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eCORRE Complex Made From Two Memes Of The Moment: Shipping Containers and Green Roofs

8:07 am in architecture for humanity, Design & Architecture, design competitions, green roofs, shipping container architecture by TreeHugger

ecorre shipping container architecture image Images Credit Aphid iODEA on the Open Architecture Network I am late to the party on this one, already seen on Inhabitat and Gizmag, because it has taken me some time to figure out how it actually works. It's called the eCORRE, for Environmental Center of Regenerative Research & Education, designed by APHIDoIDEA, "an open_collaborative_th...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Daiwa’s Post-Apocalyptic Expanding Container House Is Coming To America (Video)

8:15 am in architecture for humanity, cameron sinclair, japan, prefab, shipping container architecture by TreeHugger

edv-1 in factory photo TreeHugger first showed the Daiwa EDV-1, the amazing robotic shipping container instant house, back in January. Now the prototype is coming Stateside (no doubt carried by supersonic helicopters) in July for Little Tokyo Design Week in Los Angeles. The press release has more information about the device, but nothing compares to the first two minutes of the video, where Roland Emmerich meets Cameron Sinclair to make the best disaster movie ever....Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Beyond LEED to Net Zero Energy: RFK Jr., Suzuki and Sinclair’s Keynotes at Sustainability Summit

2:54 am in architecture for humanity, Business & Politics, cameron sinclair, corporate responsibility, david suzuki, finances by TreeHugger

rfk jr photo Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaking at Sustainability Operations Summit. Photos courtesy of Craig Michaels A solar-powered health clinic traveling on a camel. Windmills on Bangladesh tut-tuts recharges cell phones. Military bases converted to civic spaces. A community center outside Rio drives out drug dealers. "Sustainability is a matter of survival," said Cameron Sinclair about Architecture for Humanity's 400-some projects in 40 countries including post-traumati...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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