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Check out this presentation on sustainable architecture over at TED. It’s not only impressive, it’s entertaining, as Bjarke Ingles, the Danish designer giving the talk, has a great sense of humor.

The highlights:
03:06 Library/Hotel in Copenhagen melts into surrounding architecture
07.50 Bike & Swim in Expo Center in China
12:26 Apartment/Parking Building looks like a mountain
15:35 1st Carbon [...]

Sustainy recently took a trip to New York and took the opportunity to visit the brand spankin’ new High Line Park, the first phase of which opened on the 9th and is the city’s newest green space next to the Times Square pedestrian mall.  I bought myself a delicious piece of organic leek and mint [...]

What’s up with waves man?  I’ve always been obsessed with the idea of lights’ wave/particle duality (hint: it’s both); And now it’s all about waves wherever I turn, from the idea of wave power to the new Google Wave email system (I watched the video for this btw, and can’t quite tell why people are [...]

Treehouses are cool. I’m sure it has something to do with our monkey-brains, because even crappy little treehouses that your neighbor build are inexplicably fun to be in. Let me step back: being in a tree itself is fun. You will never see someone crying or get into a relationship fight in a tree. It’s [...]

It is impossible for me to consider the state of design and discussions of sustainy-ability without thinking on some level about Buckminster Fuller. I saw a funky PBS documentary about him when I was a teenager. It has stayed with me ever since, and permanently effected my views of modernity and the possibility of design.
A [...]

With their minds always in the gutter… Always thinking creatively, the city of Amsterdam found themselves with two giant sewage treatment silos in the middle of the city. Sure, you could ‘doze ‘em, but these are literally brick shit houses. Why not a solution a little more sustainy?
The city planning department recently announced the winner [...]

On the way to work today I noted a large expensive house shaped like a boring rectangular box.  It struck me silly that so much money went to into something with so little creativity.  Truth is though, houses have been shaped like boxes for generations (and still are).  Thankfully, we are a creative species and [...]

Staying ahead of the curve is so important in the fast moving world of green and sustainable building.  Ideas, technology, policy, are all changing at a breakneck pace.  With that in mind.  Here’s a seriously forward looking “heads up.”
May 14th is…
Learn how you can join Sustainy in celebrating Underground American Day!  In the meantime we’ll [...]

McLaren Construction has teamed with visionary developer Gazeley (think Beijing’s ”Water Cube”) to acheive a superior benchmark in their respective fields.  With last months completion of the Blue Planet Eco-Warehouse in the UK’s Chatterly Valley; they have propelled the industry into the future of sustainable design.  And by future I mean:  solar wall, underfloor heating, ETFE lighting and an on-site micro bio-fuel station.  What [...]