The bathroom is supposed to be a place of control. A quick flush, a rinse, a wash of the hands, and everything seems handled.

The average household sees five toilet flushes per day. With older toilets using about six gallons per flush, a person could easily get through 11,000 gallons of water per year this way. Water is, of ...

Flushing toilets seems to be an everyday activity that does not require any special attention. This activity takes little time and does not cause anyone harm. Still, there is a certain procedure that ...

Visitors to the Finnish pavilion at this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale are greeted with an unlikely sight at a festival typically devoted to the avant-garde and newfangled: a no-flush outhouse ...