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- Park(ing) Day 2014: The Most Amazing Pop-Up Parks From Around the World! Tue, 23 Sep 14, 4:20amThis past Friday parking spots across the States and around the world turned over a green leaf as pop-up public parks for Park(ing) Day 2014! This annual celebration of public space is one of our favorite events of the year...
- Park(ing) Day 2014: The Most Amazing Pop-Up Parks From San Francisco and Beyond! Sat, 20 Sep 14, 10:00amHappy Park(ing) Day everyone! Today's the day when parking spots across the States and around the world turn over a green leaf as pop-up public parks. This annual celebration of public space is one of our favorite events...
- UTAA Carves a Wooden Ribbed Rest Spot from a Former Parking Lot in Seoul Wed, 8 Jan 14, 2:13amLocated on the first floor of a student dormitory, the former parking lot was once a dark and underused space only frequented for smoke breaks and bicycle parking...
- Carpark Hidden Inside a Green-Roofed Bridge Respects the Mountains in Italy Sat, 7 Dec 13, 3:33amThe Municipal Administration of Moena needed a new carpark and a new bridge for the Longea, which is a popular tourist destination. Originally, the idea was to excavate a side of the mountain, build the car park and then...
- Police Officer Saves Nearly 100 Baby Sea Turtles in Florida Tue, 13 Aug 13, 1:36amPolice officers are sworn to serve and protect the members of their community. For some cops, this extends even to the non-human residents under their watch. As he was patrolling the Lido Beach Resort in South Florida on...
- Envision Plans to Install 2,300 Rotating Solar Tree Car Shelters in South Carolina Sat, 16 Feb 13, 2:12amIn the United States, we have paved over 160 billion square feet of land simply to have a place to park our cars. Recognizing these asphalt areas as places opportunities for energy generation, California-based company Envision...
- UpLIFT Transforms Elevated Parking Spaces into a Hive of Prefabricated Tiny Homes! Tue, 25 Sep 12, 4:20amNew York City is undergoing a cultural shift away from the automobile, and designers Lawrence Zeroth, Jack Phillips, Brian Schulman and Eugene Lubomir have come up with a clever proposal to transform car lifts into housing...
- Block 11 is a Perforated Parking Lot With a Facade of Hanging Plants in The Netherlands Tue, 28 Feb 12, 1:44amRead the rest of Block 11 is a Perforated Parking Lot With a Facade of Hanging Plants in The Netherlands Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: almere, Block 11, culture, Daylighting, eco design, Flevoland...
- Fietsenpakhuis: Netherlands Town Builds A Stylish Bike Warehouse To Store 700 Bicycles For Free Wed, 13 Jul 11, 2:32amRead the rest of Fietsenpakhuis: Netherlands Town Builds A Stylish Bike Warehouse To Store 700 Bicycles For Free Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", bicycle parking, bicycle...
- World’s Greenest Parking Lot to Be at Denver Int’l Airport Wed, 3 Nov 10, 12:48amNot only is Denver International Airport one of the prettiest airports around — its form mimics the Rocky Mountains that loom nearby — but it is about to bump its green cred sky high...
- iSpotSwap iPhone App Will Save You From Parking Anxiety Fri, 26 Mar 10, 7:45amQuick–how many hours of your life have you spent in the car searching for parking spots and wasting precious gasoline (and cash) in the process? A new iPhone app called iSpotSwap could make parking problems a thing...
- Solar Parking Lot of the Future Does Much More Than Park Cars Fri, 13 Nov 09, 3:06amWe’re pretty certain that parking lots of the future will be more than just storage areas for our vehicles. They’ll generate their own power, have morphing advertisements, and likely recharge cars as well. Well...