A Hamburg hotel features a reclaimed shipping container and a gritty dockside harbor theme with ship cabin-like rooms and a 'loading dock' in the lobby.

These 10 amazing ant farms combine the best features of aquariums, art, furniture and pets in a low-maintenance, eco-friendly, educational medium.

Fashion designers craft plastic shower curtains, forks, paper, panties, parachutes and more into clothing that is sometimes wearable, sometimes wacky.

Some of these 14 ultra-modern, well-designed chicken coops might be nicer looking than your own house.

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei welded 1200 bicycles together into a massive art installation for his Taipei exhibit, "Ai Weiwei, Absent."

Millions of used tires litter landfills worldwide. Why not turn them into roof shingles, bracelets, chairs, sculptures and entire houses like these?

Every part of boats - from sails and oars to the vessels themselves - can be useful long beyond their life at sea as furniture, decor, gardens and sheds.

Learn how to make 13 spooky and eco-friendly Halloween crafts & decor like a batty table centerpiece, ghost lights and pumpkin garlands from recycled materials.

There's more to the city than concrete and steel, and artist Tim Plemmons aims to remind residents of that fact with massive, vivid images of nearby nature.

Tea pots, cake stands, tiny glass vials: all kinds of unexpected containers can become the basis for beautiful enclosed gardens you can make yourself.

Technology is enabling faster, more efficient and far more complex disaster aid inventions like self-contained shelters, all-terrain vehicles and even robots.

A beautifully designed nature observation tower in Latvia ascends 120 feet into the sky and features caged balconies from which to enjoy the view along the way.

A Tokyo artist uses his architectural model making skills to create these gorgeous miniature sculptures in tiny glass bottles.

Want to take that green on the road? This lovely art project put a lush garden in a Chicago train car and circled downtown for hours.

Could we one day harness the awesome power of tidal waves with sea-bound platforms? One designer thinks this method could be the answer for clean power.