Shipping containers are the base for an instant "lush urban oasis."

Daniel Herridges of Strong Towns says, "If your goal is to promote public safety, design for the humans you have, not the ones you wish you had."

Analysts say people are chasing affordability.

Particulate pollution is killing us, and we can't pretend we can just open a window.

It's not just about how we build and how we get around; it's also what we eat and wear and buy.

In many cities, politicians are looking at the world through their windshields.

The beauty industry has a long way to go, but these companies prove that change is in the air.

It all comes down to using less of everything.

New products for 'urban skin' are booming, but do they actually work?

These U.S. companies make high quality organic, vegan and cruelty-free products.

The products we use to enhance beauty have an ugly track record.

The plastic is full of flame retardants banned in Europe, Canada and a number of US states.

Everybody promised to destroy HFC-23 but apparently they didn't.

A new survey finds that young people expect bugs to be a normal part of our diets within a decade.

A minimalist and discreet addition to some exuberant older houses.

U.S. chocolate sales have been dropping and the industry is very worried. What's going on?

That's a switch: a product from the field of medicine has won a design prize.

The small gardens are new and innovative and changing the way we look at them.

Aluminum is replacing plastic to deceive "environmentally conscious consumers" into buying an equally damaging single use container.

Who says you can't take it with you?

I am beside myself with excitement over drywall and linoleum.

Vintage tractors have become one of the hottest items at farm auctions – it's a trend that should be spread far and wide.

It's cheap, funky, and recycled. You really can't go wrong with second-hand shopping.

Joe Mimran is more concerned with his flow of creative juices than the tragedy.

Airpaq's one-of-a-kind rucksacks are putting used car safety components back to work to help protect and haul your gear.

Bold and refined, these wearable works of art also allude to the object's unspoken history.

Overprotective parenting is more than an annoyance; it's an evolutionary aberration.

Is it helpful information or a form of digitally-enabled helicopter parenting?

Regulatory action is needed to protect women and their unborn children from the chemicals in household products.

Enough fretting about how kids use their devices. What about parents?

When you use cloth, you never have to worry about running out.

They have not changed much since Archimedes' time.

A visit to the Interior Design Show does not shed a lot of light on the subject.

Public washrooms really are just as important as public roads because, in both cases, people gotta go.

Through trial and error, these are the indoor plants that have taken well to living in my bathroom.

Architecture critic Mark Lamster thinks so.

Drivers want to blame bike lanes for causing congestion, but they really should look in the mirror to see the problem.

They could also make their vehicles less deadly, but let's put the onus on the cyclist first.

Bristol's airport expansion gets cancelled in a shocking act of doing something meaningful to go carbon neutral.

Nevada study finds that every thousand bucks of added value decreases the odds of yielding to pedestrians by three percent.

A new study finds that dockless cars cause more problems than dockless bikes and scooters.

Salvaging old IT from corporations can mean big business, and a way to keep cell phones out of landfills.

Samsung is proud to show off a wide range of new toys at this year's CES, including internet-connected washers and driers, TVs you can see through, and more.

An amazing circular kindergarten in Tokyo is built around a tree. We also have transparent TVs, the gnarliest waves ever surfed, a wild proposed pier for Florida, and more.

It's the buzzword at CES this year, and Mother raises questions about the kinds of issues we are going to have to face.

In the internet of things, our water heater will talk to our dishwasher, and they will have something to say.

It's a crazy expensive, overpowered gaming machine, but it turns laptop design on its head.

In the crowded heart of Istanbul lies a secret garden. Actually, there are probably at least a few, but the one I had the pleasure

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