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Design and engineering firm Carve breathed new life into one of Amsterdam's oldest parks with a playful new blob-like playground design. The eye-catching structure is a gigantic white and lilac abstract shape that just...

Could this be the end of waiting outside a restaurant in crappy weather? Turkish company Libart installed an innovative retractable wall system for a restaurant in Istanbul that can help the establishment accommodate plenty...

The Brooklyn Children’s Museum is bringing the wilderness to the middle of the city. This weekend, the museum will unveil a space that includes a forest, trails, interactive exhibits and a winged canopy that takes center...

The 25,000-square-meter school in Denmark is covered with a whopping 12,000 solar panels, which provide more than half of its electricity needs. Unlike most solar-powered buildings, the panels aren't solely relegated to the...

Artist Dan Rawlings likes to give old metal scraps a new lease on life by carving them into forest-themed art works. His most recent work, Nature Delivers, is a massive forest landscape carved into the entire body of an old...

Mexico City-based design agency Studio Jose de la O is on a mission to make urban cyclists safer by increasing their visibility - through sound. The Ecobici is a DIY device that uses a variety of upcycled parts to create...

Visitors to the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew can now celebrate the sound of silence in the park's amazing new Quiet Treehouse. Also referred to as the Woodland House, the eco-friendly, sound-insulated treehouse was designed...

Good design can save lives - and sometimes, it’s the humblest designs that do the most good. You may rarely notice them, but bollards keep pedestrians safe by restricting vehicle traffic - and they can save lives in the...

Studio Elmo Vemijs from the Netherlands has created a beautiful tiny home village on the outskirts of Eindhoven to help those who find themselves in dire straits...

No diving, please! Taipei is getting into the sporting spirit by transforming the interiors of its subway trains into mini sports arenas to celebrate the 29th Summer Universiade Games...

If you have a cool $3.5 million lying around, you could live in one of NYC's most mysterious and envy-inducing rooftop homes. This sweet East Village cottage - which just so happens to be perched on top of a building at 72...

The world's biggest conference dedicated to green building is coming to Boston this November - and you won't want to miss it. The Greenbuild International Conference and Expo will convene sustainable building experts, professionals...

The courtyard of Fondation Martell in Cognac, France has been transformed into a translucent forest made of glass fiber-reinforced polyester sheets. Spanish architecture firm SelgasCano designed the Pavillon Martell as a...

Moscow-based creative art association, Artmossphere has just unveiled what looks to be the world's largest mural. Painted by legendary Russian urban artist, Misha Most, the elaborate art piece called Evolution-2 spans a whopping...

Hot on the heels of the world’s first Forest City in China, Stefano Boeri Architetti has announced their winning bid for the first Vertical Forest in the Netherlands...