The Diva Lounge is located in the Boston, Massachusetts suburb of Somerville.
From Studio Luz Architects:
The Diva Lounge is conceived as a sensual escape from the stress of urban life. The walls and ceiling are a cloudlike display of light and form, created using energy efficient LED lighting. Features include custom lounge seating, where [...]

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Sheathed in walls of living green and resembling a pagoda emblazoned with a curving copper rooftop, this UniCube dormitory utilizes an impressive set of sustainable features to regulate its temperature, harvest rainwater, and produce its own energy. Conceived by Andrew Southwood-Jones, the design recently took top honors for Architecture in Autodesk’s 2008 Student Design Challenge.

The [...]

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Wrapped in a beautiful facade of hexagonal mesh, this Mobile Performance Venue cuts a striking profile while making strident efforts to size down its carbon footprint. Conceived by Norway’s Various Architects, the superstructure features an inflatable facade that is 100% recyclable and a collapsible design that renders it completely mobile, fitting into roughly 30 shipping [...]

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Cabins are meant as relaxing getaways in inspiring location, like the mountains, woods, or the shore. Architect Andrea Salvini revisits the American cabin, with this updated version of the beach house meant for Fire Island, NY. Of his trilogy of projects on Fire Island, the most interesting is his Crab House, an “anthropomorphic” house inspired [...]

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Garden offices are a well-established industry in the UK; Shedworking has some tips from Lynn Fotheringham of British garden office builderInsideOut Buildings for making them green. They are points that could apply to any kind of building; some of them cost a little more, but when you are building something small, the incremental cost is [...]

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When Los Angeles City Council president, Eric Garcetti, and his partner, Amy Wakeland, decided to update their classic modernist home, they wanted the process to be as eco-friendly as possible. Through careful planning by Elissa Scrafano of Scrafano Architects, the green remodel reflects the couple’s fondness for minimalist design while creating a connection between the [...]

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There’s a new “green” office building in London, on the shore of the River Thames at One Westminster Place in Southbank. The sustainable construction was designed by Sheppard Robson and is wrapped in glass that reflects the sunlight in a rainbow of colors creating a crystal like effect, varying throughout the day.

Other than the looks, [...]

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