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Treehouse retreat with skate park appeals to nature lovers, 13-year-old boys

Beautiful and daring, Cinder Cone will resonate with those who have graduated from Thrasher to Dwell.



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British cancer center spotlights the healing power of good design

Heatherwick Studio's mighty pretty design for Maggie's Centre Yorkshire resembles a cluster of massive potted plants.



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Oas1s offers the finest in treehouse living without actually living in a tree

It's a little bit Ewokian, a little bit New Urbanist and a whole lot intriguing.



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UCLA students design backyard abode for birds (and bees, bats and people, too)

Despite its petite size, Bi(h)OME carves out ample room for urban wildlife.



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Humanitarian architect to reuse Nepal's earthquake rubble

Leave it to Shigeru Ban to breathe ingenious new life into the painfully abundant remains of a major catastrophe.



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Barnacle-like sleeping pods provide shelter to London's homeless

James Furzer's simple design is still situated on the streets — yet lifted slightly above them.



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Harvard startup offers for-hire tiny houses in the middle of nowhere

Getaway provides a woodsy, off-grid respite from the concrete jungle.



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Communal living slashes energy use at super-efficient Portland building

University of Cincinnati students score big in the 2015 perFORM Building Design Competition.



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Plant-clad Hawaiian micro-home is perched atop a hollow 'trunk'

Don't want to live in it anymore? Just covert it into a drive-through shaved ice stand.



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Make It Right partners with FYI on tiny house in New Orleans

At long last, Brad Pitt's green rebuilding effort thinks smaller (but just as sustainable).



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3 Solar Decathlon homes designed to withstand the next Katrina

Resilient design is showcased in competing homes hailing from New York, New Jersey and Missouri.



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In Vietnam, an urban college campus reimagined as a 'forested mountain'

Honestly, it would be a touch difficult to hit the books on a campus this wildly verdant.



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Net-zero home provides California farm laborers with heart and 'sol'

UC Davis students conceive a 'deliberate solution' to substandard farm worker housing.



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Dying Silicon Valley mall to be reborn with world's largest green roof

The man-made foothills are most definitely alive in Cupertino.



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3-D printed car and home live in symbiotic off-grid harmony

A solar-powered home that can charge a car is one thing. But what if power flowed the other way, as well?



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Dumpster-dwelling professor upsizes (just a bit) to portable urban micro-homes

At 208-square-feet, Kasita smart apartments are roughly the size of 6 garbage receptacles.



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This cedar tree-studded Swiss high-rise will probably smell amazing

Why move to the woods when you can live in a tower that doubles as a coniferous forest?



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Fresh concerns raised over Leonardo DiCaprio's eco-resort

Developers behind the 104-acre sustainable project in Belize promise to consider all concerns ahead of construction in 2017.



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This flood-proof greenhouse has got legs ... and knows how to use them

Hydraulics give a British backyard potting shed a lift when needed.



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Manhattan is getting an office tower wrapped in spiraling sky gardens

From the man who brought you the giant tetrahedron on 57th Street...



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Architecture for the ages: How houses can adapt to aging boomers

How they can provide some space for the next generation as well.



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Tubular glass vacation home encases a full-grown tree

Despite inherent flaws, House in the Tree is a fanciful fir-based escape.



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The nicest camper cabins in all of Minnesota win architecture award

The treehouse-esque bunkhouses of Whitetail Woods Regional Park score big at the AIA Housing Awards.



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Sonoma County is getting an Airstream glampsite

It's just like camping ... but with free WiFi and Malin + Goetz shampoo.



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Rooftop tiny houses offer freedom, flexibility and fantastic views

Berlin startup Cabin Spacey has a clever idea for the city's unused rooftops.



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Recycled materials boost the appeal of a tiny house

Tiny houses have become the darlings of budget-minded minimalists, and Ryan Mitchell's book, "Tiny Houses Built with Recycled Materials," explores them.



