “pulsating virtual hive” was designed...
View ArticleDavide Rampello’s Milan Expo Pavilion Zero wins 2015 Wallpaper Design Award
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View ArticleThe Milan Expo’s modular Azerbaijan pavilion is wrapped in wavy timber...
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View ArticleBrazil’s porous World Expo pavilion erases boundaries with net-like ramps and...
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View ArticleBelarus’ “Wheel of Life” rolls through grassy hillside at this year’s Milan...
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View ArticleMirrored Rice Cluster immerses visitors in paddy fields at Milan Expo 2015
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View ArticleUndulating German pavilion brings a “field of ideas” to Milan Expo 2015
Read the rest of Undulating German pavilion brings a “field of ideas” to Milan Expo 2015 Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Biodiversity , Canopy , food consumption , food production ,...
View ArticleLos Angeles completes city’s tallest vertical garden and DTLA’s first pocket...
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View ArticleAnti-Expo protests in Milan erupt in violence, clashes with riot police
The May 1 opening of the Milan Expo 2015 architectural show has been marred by violent clashes between a group of protesters and Italian riot police. Reuters reports that “thick clouds of smoke from...
View ArticlePublic garden project transforms a Milan square into an urban oasis
A4A Rivolta Savioni studio ’s urban garden solution popped up at Expo Gate Milano last month. Easily movable on reused bicycle wheels, the public garden—called ‘ Why not in the garden?’ —was rolled...
View ArticleProtesters stage “Paddle In Seattle” against Shell Oil Rig
Last Thursday, Shell brought its enormous Polar Pioneer drilling rig into Seattle. On Saturday, about 500 kayaking, paddleboarding, canoeing and even solar-powered party rigging protesters surrounded...
View ArticleThis entire house is ‘cooked’ out of bread and breadcrumbs
Read the rest of This entire house is ‘cooked’ out of bread and breadcrumbs Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: 2015 Milan fair , bread house , breadcrumb house , La Triennale di Milano...
View ArticleWolfgang Buttress Hive is brought back to life in the Royal Botanic Gardens...
First installed at the world expo last spring, the multi-award-winning Hive was disassembled at the end of the event and moved to the Kew Gardens, where it was reassembled as the UK’s first-ever...
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