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Airstream campers amplify glamping style with help from unlikely icon

How do you improve upon a timeless design icon? By pulling a little inspiration from a master in an adjacent field. The Airstream Frank Lloyd Wright trailer is Silver Bullet outside but filled with an organic multipurpose interior inspired by Wright.

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USA starts construction on world’s new tallest timber tower within days

The US already boasts the world record for tallest timber building and is now set to beat it. Construction of Neutral 1005 N Edison St is due to begin in a few days in Milwaukee, and will become the world's tallest timber tower when complete.

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Dometic outfoxes Yeti with stackable coolers that fit like Tetris

Try as they might, the cooler competition hasn't been able to knock Yeti off its pedestal. Dometic might have a chance with the all-new Recon series of modular coolers that stack nearly as neatly as Legos.

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Blocky tower boosts living space with extraordinary cantilevering facade

MVRDV has revealed plans for a striking new residential tower. Appropriately named Out of the Box, the project is defined by a bold blocky design and a cantilevered facade that creates outdoor areas and increases indoor living space.

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Microbial tattoos will literally bring buildings to life

A consortium of researchers from four European countries is developing a way to tattoo microbes on the exterior of buildings. These "living tattoos" will be able to suck carbon out of the air, protect the buildings, and even make them glow.

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3-sec car camp awning ousts mosquitoes instantly via drop-on bug room

Kammok offers what might just be the quickest, most convenient vehicle-mounted awning on the market. Now, it's expanding the design with a fast-pitching no-see-um mesh bug room that installs like a bedsheet.

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Modular multi-blade kit turns one handle into an entire toolbox

Knives and saws are plenty useful when camping, but they're still just two separate tools. Ti-Ally offers an alternative, in the form of a system wherein six different blades can be swapped in and out of a single multi-functional steel handle.

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