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Art and design are a part of anything we build, but these designers and artists are particularly informed by the natural order and chaos that surrounds us in our daily lives. Some draw on recycled materials while others find meaning in environmental patterns – some are focused on sustainability with a message and others are interested in aesthetics.

Thinking Outside the Lot: Parking Lots of the Future

Parking lots usually look like little more than wasted urban space. These three futuristic parking lot designs take parking complexes to a whole new level.

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Real-Life Water World: 12 Futuristic Offshore Building Projects

If the worst happens and a deluge forces us to live on the sea, at least these architects have us covered with amazing offshore building concepts.

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Natural Selections: 9 Top Sustainable Style Stories

Environmentally friendly fashion used to be an oxymoron, but designers are catching up to people who want to look great while keeping the Earth a healthy place.

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18 Clever Christmas Trees Created With Recycled Materials

One person's trash is another's treasure. Before tossing out your trash, take a look at these 18 creative and clever Christmas trees made with recycled materials.

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Holiday Hack: Marvelous & Massive Megawatt Displays

Before whipping out the Bah Humbug, stop to smell the gingerbread roses and in childlike wonder watch some the best megawatt holiday displays in America.

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ReBurbia: Designers Take on Rethinking Suburbia

These days people are moving out of the suburbs and back into the cities. So what happens to suburbia? These designers have some environmentally friendly ideas.

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Literal Tree Houses: Amazing Homes Built with Whole Trees

There's something primitive about the sophisticated homes designed by Whole Trees Architecture: they use whole, young-growth trees in amazing, beautiful ways.

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Padlocked By The Earth: Cycle Sheds Go Underground

Why park our bicycles in full view, at the mercy of the elements and the unscrupulous, when we can bury them in the depths of the earth?

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Don’t Look Down! Terrifyingly Tall Towers & Lookouts

Afraid of heights? Even the photos of some of these insanely tall towers, lookouts and glass balconies will make your head swim.

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A Greener Way To Queue: 3 Eco Bus Shelters

Winter is here: time to shiver in a bleak, nasty cubicle as you wait for your bus? Not so, as these three eco-innovative shelters demonstrate.

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Geeks, Gamers, Gory Flicks: 114 Cool Pumpkin Art Carvings

A Halloween tribute to geeks, gamers, and gory flicks. Here are 114 treats, or cool pumpkin art as jack-o-lanterns with intricate carvings from freaky to geeky.

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Suck It! 8 Brilliant Examples of Plastic Drinking Straw Art

If you thought plastic drinking straws were only good for one thing, think again. These projects upcyle the single-use item into permanently awesome art.

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Creative Images:14 Contemporary Outdoor Photographers

Outdoor photos touch our emotions, hearts, and minds. Here are 14 of the best and brightest contemporary outdoor photographers and 37 breathtakingly creative images.

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Vertical Vegetation: Living Walls, Moss Graffiti & More

Live plants bring aesthetic and practical benefits to vertical surfaces in the form of vertical gardens, moss graffiti, vine curtains and living walls.

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Message in a Bottle: A Village Made of Recycled Bottles

The Bottle Village in Simi Valley, California is a recycler's paradise: it's a beautiful landmark made entirely of discarded bottles and other "trash."

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