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Inhabitat: This massive Sun Ray could sustainably power 220 homes in Melbourne
Inhabitat This massive Sun Ray could sustainably power 220 homes in Melbourne July 17, 2018 By Lucy Wang “What if renewable energy infrastructure could be both functional and beautiful? Exploring that notion is Italian architectural practice Antonio Maccà, who designed … Continue reading
Shimmering Solar Arch to generate power for a post-industrial Connecticut town
Inhabitat Shimmering Solar Arch to generate power for a post-industrial Connecticut town April 25, 2018 by Lucy Wang “A giant gleaming arch clad in solar panels is set to transform the waterfront of downtown Willimantic. This spectacular energy-generating artwork, called … Continue reading
Inhabitat
Inhabitat Here’s how much land area we’d need to power Bitcoin with solar December 14, 2017 By Lacy Cooke “Bitcoin isn’t exactly environmentally friendly right now. The Bitcoin network is largely powered by coal plants in China, according to Digiconomist. … Continue reading
Inhabitat:
Inhabitat World’s first solar panel mural unveiled in San Antonio November 17, 2017 By Nicole Jewell “In a world where solar farms are shaped like giant pandas, there’s certainly room for some solar butterflies. Determined to beautify our cities by … Continue reading
Inhabitat: LAGI announces location for 2018 renewable energy design competition
Inhabitat LAGI announces location for 2018 renewable energy design competition July 19, 2017 By Lacy Cooke Energy infrastructure of the past, like oil refineries and rigs, aren’t typically considered to be beautiful. But as the world transitions towards renewable energy, … Continue reading
Business Insider
Business Insider A set of ghostly, futuristic sails could help save California from drought October 6, 2016 By Dana Varinsky “Sails are one of the earliest ways humans seized the power of wind — people were using them to move … Continue reading
Inhabitat
Land Art Generator Initiative Santa Monica winners address California’s energy needs and drought by Lacy Cooke October 5, 2016 The Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI) has announced the winners for the 2016 Santa Monica competition. Drawing on technologies from fog … Continue reading
Business Insider
Business Insider This Solar-Powered Pipe Desalinates The Water That Flows Through It By Dana Varinsky September 15, 2016 The article includes more information from an interview with Aziz Khalili, one of the engineers on the design team along with Puya … Continue reading
Grist
Grist Salty Talk By Heather Smith September 8, 2016 “Making seawater drinkable has never looked so sexy.” Read More >
Fast Company
Fast Company This Solar-Powered Pipe Desalinates The Water That Flows Through It By Adele Peters September 2, 2016 “In a design for the Land Art Generator Initiative, a competition that calls for new energy infrastructure that looks like art, the … Continue reading
Mother Nature Network
Mother Nature Network Sun-powered desalination device transforms seawater into clean drinking water By Matt Hickman August 31, 2016 “You never know what kind of bold, bizarre and humanity-benefitting concepts the Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI) will yield. After all, the … Continue reading
designboom
designboom solar-powered ‘pipe’ sculpture generates 4.5 billion liters of drinkable water from the ocean August 25, 2016 By Nina Azzarello “this massive solar powered pipe proposed for the 2016 land art generator initiative by khalili engineers intends to desalinate seawater … Continue reading
Giant gleaming Orb deploys solar and wave energy to make clean water for California
Inhabitat Giant gleaming Orb deploys solar and wave energy to make clean water for California August 26, 2016 By Tafline Laylin “”The sustainable architectural culture that aspires the coexistence of human, nature and the architecture itself” is a core value … Continue reading
Solar-powered Ring Garden marries desalination and agriculture for drought-stricken California
Inhabitat Solar-powered Ring Garden marries desalination and agriculture for drought-stricken California August 25, 2016 by Tafline Laylin “With roughly 80 percent of California’s already-scarce water supply going to agriculture, it’s crucial for the state to embrace new technologies that shrink … Continue reading
Solar-powered Pipe desalinizes 1.5 billion gallons of drinking water for California
Inhabitat Solar-powered Pipe desalinizes 1.5 billion gallons of drinking water for California August 23, 2016 By Tafline Laylin “The infrastructure California needs to generate energy for electricity and clean water need not blight the landscape. The Pipe is one example … Continue reading
LAGI Glasgow showcases new energy art designs along Scotland’s canal banks
