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May 16, 2012

gardensinunexpectedplaces:

Students from the Piet Zwart Institute in Rotterdam designed “brick biotopes,” made from plaster and sand, which serve dual functions:
1) as bricks, and 2) as a home for house sparrows, which often nest in cracks.
During the past 20 or so years, sparrow populations have declined in many European urban environments. The hand-crafted bricks’ design allows plants and wildlife to “co-exist with architecture.”
This video shows how they’re made.
(via Brick Biotopes at Milan Design Week | Design Milk)

Students from the Piet Zwart Institute in Rotterdam designed “brick biotopes,” made from plaster and sand, which serve dual functions:

1) as bricks, and 2) as a home for house sparrows, which often nest in cracks.

During the past 20 or so years, sparrow populations have declined in many European urban environments. The hand-crafted bricks’ design allows plants and wildlife to “co-exist with architecture.”

This video shows how they’re made.

(via Brick Biotopes at Milan Design Week | Design Milk)

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May 16, 2012

My Family Dead (2009), by Adrian Villar Rojas

I love the tree barnacles

nevver

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May 14, 2012

Beautiful green wall by Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos at their San Telmo Museum expansion. Lights up amazingly at night. See more at the link and here

christianhg:

Green Wall

(Source: detail.de)

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May 12, 2012

Game Over for the Climate - NYTimes.com

Dr. James Hansen 30 years later

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May 11, 2012

International Algae Competition 2011

International Algae Competition features innovative design interventions which highlight the possible use of algae to “promote a healthy and sustainable future for integrated living communities.”