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Book Cell: Octagonal Building Made Entirely From Books!

	  
	  
	  
	  
      

   
      

     
      
	  
	  
	  
	  
	  
	  
	  
	        
	  

				          

				            
				            
 

				          

						  
						  

								
Architecture is knowledge, history, research and trend. This is literally evident in Book Cell, an octagonal building made entirely from books that was installed in the Modern Art Center in Lisboa. Slovakian artist Matej Kren built an octagonal framework, filled it with books and removed it, leaving a symmetrical, enclosed room of stacked literature.


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For global travelers who can’t survive without their personal electronics, there is now an eco-friendly and convenient solution to minimizing their energy consumption while on the go. iGo, a Scottsdale, Arizona-based company known for their innovative and supremely efficient power management devices, has recently unveiled a new portable eco-friendly charger that literally brings the outlet directly to the traveler. This is just one of a wide range of products that iGo provides to offer conscious consumers smarter, more efficient power management solutions.


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Today on Planet 100: Eco-Brand Confusion (Video) home design 
  

					 		 
	  


		      
	  

				          

				            
				            
 

				          

						  
						  

								
What could be more relaxing than spending a weekend drifting out to sea on your own floating island? Throw in some vertical gardens, a lush green landscape, and a luxury spa and you’ve really got our attention. That’s the draw behind this floating garden spa designed by Dutch architects Studio Noach and Anne Holtrop. The structure’s interior contains baths, saunas, and treatment rooms, while the exterior is wrapped in an insulating shell of greenery designed by vertical gardens innovator Patrick Blanc.


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A look at Nick Gentry’s paintings offers insight not only into the bold and soulful faces he paints, but of the stories locked in his medium. By salvaging discarded media storage ranging from floppy disks to VHS tapes for his canvas, Gentry emphasizes that not unlike oral tradition, pieces of stories are often lost as we transition from one generation of storage to the next. 


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