Nature’s Benz.LA Autoshow revealsa radically green Mercedes-Benz concept called Biome– it’smade of organic fibers, powered by the sun, andreleases pure oxygeninto the air! The system behind this model is called “Mercedes-Benz Symbiosis,” in which vehicles are seamless part of the ecosystem.

Facebook’s Exodus.According to theNew York Times,Facebook is moving out — of the office clusters in Palo Alto — and into an insulated 57-acre corporate campus in Menlo Park, California, which is to be renovated by San Francisco-basedGensler. About 2,000 workers, including Mark Zuckerberg, will be moved in within next 10 months. These young 20-somethings don’t want a sleek corporate office, butsomething idiosyncratic and soulful, which the new campus aims for.

Code Green.Crain‘s reportsthat the New York City Council continues to green up the city’s building codes. A trio of bills looks to “create more energy-efficient roofs.” While the first bill requires more reflective and less heat-absorbent roof materials, the second removes building-height limitations from solar thermal equipment and electric collectors and the third bill will add heat and power systems to the list of allowable rooftop structures.

Well-spoken Vowell.Chicagomagazine talks to Sarah Vowellabout Chicago — and a little New York — architecture. “It’s what I do for fun: Go see buildings.I like architecture because it’s so nonverbal,” she said, and then goes on to discuss her personal relationship with the Carson Pirie-Scott Building. Vowell recently finished her new book on Hawaii calledUnfamiliar Fishes.