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A selection of twelve inspiring projects from around the world.

Former illegal art squats in Paris are increasingly being renovated into quality legal studio and exhibition space by the city.

The current issue of Business Week features a special report dedicated to assessing the value that strong design can add to an organization.

The Dexia Tower is a Brussels high-rise with an illumination system designed by Lab[au] to visualize time through the use of color.

Global architecture firm Foster + Partners designed the modernist Circle Bath Hospital, taking a sharp departure from traditional hospital design.

Gordon Hempton is an audio ecologist who studies the world’s diminishing quiet spaces.

Named “House on the Hillside”, Marchal + Fürstenberger Architects have created a the three-story building in Arlesheim, Switzerland where the top floor appears to be floating.

Also Starring is a crew of artists and designers who make street art, land art, unique objects and installations.

The Bridge House was designed to emulate “living amongst the trees in an almost untouched beautiful setting”.

A promising new piezoelectric material, 100 times more efficient than quartz is being developed at Princeton University.

Yoli is Berlin’s first official frozen yogurt shop where the concept is not about a healthier diet, but about the infusion of life’s colors.

The Digital Fabrication Laboratory has created a robotic tool for graffiti artists.

Students at PS206 in Brooklyn, New York will have a very unique schoolyard to look forward to.