Archinect - News 2024-11-24T05:16:57-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/10945745/diawa-lease-unveils-solar-powered-transforming-edv-01-prefab Diawa Lease Unveils Solar-Powered Transforming EDV-01 Prefab MikeChino 2011-06-23T15:44:47-04:00 >2022-03-16T09:16:08-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/s2/s2p0ll9fozvxaq8j.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Diawa Lease just sent Inhabitat the first photos of their new transforming EDV-1 shelter, which can be set on any terrain, doubles in size with the flick of a switch, and can sustain itself without any outside resources for up to a month by catching and reusing water and generating electricity with a huge built-in solar array.</p></em><br /><br /><p> Diawa Lease just unveiled its solar-powered EDV-1 emergency shelter, which doubles in size with the flick of a switch and features a luminous LED facade.</p> https://archinect.com/news/article/7011154/the-man-who-thinks-manhattan-isn-t-dense-enough The man who thinks Manhattan isn’t dense enough Paul Petrunia 2011-05-20T11:47:20-04:00 >2011-05-22T00:57:22-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/f6/f6ac63ad5c45914214bc3d58afd69f6c?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>The magic of cities comes from their people, but those people must be well served by the bricks and mortar that surround them. Cities need roads and buildings that enable people to live well and to connect easily with one another ... in the most desirable cities, whether they're on the Hudson River or the Arabian Sea, height is the best way to keep prices affordable and living standards high.</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html><head><meta></head></html>