A team of researchers at the University of Toronto in Canada proposes to replace gold with nickel in solar cells that acts as the critical electrical contacts to gather the electrical current produced by the colloidal quantum dot solar cells. The…
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Unsangdong Architects’ attention-grabbing design for the Thematic Pavilion of Yeosu 2012 has recently won them an honorable mention. Dubbed the “Ocean Imagination,” the proposal combines architecture, imagination with variable possibilities of..
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It is not long since we told you about Fridge-A-Thon campaign in Arizona. Now this time, a similar, fridge recycling themed event has hit Chicago’s street. The famous Mag Mile, which connects Chicago’s Loop business district with its Gold Coast,…
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Austrian architect Hans Hollein has recently completed the design of a high-rise office tower for Shenzhen, China. Located adjacent to the Town Hall and Shen Nan Avenue, the “SBF Tower” has a strategic position within the texture of the city. The.
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During his routine forages along the marshes, under bridges, and banks of the Cape Fear River, Shaw Lakey keeps collecting pieces of driftwood to transform them into some amazing sculptures. In his garage studio, the Carolina Beach artist works on…
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Embracing sustainable design and renewable energy technologies Strata SE1 constructed by BFLS has become the first building in the world to have integrated wind turbines. Located in one of the Mayor of London’s Energy Action Areas, the 148m high…
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American-born, Italy-based artist Robert Mitchell Dawson has re-designed the interiors of a 14th century palazzo in Rome with a distinctly green tinge. The artist collected discarded indestructible material (PVC, plastic, Styrofoam, etc) from major…
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Studio Weave has recently added another attraction to Littlehampton’s award-winning Blue Flag beach. The designers have installed Britain’s longest bench that seats over 300 people. The meandering 324 meter-long bench is made using thousands of…
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The ancient port city of Jaffa recently saw the installation of a new tidal energy plant in its historical harbor. The plant built by Israeli tidal wave energy firm S.D.E. is its first large scale sea wave power plant that can produce 60 KWh of…
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As the focus on sustainability, environmental safety and renewability has gorged beyond measures in the past decades, scientists have come up with some commendable research to conceive eco-benign solutions to the present energy crunch. Accordingly,…
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