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SolarPanels

Quick, Hide the Solar Panels!

A new arts center shows how to make solar panels look good, without camouflaging them.READ»

Pearl Academy

Winners Announced in the 2009 World Architecture Festival

Today, winners were announced in the World Architecture Festival, a sprawling convocation that also serves as the most varied architectural competition around. Here's a collection of some of the most intriguing award winners.READ»

Hard Rock Hotel Paradise Tower

Strip Tease: A Sneak Peek at the New Hard Rock Hotel, Vegas

The Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas has a new addition, Paradise Tower. The ten pool suites in "The Dime" were designed to be decadent, party-like-a-rock-star spaces.READ»

VerticalFarm

Vertical Farms, a Tower of B.S.

Urban farming might be ridiculous--but ridiculousness has its uses.READ»

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The Hills Are Alive, in Google's Swiss HQ [UPDATED: New Pics]

There's lots of perks at Google HQ out in California, but the design itself is a snooze. Things are a lot more interesting at their just-completed engineering offices in Zurich, Switzerland. The common spaces are particularly ...READ»

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Gensler Wins Award for Greenhouse/Hydrogen Generating Bridge

The architecture firm proposes a solar-powered greenhouse that would rest on abandoned train tracks in Chicago.READ»

A Camper for Even the Fussiest Design Dweeb

A Camper for Even the Fussiest Design Dweeb

Why leave the comforts of home, if you can camp in your very own Sydney Opera House?READ»

MedellinMayor

Design Away Crime: Medellín's Doing It With Public Works

The former mayor of Medellín, Sergio Fajardo, talks about how public-works projects can fight crime and bring safety to blighted neighborhoods.READ»

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