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Design
Could Cyber-Gardening Be the New Urban Gardening?
At an experimental algae farm, technology, biology, and architecture unite to educate the public.
Design
Can an Architect Save the Great Lakes from Asian Carp?
Architect Jeanne Gang has a utopian vision for stopping an insatiable predator.
Design
Can Manhattan's High Line Be Replicated? Several Cities Are Trying
Every week, it seems, a different city is pitching its old steel rails as the “next” High Line.
Design
Intermission: Ice Cube Lays Down Architectural Wisdom
"This is goin' green 1949 style, bitch."
Design
A New Architectural Standard for Sustainable-Minded Companies
For building owners looking for a holistic approach to sustainability, SEED offers a new path.
Design
Travel Woes: How American Airports Lost Their Glamour
The dissolution of the industry was reflected in airports, where architectural innovation was quickly pushed aside to make room for quick, easy fixes.
Design
Why Architecture's Identity Problem Should Matter to the Rest of Us
Architecture remains an elite and homogenous profession, clinging to institutional barriers that have thwarted diversity.
Design
Russian Firm Introduces a Mini-Hotel for Weary Air Travelers
Say goodbye to sleeping on airport floors, at least if you're flying into Moscow.
Design
The Promise of Spaceship Apple
With his design for a nature-building hybrid, Sir Norman Foster is swapping out one vision of the world for another.
Design
Slideshow: The Best Eye-Catching New Bioclimatic Architecture Around the World
The best new buildings strike the eye, not the environment. These impressive achievements meld high design with natural surroundings.
Cities
Superb Idea: Buildings that Eat Smog
A new coating for aluminum panels will help our energy-hungry buildings clean the air themselves.
Cities
By the City / For the City: Citizens Dream Up Solutions for New York
You've got two days left to submit ideas and have world class designers bring them to life. Here are some wild wishes submitted so far.
Design
Video: How Ikea Stores Intentionally Confuse You and Force You to Buy Stuff
Ikea's store design is literally messing with your mind—and pocketbook.
Design
Local Artists Meet Legendary Architecture In One of L.A.'s Oldest Neighborhoods
This weekend's tour through one of L.A.'s oldest neighborhoods reveals artist studios tucked inside some of the city's most beautiful houses.
Design
Inside Barack Obama's Top Secret Tent
The US Government has released this rare photo of Barack Obama inside his windowless, soundproof, mobile secure tent.
Lifestyle
Dietary Supplements: Celebrities, Champagne, and Baby Carrots
Baby carrots are the new Doritos, Armand de Brignac is the new Cristal, and Europe celebrates biodiversity while declaring a ban on GM crops illegal.
Lifestyle
What If a Mushroom Designed Your Kitchen?
In the third installment of his radical kitchen redesign, architect Nick Sowers adapts cabinets to become ideal mushroom habitats.
Lifestyle
Variations on a Table: Jeffrey Inaba Uses Salvaged Materials to Redesign Dinner
What happens when you limit your table designs to what can be built from reclaimed materials in local co-op workshops? (Hint: good things.)
