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Completed in December, 2012, at a cost of US$31 million, the 54-acre (22-hectare) plot overlooks the ocean in East Boothbay, Maine, and has been awarded LEED Platinum status.  <a href="/web/20130807112216/http://www.gizmag.com/bigelow-laboratory-perkins-and-will/28560/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div>   <div class="summary_item " data-article="28595"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20130807112216/http://www.gizmag.com/harvest-dome-2/28595/">Dome of broken umbrellas takes to New York river</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20130807112216/http://www.gizmag.com/author/james-holloway/">James Holloway</a></div> <div class="date">August 6, 2013</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20130807112216/http://www.gizmag.com/harvest-dome-2/28595/#comments">2 Comments</a></div> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20130807112216/http://www.gizmag.com/harvest-dome-2/28595/pictures">11 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20130807112216/http://www.gizmag.com/harvest-dome-2/28595/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130807112216im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/harvest-dome-2.JPG" title="Harvest Dome 2.0 (Photo: Andreas Symietz)" alt="Harvest Dome 2.0 (Photo: Andreas Symietz)"/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> Take a pleasure cruise up the Harlem River this month and you surely won't miss the 24-ft diameter Harvest Dome 2.0 which floats on the waters near Spuyten Duyvil Creek at the north tip of Manhattan, New York. Built to draw eyes to the city's watercourses, the dome is built from 450 discarded and broken umbrellas support by a floating ring made from 128 2-liter drinks bottles.  <a href="/web/20130807112216/http://www.gizmag.com/harvest-dome-2/28595/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="28543"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20130807112216/http://www.gizmag.com/house-rp/28543/">Marcelo Rios's disdain for grass evident in House RP</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20130807112216/http://www.gizmag.com/author/adam-williams/">Adam Williams</a></div> <div class="date">August 4, 2013</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20130807112216/http://www.gizmag.com/house-rp/28543/#comments">4 Comments</a></div> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20130807112216/http://www.gizmag.com/house-rp/28543/pictures">41 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20130807112216/http://www.gizmag.com/house-rp/28543/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130807112216im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/house_rp.jpg" title="House RP would look right at home in George Lucas sci-fi movie THX 1138 (Photo: Nico Saieh..." alt="House RP would look right at home in George Lucas sci-fi movie THX 1138 (Photo: Nico Saieh..."/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> Designed by Chilean architect Gonzalo Mardones Viviani to serve as family home to compatriot and former tennis star Marcelo Rios, House RP features a futuristic-looking design that would look right at home in George Lucas sci-fi movie <em>THX 1138</em>.  <a href="/web/20130807112216/http://www.gizmag.com/house-rp/28543/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="28567"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20130807112216/http://www.gizmag.com/lego-architecture-studio/28567/">LEGO Architecture Studio kit targets budding builders</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20130807112216/http://www.gizmag.com/author/adam-williams/">Adam Williams</a></div> <div class="date">August 2, 2013</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20130807112216/http://www.gizmag.com/lego-architecture-studio/28567/#comments">5 Comments</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20130807112216/http://www.gizmag.com/lego-architecture-studio/28567/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130807112216im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/lego_architecture_studio_kit.png" title="The LEGO Architecture Studio Kit is available now, for US$149.99 " alt="The LEGO Architecture Studio Kit is available now, for US$149.99 "/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> Ever fancied yourself a budding Frank Lloyd Wright, but don't much relish the prospect of undertaking years of hard study learning the trade? Of course you have, and of course you don't. LEGO knows this, so has produced the Architecture Studio Kit to save you the trouble.  <a href="/web/20130807112216/http://www.gizmag.com/lego-architecture-studio/28567/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="28562"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20130807112216/http://www.gizmag.com/aph80-micro-home/28562/">ÁPH80 prefab portable home offers appealing vision of micro-living </a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20130807112216/http://www.gizmag.com/author/adam-williams/">Adam Williams</a></div> <div class="date">August 2, 2013</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20130807112216/http://www.gizmag.com/aph80-micro-home/28562/#comments">6 Comments</a></div> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20130807112216/http://www.gizmag.com/aph80-micro-home/28562/pictures">11 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20130807112216/http://www.gizmag.com/aph80-micro-home/28562/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130807112216im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/abaton_aph80.png" title="The ÁPH80 will set you back from €32,000 (roughly US$42,000) (Photo: ÁBATON)" alt="The ÁPH80 will set you back from €32,000 (roughly US$42,000) (Photo: ÁBATON)"/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> Spanish architectural studio ÁBATON has developed the ÁPH80: a prefabricated, portable micro-home, which is envisioned as the first in a series of upcoming similar dwellings suitable for up to two people. 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