Inhabitat LAGI Glasgow showcases new energy art designs along Scotland’s canal banks June 9, 2016 by Cat DiStasio “In its latest effort to showcase clean energy projects, the Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI) has announced a new exhibition at the … Continue reading
A Vision of Clean Energy Public Art: LAGI Visits Las Vegas
Huffington Post A Vision of Clean Energy Public Art: LAGI Visits Las Vegas April 14, 2016 by JK Russ “Rows of elevated solar panels rise up from the cacti garden in front of the new Las Vegas City Hall. At … Continue reading
Las Vegas Weekly
THIS WEEK IN ARTS: ART CHANTRY, THE LV PHIL GUILD AND AESTHETIC POSSIBILITIES OF RENEWABLE ENERGY Thank you Pam Stuckey at Renewable Envoy for inviting us to speak and to everyone who attended last evening’s discussion at Las Vegas City … Continue reading
20 kids transform a rough Pittsburgh neighborhood with solar art & charging station
Inhabitat 20 kids transform a rough Pittsburgh neighborhood with solar art & charging station August 14, 2015 By Laura Mordas-Schenkein Where a rusted old marquee hovered over a community center’s run down lot in the neighborhood of Homewood, Pittsburgh, a … Continue reading
Fast Company
3 Inspiring Designs For Renewable Power Plants That Double As Art By Adele Peters, November 25, 2014
Treehugger
Treehugger Massive horn sculptures would generate sound and energy from wind By Kimberley Mok, October 16, 2014
connaissance des energies
Des artistes dessinent le futur énergétique de Copenhague October 3rd, 2014
Architecture & Design
Oversized solar hourglass wins 2014 Land Art Generator Initiative competition October 2nd, 2014
Arch Daily
Winning Proposals Transform Power Plants into Public Art October 6th, by Karissa Rosenfield
Green Prophet
Blowing Horn harvests wind energy with a multi-rotor turbine August 25, 2014 by Tafline Laylin “Are you tired of seeing the same old giant wind turbines in a field or offshore? And do you worry about their impact on migrating … Continue reading
Inhabitat: Massive Floating Sails Could Harness Wind and Wave Energy to Power Copenhagen’s Electric Grid
Massive Floating Sails Could Harness Wind and Wave Energy to Power Copenhagen’s Electric Grid August 20, 2014 By Lucy Wang “Artist Felix Cheong designed Oscillating Platforms, a proposal for an off-grid floating art installation submitted to the 2014 Land Art … Continue reading
Fast Company
Who Says Power Plants Have To Be Ugly? This Sculpture Reinvents Wind Power As Art In a new design for a Copenhagen park, the giant sails of the Windwaker sculpture gently gust in the wind, producing enough beauty to power … Continue reading
Energy Duck Has Made a Splash!
You can read more about Energy Duck, a submission to the 2014 Land Art Generator Initiative competition for Copenhagen by following the below media links or the LAGI blog post. This playful design utilizes photovoltaic panels. The London based team … Continue reading
Inhabitat: Gigantic ‘Energy Duck’ Could Generate Solar and Hydro Power for Copenhagen
Gigantic ‘Energy Duck’ Could Generate Solar and Hydro Power for Copenhagen by Beverley Mitchell The Energy Duck is a submission to the Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI) 2014, this year held in Copenhagen, Denmark. Designed by the London-based team of … Continue reading
Huffington Post: Creating Connections With Nature Via Art
Creating Connections With Nature Via Art Huffington Post February 23, 2014 by Carmen Zella This type of art has been so inspiring that there has even been entire organizations centered around it. The Land Art Generator Initiative is one of … Continue reading
Inhabitat
Inhabitat Piezoelectric Energy-Generating “Scene Sensor” Wins the 2012 Land Art Generator Initiative Competition for Freshkills Park by Tafline Laylin “We’ve been closely following the 2012 Land Art Generator Initiative design competition to create a new public art installation on the … Continue reading
Ecoartscotland
A review of The Time is Now Land and Energy Pt. 2 – review of ‘The Time Is Now’ By Chris Fremantle September 2012
The Guardian
Is a sustainable future within reach? John Elkington finds inspiration in the ready and available solutions listed in the Sustainia100 prospectus
Che Futuro! (lunario dell’innovazione)
Giovani architetti, ho una sfida per voi: create capolavori che producano energia by Alessandra Viola
Green Prophet
Free, Easy-to-Use Field Guide Lists 60 + Proven Clean Energy Technologies by Tafline Laylin
Shelter Blog
Entrepreneurs at the Intersection of Art and Energy This is a very nice post about our lecture last week at Shelter Dubai. Thanks to Mary Ames and everyone at Shelter.
City Atlas
Land Art Generator Initiative Partners With NYC Parks A very thoughtful overview of LAGI 2012 with reference the project outreach, including to the R.E.A.D. section of the website and the 2012 high school edition. newyork.thecityatlas.org is a nicely designed website … Continue reading