LifeEdited

Outside

Hawaii…one’s mind goes immediately to the lush landscape, the beautiful ocean, the towering mountains. Maui is all about the outside and LifeEdited:Maui did its best to create a great outside of the house to accompany its inside. Below are the.

Wind Turbines that Generate Energy from Passing Vehicles

Ever feel that gust of wind when a car rushes by you? That same power is now being harvested into renewable energy. A Turkish company, Devecitech, has constucted their Enlil Wind turbine that harnesses the breeze produced by moving vehicles.

Kitchen

Maui has some of the most stunning natural wonders in the world. Most people end up going to bed early and getting up early to squeeze every last minute of daylight out of each amazing day. So…a sunset mai tai.

Japanese Tiny Truck Gardens

Contractors from all over Japan are showing up with their tiny trucks to participate in this quirky competition of landscape architecture. They are given several hours to transform the back of a truck into a miniature tranquil garden. The competition.

Small Space Solutions for Beds

Beds can take up a lot of space and are unnecessary during our waking hours. Why allow this large piece of furniture so much precious real estate when we aren’t even awake when we’re using it?! With the use of.

Off-Grid Smart House

LifeEdited Maui is the helpful kind of smart house. It’s smart enough to make life easier. But yet not it’s not complex. Our main goals: Monitor the off-grid aspects – energy generation, energy storage, energy usage Control climate – ceiling.

Bjarke Ingels forays into Tiny Architecture

Starchitect Bjarke Ingels partners with long time friend and colleague, Soren Rose, to produce a prefab A-frame cabin for Rose’s design firm, Klein. This chic off grid, tiny home has a footprint of 180 square feet (with a 13 foot.

Hideaway House Lives Up To Its Name

Cassandra Chin and Jas Johnston of Ample Architecture have created a home that doubles its utility as well as hides its functions. Aptly named the Hideaway House, it was a single family home until it was decidedly split into two.

Teachers Take on Climate Change Propaganda

As conversations about climate change are becoming more widespread, it seems that it’s being discussed everywhere besides in our classrooms. According to a recent study, only 4% of college textbooks are dedicated to climate change and at a high school.

Living on Campus Just Got Better

Here is another prime example of student housing going modern. In Rotterdam, Netherlands, Standard Studio has converted an entire commercial building into small, but extremely functional student residences for Erasmus University. The structure was once home to Hermes City Plaza,.