Kimberley Mok
Kimberley covers green architecture, design, arts and culture for TreeHugger. Her work has also appeared on The Huffington Post, AlterNet, Planet Green, Parentables and Yahoo! Green.
Kimberley has a Bachelor of Architecture from Cornell University and is also a certified permaculture designer. Her big "a-ha" sustainability moment came some years ago when she lived and worked as an architect in Auroville, a South Indian intentional community striving for environmental, social and economic sustainability. It was an eye-opening experience into how a diverse, "human-scaled" experimental town could be conceived, executed and engaged with differently.
Kimberley has also worked in conventional and sustainable design firms in New York City, Toronto and India, on projects ranging from residential high-rises, storm-resistant homes to compressed earth block structures.
Originally from Toronto, Canada, Kimberley now resides in Montreal, Quebec. Check out Kimberley's website.
Latest Stories from Kimberley Mok - Page 10
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Chic Outdoor Furniture Made from Recycled Packaging, African Style
Traditional artisan crafts are re-adapted into this colorful collection of woven furnishings which uses recycled packaging.
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Hacked IKEA Restaurant Lets You Customize Your Dining Experience
Creatively modifying IKEA furniture is fun; what about designing a whole restaurant around hacked IKEA stuff?
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Brass Birdhouse Made From 2,500 Reclaimed Bullets
Hundreds of pieces of spent ammunition are reclaimed for this striking birdhouse that bristles with bullets.
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Innovative 8-Wheeled Skateboard Glides Over Stairs, No Problem (Video)
Stairs are no longer an obstacle with this "stair-roving" skateboard which uses extra wheels to move easily down steps.
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Artist Creates Spontaneous Drawings With Bicycle Skid Marks (Video)
Trading in the conventional pencil for his trusty bike, this man is making art out of the controlled skid marks he generates with his ride.
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The Power of Sitting: "Unplugged" Desk Harvests Your Energy for Electricity
This Swedish designer envisions the future office as a place where our daily activities at work help generate the power needed for our gadgets.
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A Re-Adapted "Local": Garbage Skips Transformed into Storytelling Bar & Café (Video)
Marshalling discarded materials, furniture and help from local residents, these two Dutch designers created an improvised local meeting place.
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Designed for Biophilia: Mindful Furniture Enhances Love for Life
This Brooklyn-based design studio is looking to nurture the undeniable bond between humans and the web of life (biophilia) -- through furniture.
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Retro-Flavored, Reclaimed Wood Furniture by Mitz Takahashi
This Montreal-based furniture designer turns scrap hardwood pieces into well-crafted works for the home.
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Swooping Swedish Chicken Coop With a Sea View
Built on a rocky slope overlooking the sea, this chicken coop mimics the outspread wings of a protective mother hen.
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Clever Rotating Bookcase Wall Is Made with Reclaimed Plywood
A full-wall bookcase becomes a flexible room-dividing element through rotation: now you see it, now you don't.
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Floating Open Air Tree Lounge is Inspired by Boat Design
Taking its cues from nautical design, this elegant tree lounge allows for open views of the sky and horizon.
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Flat Pack Fabric Bookcase Stores Books Like Clothes
A new, textile take on an old favorite: using modular units to (literally) hang books, this fabric bookcase is easily expandable and assembled.
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Hand-Sculpted "Brick Biotopes" Turn Brick Walls Into Wildlife Habitats (Video)
Two designers show how new habitats for endangered birds can be made in the standard brick wall, using low-tech techniques.
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96 Sq. Foot Finnish Micro-Cabin Built Small To Forego Permits
Looking anything but a shack, this minimal but stylish lakeside cabin was built to be just small enough so that it wouldn't require a permit.
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Glittering Metallic Pavilion Morphs Itself As Temperature Changes (Video)
Made out of thousands of pieces of temperature-reactive metal, this experimental canopy explores how existing materials could be used differently to reduce our reliance on mechanical systems of shading and cooling.
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Huge Biomimetic 'Supertrees' Taking Root on Singapore's Waterfront (Video)
These towering, tree-like vertical garden structures are designed to collect sunlight, water, regulate temperatures and "breathe" for the buildings below.
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Smart Toilet & Sink Combo Uses Greywater to Flush
Flushing with drinking water is wasteful; water from washing your hands is used to flush the toilet in this water-saving toilet design.
