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City Farming Goes Vertical with Edible Wall for Sydney Design
Sydney gets a logical and aesthetically pleasing source of nomz.
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Recycled Building Materials Help Reduce Carbon Footprint in the UK
A concrete masonry company is hoping to lessen the carbon footprint with their carbon-negative building block.
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Students Create a Zero Energy Housing Insulation Solution
Dried straw is used to provide year-round heating and cooling.
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Artist Plans To Explore Relationship With Nature By Living In An Egg
In one of the finer examples of literally living and breathing your work, meet The Exbury Egg.
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London's Olympic Village to Provide Low-Income Housing
A welcome development, given the Olympics' less-than-desirable treatment of the homeless.
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Vintage Bikes Upcycled with Modern Parts
Canadian company reCycledride fuses the old with the new to create unique two-wheelers.
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Kickstarter Project Aims to Build a Pool in New York’s East River
New Yorkers are determined to make their river (or part of it, at least) clean enough to swim in.
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Reimagining How to Build Cities on a Human Scale
Andreas Dalsgaard, director of The Human Scale, explains how we address the contradictions of contemporary cities.
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A Bike That Unlocks The Pedal Power In Your Hands
Get your hands in on the action with the new 4 Strike Bike.
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Singapore Stunning Garden Hotel Opens
Singapore's new Park Royal takes green living to a whole other level.
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How Glowing Plants Could Replace Light Bulbs
Bioluminescent plants and crowd funding are set to save the world from the carbon monster.
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Singles to Get Train Carriage for Flirting on Prague Metro
One way to spice up your workday commute.
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Nike, NASA and the Unsustainable Future of Fabric
Nudity, hypothermia and the end of fashion: a life without fabric doesn't sound like much fun.
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Drinking Pays for Public Transport with the Beer Turnstile
Don't drink and drive; drink and catch the train
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Buildings Grow a Skin in the Name of Sustainability
House too hot? Cool it down with a whole heap of wood.
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Transforming Modern Waste into Architecture
'Waste not, want not' is the catch-cry of Dutch design and architecture studios, Superuse.
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Gourds Transformed into Building Blocks
Does one of the world's oldest cultivated plants hold the key to sustainable construction?
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A Sustainable Alternative to Leather
The Netherlands-based Studio Tjeerd Veenhoven has recently developed a new vegan textile from the Areca palm.
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‘Jane Fonda House’ Is Powered by Your Exercise
You become the guinea pigs in this exercise powered house-of-the-future
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Subterranean Park and Mushroom Farm ‘Popping Down’ in London
Run a competition without restrictions, and all kinds of great things happen.
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Sustainable Treehouses for Grown-Ups to Transform London’s Parks
Jump out of urbanity, into nature and back again.
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19-Year-Old Develops Device to Remove 7 Million Tons of Rubbish from the Ocean
Boyan Slat recently proposed his genius plan to clear the oceans of over 7 million tons of plastic.
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Why Air Conditioning Will Be Just a Blip in History
We didn't need it 50 years ago, and we might not need it in another 50.
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The Best Bike Shops in Melbourne
Whether you're a fixie rider on training wheels or a regular Cadel, Melbourne has the bike shop for you.
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Seven Forward-Thinking Foodies Create Meals from the Future
Good news for people who like needles, kelp and insects.
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Energy-Harnessing Soccer Ball Brings Power to Those Who Play with It
The most fitting product to ever feature on Kickstarter?
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The Billboard That Turns Humid Air Into Water
The Peruvians stretch one streetside billboard beyond mere advertising purposes.
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The Next Hot Pop-Up: Pissoirs
Promoting a safer, more welcoming city into the wee hours of the morning.
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Seven Incredible Structures Made From Recycled Paper
Some have taken their dedication to reusing and recycling to an entirely new level.
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Old Bicycles Turned Elegant Chandeliers
Think your old rusty bicycles belong in the dumpster? Think again.
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Concrete Playground Visits the Cornersmith Kitchen
Concrete Playground gets down and DIY at one of Cornersmith cafe's famous pickling sessions.
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Russia’s Origami Summer House
Moscow-based architect Peter Kostelov has created this all-white 'origami house' for a Russian reality TV show.
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The Autark Home Floating Houseboat
The Autark Home brings a whole new meaning to living on the water.
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Concrete Playground talks to Rohan Anderson (Whole Larder Love)
We preview the new book and talk about cities without supermarkets.
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12 Innovative DIY Light Fixtures
Establish an alternative ambience, add some creative flair or improve the decor of a room simply by adding some alternative lights you've made yourself.
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Brew Beer On-The-Go
Brew your own beer whenever and wherever you so desire with these tasty, transportable sachets.
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The $9 Bike Made from Recycled Cardboard
A fully-functioning bicycle would not be the first thing to spring to mind when thinking of items made from recycled cardboard...
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The Top Ten Tiny Prefab Homes
Here are ten of the most sustainable, imaginative and simply bewildering tiny prefab houses that...