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Zero Energy Community Designed to Foster Solar Production

Wow. This has been a very long time coming.

This work by a U.S. architect – who really gets the solar aesthetic – was uncovered by my friend Tafline Laylin over at Inhabitat.

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Futuristic Indian Eco Community Follows Traditional Vastu Rules

A new way for living in the 21st century enabling humanity to coexist in harmony with the natural world is demonstrated by OOZE architects for Gundala, near the city of Hyderabad in India.

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A Lovely Re-use in an Ancient Japanese Village

In a village on Teshima, an island lying in the Seto Inland Sea, set among the old houses of the village, a vacant house was converted by architect Koichi Futatsumata from CASE-REAL into a dormitory.

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Eco Floors from Bricks, Glass… and Nails?

Often when artisanal types approach the web, their interface still looks much more like a page in the real textured world than the usual web designed pixels and Dave Hakkens – who has come up with a delicious way to make eco flooring out of ground-up materials from demolished buildings – is no exception.

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Above the Polar Circle, Zero-Heat Apartments

Think you’d freeze living above the polar circle with no heat in your apartment? Think again.

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