HAPPY is a feature documentary that takes us on a journey from the swamps of Louisiana to the slums of Calcutta in a search of what really makes people happy. Combining interviews with the leading scientists in happiness research and real life stories …

You + Me, by Nick Schmitz.
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On a recent vacation, my husband, as he is wont to do, neglected to bring his own book and so stole one of mine. Although he never would hav…

Brookline, MA-based Jin Choi & Thomas Shine of Choi+Shine recently received the 2010 Boston Society of Architects Unbuilt Architecture Award for their "Land of Giants" project. The design transforms mundane electrical pylons into statu…

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Even though it is not exactly soup weather and I have not made anything even remotely hearty or rib-sticking in months, there was no way th…

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Architect Dennis Wedlick is looking to the past to inspire the future of green building as he constructs an ultra-efficient cave-like home that’s on track to be New York State’s first passive house. The Architects Newspaper tells…

Sunday I spent four hours at Jenine Alexander’s and Amy Huto’s Forge Ahead open house here in Healdsburg, California. I had a lot of fun getting to know a bunch of local tiny house enthusiasts that I had not met before.
I enjoyed visiting with Lou…

The C.O.P. suit aims to be both armor and mode of disruption, offering not only protection but also a means of voicing discontent. Designed by Elena Gianni, Benoit Espinola, and Ulrik A. Hogrebe of the Copenhagen Institute of Interacti…