[sustainability]

SharePinTweetShareIt is said, “If you want something done right, you have to do it yourself.” This might be the impetus for Dutch architect, Tom Frantzen [read more...]

SharePinTweetShare I’m not going to lie, ever since we first wrote about Tesla when the Roadster was still a pre-production prototype, I’ve been emphatically Team Tesla. [read more...]

SharePinTweetShareIn addition to a really cool name, Reto Gurtner had a vision. Not one of those mushroom induced visions as much as a plan for [read more...]

SharePinTweetShareEat well, do good. That’s the motto of Snuck Farms in Utah and they back it up with their sustainable practices and community-oriented programs. The [read more...]

SharePinTweetShareYou never know what wonders hide behind closed doors and unassuming façades. Case in point, you might drive by a particular townhouse in Montréal dozens [read more...]

SharePinTweetShareAs trendy as ‘going off the grid’ is these days, sometimes it’s just a fact of life. When a Spanish brother and sister who are [read more...]

SharePinTweetShareFor such a small house, there’s a lot to like. The tiny house movement is not new. We’ve seen lots of great examples of people [read more...]

SharePinTweetShare Mass transportation doesn’t have to mean masses of people stuffed in large vehicles. SkyTran, a cross between a monorail, Minority Report and a hanging [read more...]

SharePinTweetShare Anyone who has been a reader for kontaktmag for a while knows that we are big fans of the Tesla Motors company and the [read more...]

SharePinTweetShareWhat is the importance of design in a down economy?  This will serve as an introduction in a series because the terms and definitions are [read more...]

SharePinTweetShareSource: Inhabitat by Haily Zaki From the unseen, unsung files of design competitions past comes the Envision Green Hotel proposed by Miami-based Michael Rosenthal Associates for Hospitality Design’s Radical [read more...]

SharePinTweetShareIn a truly sustainable world, the automobile would be an infrequently used mode of transportation. Neighborhoods would contain the stores, shops and restaurants within walking [read more...]

SharePinTweetShare San Francisco is one of those cities that is whatever visitors want it to be. Once referred to as the Paris of the West, [read more...]

SharePinTweetShare Last year Volvo announced an aggressive long-term plan to drastically reduce emissions throughout their entire line of cars. Initially, Volvo released Flexifuel lower emissions [read more...]

SharePinTweetShare The Tesla Roadster may not be the first eco-exotic sports car, but it is definitely making the most noise. Headed by new CEO Ze’ev [read more...]