Brad Pitt's Make it Right houses in New Orleans get built at TreeHugger. "13 of the world's top architects [were commissioned] to design green, sustainable houses and is building 150 of them.".

This week's MoCo picks.



+ The Collins and Turner Bombala Farmhouse is the inspiration for The Shed, a prefab now made by Modern Modular. Via Materialicious.

+ Bevk Perovic Arhitekti's House D at noticias arquitectura. "The underground gymnasium, containing working space, fitness, sauna, swimming pool, music room and three atriums, forms a vast base of the house which covers almost the entire plot.".

+ 70°N arkitektur's Skarsfjord cottage at Arkinetia, "About half of the total 40 square metres are living room and kitchen".

+ Electrolux Design Lab 2008 design competition finalists at Apartment Therapy. "Nine finalists have taken on this year's theme of 'appliances for the i-generation', a conceptual competition forecasting some of the design and idea trends three to five years ahead.".

+ The BPA-free and reusable Kor One Hydration Vessel product review at Apartment Therapy. "It really does solve the very big trash problem...".

+ Crispin Jones' new Mr Jones Watches, "The Average Day [above] is a watch that displays time broken down into possible activities rather than hours."

+ Rethinking the Predictable Hotel Room at Design.nl, "Maaike Roozenburg and Scholten & Baijings - two of the stand out performances at Inside Design Amsterdam's Lloyd Hotel project.".

+ Rob Slewe's new lighting designs for Bloom!, "included the BLOOM! portable lamp and Ornametrica, a range of chandeliers in aluminium that can be folded to create different sizes and shapes.". At Design.nl.

+ Anthony Duffeleer's oclock for Van Esch at designboom, "despite its generous dimensions - the dial is around 120 centimetres in diameter - the clock is nonetheless light in weight" via Architonic.

+ Formtanks' 3fold desk and table made from a single standard size sheet of steel at Core77, the London-based design group's goal was to produce "more from less". "Once cut using CAD/CAM technology the 3fold desk is hand formed and boasts minimal material wastage of less than 4% per linear meter.".

+ From bike to boardroom with Outlier, "classically tailored pants made from Schoeller 3xDry and Nanosphere fabrics. They're water resistant, breathable, quick drying, grease, stain and abrasion resistant.". Via Core77.