Dan Rockhill’s Studio 804 is such a wonderful idea for teaching architecture. He and his team design, build and then sell a house every year in challenged parts of Kansas City, and each is an innovative mix of design and technology. This year, with the Prescott Passive House, it is not only going LEED Platinum but it’s also a prefab Passivhaus.…Read the full story on TreeHugger

This amazing pavilion designed by students at Chelsea College of Art & Design has been on show during the London Festival of Architecture for the last couple of weeks. It is made from the unlikeliest of materials, Speedo swimsuits, and we think it’s a fantastic example of the design possibilities …Read the full story on TreeHugger

Finding water where there isn’t any is inspiration for a whole range of water-gathering concept designs. But it seems one of the best places to start for coming up with a winning concept is to mimic the plants and animals that can survive desert environments, such as, perhaps, the onymacris unguicularis or “fog-basking” beetle. It has developed a way to gather water that designer Kitae Pak saw was a perfect strategy to mimic with a water bottle design. …Read the full story on TreeHugger

Steve McCallion, executive creative director at design and innovation consultancy Ziba Design, writes in Fast Company Design:

America has mortgaged its future to maintain the symbols of personal freedom (the house, the car, the big screen TV) at the expense of real freedom. We owe China almost one trillion dollars; our public education system is approaching collapse; and, we rank number one globally for…Read the full story on TreeHugger

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