The architect Andrew Burgess projects an image of the Icelandic parliament building onto the building itself and then mucks with it in various interesting ways.
Fun fact: "Thing" means "parliament" or "assembly" in Icelandic. So the projection is another thing, literally.
Via Archinect.
Architect Andres Duany, best known for work designing New Urbanist communities (walkable, small-scaled, mixed-use) has shifted gears a bit to create a light, expandable shelter known as the “core house” for Haiti’s homeless. The house, designed to stand up to earthquakes and hurricanes isn’t Duany’s first foray into disaster relief housing:... 
We've been hearing a lot about these Zero Rupee Notes, which Indian citizens have been handing to corrupt officials who demand bribes. They were created by a University of Maryland professor and distributed by the "corruption killer" NGO 5th Pillar.
I was at first skeptical that they could be effective, until I read this explanation of their... 
A company in Australia is offering families the chance to live rent-free in an energy- and water efficient smart house as part of an experiment to test new renewable and efficiency technologies. Energy Australia and Sydney Water ask only that prospective tenants show an interest in environmental issues, have experience in some field of... 
The CircleBath Hospital in Bath, England, was designed by the high-profile architecture firm Foster + Partners to be a more pleasant place to convalesce:
CircleBath is Foster + Partners’ first hospital and represents a radical departure from orthodox approaches to hospital planning. The three-storey building is set into the hills on the edge... 
Designmatters/Art Center College of Design and GOOD have teamed up to present The Design Revolution Roadshow's stop in Pasadena, CA. Come see Emily Pilloton, (creator of Project H and featured in our GOOD 100 issue) share her new book Project H Design: The Book. It will take place on February 8, 2010 from 6 to 10pm on Art Center's Hillside... 
The issues caused by rampant suburban sprawl are well known, but in this post on Planetizen, Michael Lewyn argues that living in the suburbs is fine, it's working in the suburbs that is the problem. Office parks and their ilk force people into extra driving and generally reenforce the idea of sprawl:
I can think of no reason why an office... 
The artist Josef Schulz's new series "Sign Out" features a collection of American roadside signs, but with the text digitally removed, creating a fascinating amalgamation of art and branding. As they write on Cool Hunting:
The Polish artist digitally manipulated his images, meticulously stripping the American signs of all purpose or identity.... 
Creating community is easier than you think.
Is it just me or, is the modern urban neighborhood getting remarkably old-fashioned? In the Los Feliz (locals pronounce this los-FEE-liz) community of Los Angeles where I live, it feels like everything that was old is new (and smart) again. Things my grandparents in Kentucky have... 
This illustration originally appeared as the Graphic Statement for GOOD Issue 018: The Slow Issue. You can see the full image here. You can read more from The Slow Issue here.
