I read the article Volunteers Recycle 7000 Plastic Bottles into a Colorful Shingled Roof.
http://inhabitat.com/fizzy-bottle-roof-made-from-7000-plastic-bottles/
Known as the Fizzy Bottle Project, residents in Merton Abbey, London, England decided to collect soda and water bottles, crush them, essentially creating shingles to cover a hut made from 383 yards of pvc piping and 60 recycled sign posts. Not only does this project create an environmentally friendly structure (through the exemplary use of recycling) but also served to bring a community of about 180 people together, involving everyone of them through the hut's 5 step building process. This project was recognized in 2010 for many educational and environmental awards, both locally and city wide in London, and is only one of many installments in designer Louisa Loakes' Growing Gardens Project.
I found this particular project interesting due to it's simplicity, environmentally geared efforts and socially/communal tying aspect. Though it's easily repeatable and did not really push the limits of modern design, the fact that it is the collective efforts of volunteers and donations from local businesses (tool hiring company lent the project a 2 ton Steamroller to crush the bottles) making this a nearly zero cost project. It not only stands as a piece of art and an environmental statement but is also economical, and go to set standards for decorative structures as well as other buildings as worldwide we move toward going "green", and to save a buck in times of global dismay.
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