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- Mexico City’s Bajo Puentes Program Turns Vacant Lots Under Freeways into Prized Public Spaces Fri, 2 Aug 13, 3:39amPhoto by Ian Sane As one of the world's largest megacities, Mexico City's skyrocketing real estate prices can pose a challenge to the creation of public space...
- Protea Debuts a Fetching New Wine Bottle that’s Designed to Be Upcycled Sat, 18 May 13, 4:30amIt's Friday, which means many of us are just counting the minutes until happy hour. After enjoying a bottle of wine, it's always a bit sad to dump the bottle in the recycling bin. Although there are plenty of upcycling options...
- Artist Duncan MacAskill Creates Painterly Portraits From Thousands of Thumbtacks! Tue, 18 Sep 12, 4:40amRead the rest of Artist Duncan MacAskill Creates Painterly Portraits From Thousands of Thumbtacks! Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Ally Capellino, Creative Reuse, Duncan MacAskill, eco design, eco-art,...
- Forsaken 60′s Trailer Renovated into a Happy Hippy House in France Thu, 15 Sep 11, 12:27amCan we stand a revival of the happy hippy movement? If it means that we’ll have more eye-popping trailers like this one revived by Pierre Arnoux in France, then we say go full steam ahead...
- Candy-Colored Glass Illuminates a Passageway Between Renovated 16th Century Buildings in Portugal Tue, 13 Sep 11, 12:08amRead the rest of Candy-Colored Glass Illuminates a Passageway Between Renovated 16th Century Buildings in Portugal Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: adaptive reuse, Creative Reuse, Eco Architecture,...
- Giant British Recycled CD Fish Invites People (including Prince Charles!) Into Its Mouth Fri, 19 Aug 11, 11:02pmRead the rest of Giant British Recycled CD Fish Invites People (including Prince Charles!) Into Its Mouth Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: cds, Creative Reuse, eco design, Glastonbury Festival, green...
- A Cacophony of Shipping Containers Jazzes Up This “Music Box” Installation in Manchester Tue, 16 Aug 11, 12:17amRead the rest of A Cacophony of Shipping Containers Jazzes Up This “Music Box” Installation in Manchester Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "Music Box", BDP Architects, Creative Reuse,...
- RIBA Announces Stirling Prize Shortlisted Projects and More Than Half Are Green Tue, 26 Jul 11, 12:56amRead the rest of RIBA Announces Stirling Prize Shortlisted Projects and More Than Half Are Green Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: adaptive reuse, Creative Reuse, eco design, Green Building, green...
- Office Decorated With a Refurbished Vintage 1960s Fighter Plane Tue, 5 Apr 11, 7:20amWhen Adam Kushner, principal of design firm KUSHNER Studios, set about designing a creative office environment, he thought big – really big. He and his team hauled in a vintage 1960s MiG fighter plane and refurbished...
- Lodekka: A British Double Decker Bus Transformed into a Vintage Boutique in Portland Thu, 10 Feb 11, 2:16amRead the rest of Lodekka: A British Double Decker Bus Transformed into a Vintage Boutique in Portlandhttp://www.inhabitat.com/wp-admin/ohttp://www.inhabitat.com/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=better_feedptions-general.php?page=better_feed...
- Enter the HP Reimagine ROI Contest to Win a Vacation in Napa Valley, CA! Sun, 10 Oct 10, 2:00amWe love the mantra “recycle, reduce, reuse” – but what about reusing something in an unexpected way? This month HP is looking for your stories of inspired creative reuse in their HP Reimagine ROI contest (disclosure:...
- Enter the HP Reimagine ROI Contest to Win a All-Expenses-Paid Vacation to Napa Valley! Fri, 8 Oct 10, 5:26amHere at Inhabitat we hate the word ‘waste’, so we get really excited when we discover products that can do double (or even triple) duty beyond their intended use...
- Recycled CD Spindle Bagel Holder Fri, 19 Mar 10, 10:00amArtist Rodrigo Piwonka went and did one of those things — those things that epitomize simple, wholesome, good design so much that they make you never want to hear the word “bamboo” again...
- Grandma Made Village Out of Tens of Thousands of Bottles Tue, 4 Aug 09, 1:30amGrandmas make some pretty awesome things - pies, sweaters, and techinically, you. But can you say that your grandma ever made a village??? Ours certainly didn’t. Between 1956 and 1981 Tressa “Grandma” Prisbrey...