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A new restaurant celebrating sustainability has opened in Utrecht, the Netherlands. Designed by Dutch architecture firm cezeped, The Green House is a “circular” pavilion that houses a restaurant, urban farm and meeting...

More than 1,000 square feet of plastic ultimately destined to pollute the ocean is getting a second lease on life in Rotterdam. On July 4, 2018, Recycled Island Foundation opened its prototype to the public: a floating park...

Street lighting can impact bats' feeding patterns and internal compasses, as well as the activity of their insect prey, but a town in the Netherlands is taking steps to help the bats out...

In 2017, Dutch design firm HilberinkBosch Architects found out that seven of their century-old oak trees were in ailing health and would need to be cut down...

In the Netherlands, an old home dating back to the 1960s has been given an energy-neutral makeover, and the results are stunning. At the request of the owners, O2 Studio revamped the home into an energy-efficient powerhouse....

Roads aren't just for walking or driving anymore. Solar road or pathway projects around the world are showing that streets can both provide firm footing and generate clean energy. Inhabitat rounded up six projects in places...

Emojis have worked their way into our everyday lives—and now they’ve infiltrated the built world as well. Over 20 expressive emojis have been cast in concrete and used as modern-day gargoyles on the facade of two mixed-use...

Urban adventurers, prepare to set sail: A temporary installation in Utrecht, the Netherlands is transforming its site into an unknown land full of discoveries...

The world's first unsubsidized offshore wind farms are currently under construction in the Netherlands. The underlying economics of offshore wind energy have become so favorable in the country that the projects will require...

Garbage doesn't need to simply be garbage; it can be used to build new things. At least, that's what Frank Alsema has done. Profiled by Gizmodo, Alsema is a retired TV producer in the Netherlands who’s been fashioning his...

If we remove plastic from the world's waterways, what happens to it next? Amsterdam-based Plastic Whale, the "first professional plastic-fishing company in the world" according to founder Marius Smit, came up with a creative...

Friends Mike Thompson and Arne Hendriks have created a floating island made of fat, a "Fatberg" as they call it. With a current weight of over a metric ton, the car-sized Fatberg began as one drop of fat in a glass of water...

Friends Mike Thompson and Arne Hendriks have created a floating island made of fat, a "Fatberg" as they call it. With a current weight of over a metric ton, the car-sized Fatberg began as one drop of fat in a glass of water...

EVA Architecten took the long view when designing Villa IJsselzig, a modern home optimized for energy efficiency and durability. Set next to the river Hollandse Ijssel, the villa respects the neighboring buildings by adapting...

EVA Architecten took the long view when designing Villa IJsselzig, a modern home optimized for energy efficiency and durability. Set next to the river Hollandse Ijssel, the villa respects the neighboring buildings by adapting...