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5 solar-powered buildings that will forever change architecture

From Apple's Spaceship HQ to GE's Boston campus, these solar-integrated designs are raising the bar.




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Twisty Taipei apartment tower sucks up CO2

New high-rise called Tao Zhu Yin Yuan (“ The Retreat of Tao Zhu”) by Vincent Callebaut provides luxury housing and 'hope for a better tomorrow' in Taiwan.



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IKEA's flat-pack refugee shelter wins coveted design award

The Design Museum's recognition of IKEA's Better Shelter for refugees couldn't come at a more appropriate time.



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This stunning Manhattan office building is also unfailingly polite

Situated next to the High Line, Solar Carve Tower is specifically designed not to bogart air and natural light from its neighbors.



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Japanese retailer Muji is selling teeny-tiny vacation huts

It's a handsome, pared-down design, but where are the wheels?



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This underground Omaha home looks like a cozy spot to ride out winter

Faircompanies gives a tour of an unusual Omaha, Nebraska, dwelling that consists of three concrete domes tucked underground.



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This folding A-frame cabin is a shoo-in for fantasy holiday wish lists

M.A.Di., a flat-pack tiny house from Italy, is a new take on a beloved classic.



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Is this housing solution just a pipe dream?

A cylindrical concrete abode named O-Pod could squeeze into Hong Kong's scarce unclaimed space.



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This stunning Arctic hotel will produce more energy than it consumes

Donut-shaped and parked at the foot of a glacier, the Snøhetta-designed Svart hotel in Norway is the first of its kind.




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Puget Sound getaway is pure freecycled genius

As its name implies, Scavenger Studio by Eerkes Architects was constructed from materials plucked from soon-to-be-demolished homes.



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Unplug, escape and leave the digital world behind with Slow Cabins

From the emphasis on nature to the secret location aspect, there's a lot to like about this off-grid lodging concept from Belgium.



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Seattle commits to $12 million in modular housing for the homeless

Assembled as a local factory, the prefab housing units will house over 200 people at 3 different sites.



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This Brooklyn townhome has it all: Treehouse, turtle sanctuary and even a stream on the roof

This biophilic home owned by Gennaro Brooks-Church, founder of Eco Brooklyn Living Walls, is so green it boasts a turtle sanctuary.



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Bosco Verticale: An urban forest grows in Milan

Bosco Verticale, Milan's literal vertical forest, boasts the equivalent of 2.4 acres of richly green land.



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Milan will counter climate change with help from 3 million new trees

Milan, Italy's smoggy second largest city, envisions a future that's cooler, cleaner and swathed in green.



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Wooden high-rise trend reaches new heights in Norway

Located in the rural town of Brumunddal in Norway, Mjøsa Tower nabs the title of world's tallest wooden building.



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Top 10 'cash for clunkers' trade-ins

A 'clunker' is a vehicle reaching less than 18 mpg. Check out the top 10 clunkiest clunkers here.




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Do we love classic cars (and guns) too much?

guns and classic car emotion




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Was Cash for Clunkers a waste of energy?

It was one of President Obama's signature stimulus programs, and it looked like a roaring success — at the time.




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How Finn the yellow lab helped save an island of penguins

Finn the conservation dog was trained to sniff out pesky rabbits, and in the process he protect native plants and threatened Humboldt penguins.




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Scientists repurpose stargazing tools to protect endangered species

A high-tech collaboration between astrophysicists and ecologists is helping to monitor and protect some of the world's most threatened animals.




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Butt-breathing turtle that can stay underwater for 72 hours is endangered

The Mary River turtle, recognized for its algae-induced punk rock appearance and ability to breathe through its rear is endangered.




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How tequila producers helped bring a bat species back from the brink

There were once less than 1,000 of them left in Mexico and the U.S.




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'Popular' animals face higher risk of extinction

When people see animals everywhere in pop culture, they assume they're everywhere in real life.