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One Per Cent: Giant desert greenhouse inspired by camel's nostrils
(Image: Sahara Forest Project) A unique greenhouse that is irrigated using seawater will be built in the desert by the end of this year The $5.3 million Sahara Forest Project , just outside Doha in the Qatari desert, will borrow tricks from nature to extract the salt and create conditions that are ripe for plant growth, all without any external energy or resources. The 10,000-square-metre site works by exploiting the difference in temperature between surface seawater and water taken from hundreds of metres below the surface.
Eco Architecture: Food City – A self-sufficient metropolis planned for Dubai
Eco Factor: Off-the-grid sustainable complex plan for Dubai. Where on Earth do you see the craziest architectural dreams coming to life? Yes, it’s Dubai.
This impressive new skyscraper is just a concept but it may soon be added to Taichung, Taiwan's skyline. Designed by Vincent Callebaut, the Biotic Arch would be a revolutionary and creative skyscraper that would also be one of the most environmentally friendly buildings to date. The Biotic Arch would acquire electricity from a mix of bio, solar, and wind energies. The Arch also takes in excessive carbon thanks to its living facade and vertical gardens. This would help the Taichung Government reach their overall reduction policies, not to mention, help with their proximity to China and their carbon footprint.
Sustainable Skyscraper Absorbs Carbon Dioxide - My Modern Metropolis
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Coordinates : 34°20′35.16″N 112°6′9″W / 34.3431°N 112.1025°W / 34.3431; -112.1025 Arcosanti is an experimental town that began construction in 1970 in central Arizona , 70 mi (110 km) north of Phoenix , at an elevation of 3,732 feet (1,130 meters).
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Martín Azúa's latest rug design is made from esparto soles from the traditional spanish espadrilles. It will be used in Camper's shoe stores. Space-saving, multi-functional, and made of 100-percent recycled materials -- Sanserif Creatius has gone for the eco-friendly-furniture trifecta with its latest design.
BoingBoing points to a 1960 publication from the Douglas Fir Plywood Association, Second Homes for Leisure Living , calling it " a rather glorious bit of propaganda for super-modernist plywood living." But it is a lot more than that. It is another world. Fifty years ago they could write: With everyone enjoying longer vacations....more free time...better highways making remote retreat areas more accessible.... the mass exodus to the mountains, desert or seashore is easy to understand and-even better- fun to participate in. But the extraordinary thing is the modesty of the plans, the small, multiple use spaces.
Plywood Designs from '60s Have Lessons For Today : TreeHugger
Called the Solar Forest , the panels actually follow the sun throughout the day for maximum efficiency. And that canopy provides some much needed shade for the cars below, hopefully while keeping the overlap to a minimum.The tree trunks are like a giant power strips for electric vehicles. Cars can just plug in and cool off.
Solar Forest Keeps Cars Cool And Juiced : TreeHugger
