August 2015 Archive

Over the last twenty years, a Canadian family have assembled a floating home made up of living quarters fortified by greenhouses. >

Meteorology and mixology collide in Bompas and Parr’s latest project, Alcoholic Architecture, a bar with an intoxicating atmosphere. >

A Western Cape-based non-profit organisation empowers impoverished youths through art and music. >

Wasted is a community laboratory in Amsterdam Noord, where plastic waste is turned into building blocks and rubbish becomes a valuable currency. >

The Pavarotti of Nigerian opera is here: she’s a woman singing in Pidgin English. >

Kéré Architecture’s Opera Village in Burkina Faso uses cultural identity and pride as a tool for positive development. It now includes a medical centre. >

Wearsafe is a safety device and app designed to instantly alert and connect your friends or family in an emergency. >

According to these “space farmers”, the first vegetables ever grown, harvested and eaten in space are quite delicious. >

5.5 Design Studio have created the "Vache à Lait" (Milk Cow) in order to reconnect consumers to the idea of milk coming from the udder. >

Hotel Verde was awarded a second LEED Platinum Green Building Certification for its ongoing commitment to running an environmentally friendly hotel. >