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Eco Factor: Sustainable building designed to maximize the use of natural resources. Denmark-based NORD Architects has won the competition for a new healthcare center for cancer patients in Copenhagen, Denmark, which will enhance recovery and...

Eco Factor: Demonstration building to educate the community about the latest in ecofriendly technologies and architecture. HMC Architects has unveiled plans of their 14,000-square-foot demonstration building that will serve as a learning ground...

Dubai, the most populous city of the United Arab Emirates, has recently served architects as a unique canvas where their dreams can be painted to perfection. Be it the Burj Al Arab, The Palm Island or The World Islands, the fantastic dreams of...

Eco Factor: An organic educational model harness clean solar energy. Designer Johanna Schönberger’s ‘Solar Grid’ combines the flexible thin-film technology and basalt fibers into a meticulous piece of structure that aims at providing...

Eco Factor: Lighting system is made up of discarded circuit boards. The Sy-Box lighting project deserves appreciation not only for its contribution toward the environment, but also for its aesthetic design. Designed to be used as night light, the..

Eco Factor: Bench made up of recycled material generates clean electricity through embedded solar panels. Designers Sean Park, Olbae Woo and Owen Song have collectively designed a concept bench that will not only generate electricity from...

Eco Factor: Concept vehicle runs on zero emission electric motors and is made of eco-friendly materials. With the advancements in the field of batteries and electric motors, new transportation concepts are popping up, promising high performance.

I have been always a huge fan of wonderful architecture and it need not always be something green. If it happens to be both spectacular and green, then that is pretty much the icing on the cake. Modern engineering is no longer just about putting...

Everybody knows a LEGO MINDSTORMS kit is best used in making a giant monster to scare the shit out of the neighbors. But a bunch of students at New York City’s Little Red School House and Elizabeth Irwin High School did something just a notch better..

With $10 million dollars in prize money and a prestigious manufacturing contract on the line, the Automotive X Prize contest asked car lovers across the globe to come up with super fuel efficient car designs that could run 100 miles on a gallon of..