True Studio is a 162 sq. ft. modern shipping container home
This cozy and compact dwelling out of Oregon packs one bed, one bathroom, a kitchen and porch.
Shipping industry cracks down on plastic waste
Of all the places to take action on marine litter, this one makes the most sense.
Cedar-clad shipping container becomes architect's home office
This architect converted a shipping container to accommodate an expanding office.
Starbucks opens sipping container drive-thru in Taiwan
It is an eye-catching Kengo Kuma design, but it ain't sustainable.
Konbuild shipping container homes break out of the box
This kind of shipping container housing makes sense
The G-pod breaks out of the box
This kind of shipping container architecture makes sense.
Vancouver apartment block looks like a stack of shipping containers
I mean, shipping containers are hot. But does this kind of shipping container architecture make sense?
Shipping containers transformed into prefab college classroom
Made with a tight budget and schedule, this structure was up and running within a matter of weeks.
Co-working offices are built out of shipping containers inside old bakery
This is shipping container architecture that makes sense.
Nomadic home prototype built out of a shipping container (Video)
A contemporary design for an earthquake-resistant, modular home.
Stadium in Qatar is demountable and relocatable and even has shipping containers
It makes a lot of sense in a country with no workers and five other permanent stadia.
Does shipping container architecture make sense? This hotel in London might
Because shipping containers are designed to move and these ones might have to.
ISA builds a tiny tower in Philadelphia
A great demonstration of how to develop tiny lots.
Hickok Cole designs timber towers for Philadelphia
The Timber Towers Project seeks to demonstrate the viability of a mass timber high-rise.
Remember the girl hit by car while on Facetime? The driver just got charged.
Turns out he was doing 46 miles per hour in a 25 mile-per-hour zone. But let's all blame the girl for distracted walking!
A plywood core runs through ISA's latest house in Philadelphia
They are as gutsy and gritty as ever.
Driver in car hits 14 year old with right of way in crosswalk, and all they care about is the iPhone
It's almost like there is a concerted campaign to turn distracted walking into a serious problem.
Philadelphia taxes soda to raise money for schools and parks
The mayor has portrayed the controversial soda tax as a great source of revenue with which to do fabulous things for the city, rather than a benefit for public health.
There's no fuming about this food truck – it's electric.
On the whole, I'd rather be in Philadelphia, eating Philly Greens.
Why is Philadelphia such a bike success story despite having few bike lanes? (video)
Philly has more than 2X the number of bike commuters per capita of NYC.
Bike sharing comes to Philadelphia, finally! 60 stations with 600 bikes (video)
One more city joins the bike sharing club, providing its citizens with a great, healthy, and green way to get around.
Classic contemporary wooden watches are made with lumber offcuts
Partnering with a forest conservation non-profit to plant a tree for every watch purchased, Analog Watch Co. creates chic timepieces out of recycled wood.
Philadelphia's solar-powered trash cans: Great green idea or flawed design?
Are solar-powered trash cans a fuel-saving, money-saving way to keep the streets clean? Or are they worse than regular trash cans?
Should private charging stations be installed in public space? (Survey)
If you own an electric car but don't own a garage, what do you do?
Touring The Gutsy and Green PostGreen Homes In Philadelphia
Another model for the development industry: Smart young people using their own money
Postgreen Homes Builds Gutsy Modern Townhouses in Philadelphia
Going for LEED Platinum in an affordable townhouse with clean modern design
The Porch: Philadelphia Creates a New Public Space
A new public space in Philadelphia helps make the city more human-scale and increase quality of life for people who work or pass through the area.
Smart Windows Fix Dumb Problem of Too Much Noise, Too Much Light: Sage Electrochromic Glass Changes With Flick Of Switch
Open terrace in Kimmel Center was too hot or too noisy; now it's fixed.
NFL’s Eagles Score With Stadium Solar, Wind
A new football stadium in Philadelphia is in the running for the unofficial title of "Greenest Stadium in America."
Gray Area: Provocations on the Future of Preservation
The mixing of old and new is one of the toughest things to deal with in architecture. Do you try to blend in, doing faux old, or stand out in contrast? Does everything get perserved in amber or can
Biking Through Amish Country for Climate Ride
There is a certain irony in the fact that some of the best biking in the U.S. is in an area where people have rejected the modern world -- including bikes (for those of the Old Order).
Expanding and Redefining The Idea Of Home
Nic Darling is part of Postgreen Homes, builder of the 100K house and others that I have raved about; Postgreen is a different kind of developer, working in gritty urban parts of Philadelphia, doing smaller, more affordable
Philadelphia Wants to Join New York & Paris in the Park in The Sky Club
Paris has the Promenade plantée and New York has The High Line, parks created on top of once-abandoned railway tracks. Now plans are afoot in Philadelphia to transform the Reading Viaduct into what its designers are
100K House From Postgreen Wins LEED Project of the Year
I thought we were being edgy when we gave Interface Studio Architects the Best Residential Architect Award as part of Best of Green this year, but I could not help but love the 100K house. Evidently neither could the US Green
Philadelphia Eagles - The Green Team - Scores Touchdown for Energy Independence
Quoting directly from the Philadelphia Eagles presser: "The Eagles have contracted with Orlando FL-based SolarBlue, a
Interface Studio Builds Modular Student Residence
Philadelphia architects Interface Studio are known to TreeHugger for their work with PostGreen and on the 100K house. They have also just completed a modular student residence at Temple University that really does demonstrate
Young Swedish Firm Designs Bike Palace for Philadelphia
The hot young Swedish firm We Are You came third in a competition to design a new bicycling center in Philadelphia. (They must be really young- entry criteria include only those who graduated later than 2007). Its mission: "to promote bicycling in all
Brompton Folding Bike Championships Come to the USA
If this video of the 3rd annual Brompton World Championships got US folding bike enthusiasts excited, then they'll be delighted that for the first time ever, a national US Brompton championship is to be held in March
Just what we needed dept: A bacon vending machine
One was recently installed at an Ohio university. Is this the message one wants to give to students there?
LeBron James promises a bicycle and helmet for every student at his new school
The basketball star has a soft spot for bikes, which he says gave him important freedom as a kid.
Clover tiny house comes with its own large 'social area' (Video)
No half-done couch here; there's a big place to sit and socialize.
30 ft. swing is the focus of this man's creative renovation
Swing-lovers will appreciate this massive art installation that combines art, architecture and play.
Artist & engineer team up to create paints made out of environmental toxins (Video)
Toxins leached out of old coal mines in the American Rust Belt are converted into custom paints.
Ohio Senate passes bill banning LEED certification
The wood and plastics industry prefers Green Globes and is designing laws around it. Paging Jerry Yudelson.
Ohio car dealers are fighting tooth and nail to keep Tesla out of the state
It's déjà vu all over again, again! Auto dealers have been fighting Tesla Motors on multiple fronts for a while now, trying to either force them to do business with the traditional sales model, or be prohibited from selling in certain states.
Worms in our furniture: Student-designed "Vermiculture Furniture" for home composting
This series of composting furniture designs aims to "integrate worms and people into interdependent domestic bliss."
Groundhog EV Day: Ohio car dealers want to prevent Tesla from selling in the state
It's déjà vu all over again, with the old guard trying to stop the newcomers...
Outrage After Tree is Cut Down to Improve View of Billboard
"I was shocked when I saw the tree. It was cut down, the head was lopped off, it was so upsetting," said one Cleveland business-owner.
Statistical Analysis Shows 2 Degree Temperature Rise Zones in North America
Analysis bridges differences between various climate change models to predict North American climate change with high certainty. Will skeptics finally be convinced?