Kuokkala Square, the focal point of Jyväskylä’s Kuokkala district is where the new mesmerizing church stands. Designed and built by Finnish architects Anssi Lassila and Teemu Hirvilammi of Lassila Hirvilammi with Jani Jansson of Luonti, the…
Slate-clad wooden Kuokkala Church ushers visitors through granite stairway Read More »
On the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway, in Boston, you could see a huge, 33-foot-long hammock (264 square feet area) swinging to gratify the bystanders. Hansy Better Barazza, a Roslindale architect and professor at Rhode Island School of Design,…
Boston artist utilizes recycled plastic bottles to create world’s largest hammock Read More »
Bikes running on road is an all too common sight. But the eco-friendly modes of transportation adorning a shop’s front wall is something that I have never seen before. One such bike superstore in the German city Altlandsberg features several of…
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Colombian landscape architecture studio Paisajes Emergentes’ innovative entry in the Land Art Generator Initiative is one ingenious design that beautifully blends land art with renewable energy. The energy-generating kite farm design unveiled…
Energy-generating kite park offers eco parasailing for adventure freaks Read More »
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory have prepared a model to assess which types of power plants are likely to generate the electricity used by PHEVs in different regions of the United States. The model was…
Mix of different fuels for plug in hybrids leads to lower carbon emissions Read More »
KIA POP Concept car is all ready to pop out at Paris Auto Show this year. Developed by Kia Motors South Korea’s second largest automobile manufacturer, POP instantly becomes an eye candy owing to its’ fairly odd but cute shape. The car has an all…
Odd shaped KIA POP electric car gets ready for Paris Auto Show Read More »
Who on earth could ever expect Microsoft to build a flying machine for a fanatical event? A team of eight Microsofties has created an airworthy machine named Windows Project Phoenix from recycled windsurfing masts, carbon fiber, nylon rope and other..
Windows Project Phoenix: Microsoft builds flying machine for Flugtag Read More »
We have been listening to the eco-axiom: recycle, reduce and reuse, for quite some time now. As Jill Sigman, Artistic Director of ThinkDance, completes her Hut Project, she gratifies the adage to the maximum. The project includes construction of a…
Jill Sigman unveils her yurt-like refuge built from trash Read More »
Researchers at Edinburgh Napier University in Scotland have recently filed a patent for the new fuel process that they have developed over the last two years. The team has developed a process to produce biobutanol from the byproducts of whisky…
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Titled as the “CT Umbra” this eerie and artistic sculpture of a Lexus CT 200h hybrid car by Los Angeles-based design studio Nondesign aims to highlight the two features of the vehicle – luxury and eco-friendliness. Part of the Lexus debate series.
CT Umbra Lexus sculpture highlights luxury and eco-friendliness Read More »
