Tag Archives: sustainable

Book Review: Spacecraft 2

In 2007 we fell in love with Spacecraft, a fantastic book published by Gestalten which presents inspiring “projects that meet the changing spatial needs…

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Beer Bottle Christmas Tree


Dutch beer brand Heineken built a huge Christmas tree right in front of the Nanjing road mall in Shanghai, China. The tree consists of 1,000 bottles of Heineken’s…

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Lock Your Bike With Your iPhone

Hi fellow Flying Dutchman, good news for us here. A new wheel makes it possible to lock your bike with your iPhone. The Copenhagen Wheel is…

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The Green Deal

After a decade of neoliberalism selling off public services, local governments are taking matters into own hands again? For example, Amsterdam and the other shareholders of

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Free Classic: ‘How to Build Your Own Living Structures’ by Ken Isaacs

Check out this PDF version of the book ‘How To Build Your Own Living Structures’ by Ken Isaacs, published in 1974. This classic is about…

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Roofscapes and Hut Architecture

Huts are inspiring, mostly because they remind of childhood. Treehugger reports about this interesting rooftop hut. The sustainable hut is provided with solar panels…

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New York’s Vertical Farm

A logic result of the current urban farming trend is making the good old farm fit with the urban structure. Different architects and city planners around the world are playing…

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