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• Design

  

  Spontaneous Architecture: Winner Announced

  Last week we showed you some of the finalists in the Studio-X and PRE-Office design challenge, who were asked to come up with creative ways to...

  by GOOD +

• Design

  

  Architecture for Humanity's New Mascot: Hugh Manitee

  Architecture for Humanity has a new spokesanimal: On April 6, 2010 non-profit Architecture for Humanity will be starting its eleventh year...

  by Andrew Price +

• Environment

  

  The High Line Opens and It Looks Phenomenal

  After years of dreaming, designing, and campaigning, the first section of the High Line park-built on top of an old elevated rail structure-opened...

  by Andrew Price +

• Design

  

  Square Feat: Sustainable Shoes

  While we're on the subject of affordable housing, let's talk about sustainable design, for the two walk hand in hand. But first, let's talk...

  by Dan Maginn +

• Design

  

  GOOD Events: New York City's High Line Park: A Walking Tour

  On Saturday, October 24, GOOD design columnist Alissa Walker will be leading a tour of Manhattan's new High Line park (it's part of her new book...

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• Design

  

  Design Responsibly

  A designer tries to understand the disparate images of Dubai's financial troubles and its skyscrapers. design mind on GOOD is a series...

  by Eleanor Davies +

• Design

  

  Good City Design: The Bike-Friendly, Anti-Homeowner Edition

  Meet Rick Potestio: Portland architect and loudmouth. He's apparently a veritable celebrity in his hometown-he's been called one of the design...

  by Siobhan O'Connor +

• Design

  

  Intermission: Another Thing

  The architect Andrew Burgess projects an image of the Icelandic parliament building onto the building itself and then mucks with it in various...

  by Andrew Price +

• Environment

  

  The Zero-carbon Underground Eco Home

  This new, flower-shaped 8,000 square foot house, which is being built for soccer star Gary Neville by Make Architects, is promising to be...

  by Siobhan O'Connor +

• Environment

  

  Which Cities Have the Most Efficient Buildings?

  The Environmental Protection Agency released a list of the cities with the most Energy Star labeled buildings this week. Have a look: It's...

  by Andrew Price +

• Cities

  

  Lara Calder's "Prefab Parasite"

  With humanity heading to the cities, we're going to have to get creative with our uses of urban space. Here's one idea from an Australian...

  by Andrew Price +

• Design

  

  Traditional Valuables

  Some crafts don't benefit from modern conveniences. Collodion process Somewhere between the daguerreotype and the Polaroid on the timeline...

  by GOOD +

• Design

  

  The Burj Dubai Opens. Yay?

  The 2,684 foot Burj Dubai-the world's tallest man-made structure-opened today. Der Spiegel has a nice photo gallery from the tower. And...

  by Andrew Price +

• Design

  

  The Old Bay Bridge: San Francisco's High Line?

  Will the unused eastern part of the San Francisco Bay Bridge be the next High Line? Probably not, but there are at least two fun ideas kicking...

  by Andrew Price +

• Design

  

  Inside the Burj Dubai

  The Burj Dubai is fascinating both because of its immense size and because it is being finished just as the cracks are beggining to show in the...

  by Morgan Clendaniel +

• Design

  

  Architecture 5 Cents

  When the architect John Morefield found himself out of a job in 2008 he set up a booth at the Ballard Farmers' Market in Seattle and offered to...

  by Andrew Price +

• Design

  

  Mammoth's Unorthodox "Best Architecture" List

  The architectural research and design team known as mammoth have put together the best "Best Architecture of the Decade" list I've seen. You'll...

  by Andrew Price +

• Technology

  

  Behold Tokyo's New Augmented Reality Architecture

  Behold the N Building, a new structure in a Tokyo shopping district that at first glance looks kind of like a giant Tetris screen until you...

  by Siobhan O'Connor 1

• Technology

  

  What Augmented Reality Could Actually Look Like

  Seems like there's more and more chatter about augmented reality stuff lately (or else I just started paying attention): Last week, we giddily...

  by Siobhan O'Connor 1

• Environment

  

  A Massive Plan to "Decarbonize" Chicago

  The architecture firm Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill are working on a massive plan to "decarbonize" Chicago's Loop. The project incorporates a...

  by Andrew Price +