"Eco-Pod" is a conceptual structure design for the city of Boston. Developed by Squared Design Lab and Howeler Yoon Architecture. Official notes about project: Taking advantage of the stalled Filene’s construction site at Downtown Crossing, Eco�Pod is a proposal to immediately stimulate the economy, and the ecology, of downtown Boston. Eco�Pod (Gen1) is a temporary vertical ...

Above, you can see the behind-the-scenes photos of Bryan Nash Gill's printing of tree stems on paper. It is a simple, yet an interesting technique. Notes about the artist (from official bio): Bryan Nash Gill was born and raised in the same rural, north-western corner of Connecticut were he works as an artist today. His sculptures and ...

A photo of a gigantic rubber duck in the harbor of Hasselt in Belgium. It is part of an art installation by Florentijn Hofman, who has created 12 x 14 x 16 meters ducks to be set in different locations in the world. He's also built a enormous German Shepard, Caniche, and Hip-Hop Peguin. Link via ...

It looks almost like stacked legos or jenga, however, in reality each building block was carefully planned into the surrounding environment in Singapore. Architecture by OMA. Notes about this project by Inhabitat: We think the architect must have had a blast designing this new apartment complex for Singapore � playing with the different stacking arrangements until ...

A watermelon inspired car, VW Beetle. You can see other fruity objects here. In recent news, did you know that: "Watermelon Power May One Day Juice Your Car?" Yes, instead of gas. Read more notes from Inhabitat: The recent development was revealed by the USDA South Central Agricultural Research Laboratory in Lane, OK, which has been looking to ...