This Self-Sufficient Floating Home Could Be Yours

Autarkhome

The Autarkhome floating home currently docked in the Netherlands -- powered by solar, and designed to Passive House standards -- will now be mass-produced. Read more →

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A (Massive) Passive House Retrofit For The Netherlands

Veilige Veste

A former police station now serves as a safe house for victims of human trafficking, and is the Netherlands' first large-scale Passive House retrofit. Read more →

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In The Netherlands, A Stunning Advertisement For Reading

book mountain

Book Mountain is a timber-and-glass pyramid structure in a suburb of Rotterdam that houses almost 10,000 sq. feet of bookshelves, culminating in an airy cafe. Read more →

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Green Expo Proposal Wins Floriade 2022 For Almere

Almere Floriade

Almere has been selected as the host of the next Floriade World Horticultural Exhibition, in 2022, on the basis of its sustainable green development proposal. Read more →

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The Netherlands’ “Inspiration House” Models Cradle-To-Cradle

B/S/H

Designed, in part, by the visionary behind cradle-to-cradle design, the Bosch Siemens Hausgeräte "Inspiration House" offers a showcase for zero-waste building. Read more →

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After The Expo, A Sustainable City Proposed For Almere

Almere Floriade 1

One Dutch city in the running to host the 2022 Floriade World Horticultural Expo proposes a sustainable expo site that would become a permanent development. Read more →

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The Netherlands’ Big Orange Expo Pavilion Is All Green

My Green World Dutch National Pavilion

The Netherlands' National Pavilion at the Floriade 2012 Expo makes use of sustainably harvested wood and passive solar design -- and resembles a giant egg. Read more →

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The Netherlands: Sustainability Center For An Historic Dike

Winning Proposal 1, Bilinear

Two proposals in the competition to design a global sustainability center for an historic dike in The Netherlands make use of sunken and floating architecture. Read more →

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In The Netherlands, A New Spin On The Playground

Turbine Playground

A children's activity center in Rotterdam draws upon the country's long history with wind power to create a unique playground out of old turbine parts. Read more →

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Architecture For A Hot Planet: The Maldives’ Floating Hotel

Greenstar Hotel, Maldives

A new floating hotel slated for the Maldives will be complete by 2014, and is expected to become a premier location for global conferences on climate change. Read more →

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