Latest Stories in Green Architecture - Page 8
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What Makes a Building Green? You Sure Can't Tell From Its Energy Star Rating
The LEED Bashers are out in force as a study of New York office buildings yields surprising results
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More Lessons from Grandma on Green Building and House Design
I'm sorry, but we still have a lot to learn from Grandma and her architect.
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Why Plastic Foam Insulation Is Like a Twinkie: Lessons Green Builders Can Learn From Michael Pollan
People don't want this crap in their homes anymore, just like they don't want it in their mouths. It's the Pollanization of Green Building.
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Does Foam Insulation Belong in Green Buildings? 13 Reasons It Probably Doesn't
Architect Ken Levenson starts a series that is positively damning.
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Napoleon Complex is a Community for the Tiny House Movement
It really does take a village to make tiny houses work.
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Gingerbread: The Greenest Building Material
The key to a healthy home is to build it of materials so benign you can eat them.
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Hunker in the Bunker: 9 Apocalypse-ready Homes
From the archives, our favorite converted bunkers and shelters that will keep you safe this weekend
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The Shoffice Is a curvy Home Office
Platform 5 architects turn the office shed into sculpture
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CityHome Transformer Apartment "Functions As An Apartment Three Times Its Size"
A vision of the future where you design your own apartment to do as many functions as you can think of.
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Unity Homes Builds First Prefab
Tedd Benson puts it all together with the first of his new line of more affordable green prefabs
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The Week in Design, From Hobbiton To Tatooine
OK, that's a bit of bait and switch in the title, but we do have earth sheltered houses running hot and cold, and a lot more
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From Hobbiton to Tatooine: Earth Sheltered Homes Make Sense All Over The Universe
From cold and damp to dark and dry planets, they are a clever way to keep warm or cool as required.
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Oscar Niemeyer's Bold Response to Latin American Suburban Sprawl in the XX Century
Of all of Niemeyer's impressive works, the 1960s Copan building in Sao Paulo is the one speaking directly to contemporary urban trends.
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Warming Hut Winners Chosen in Design Competition
This year's crop of huts for the longest skating trail in the world
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Why Insulation and Good Design Beat Green Gizmos
Mike Eliason compares Passivhaus to Net Zero Energy, or apples to brownies.
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Reed Benches Have a Natural Simplicity of Beauty
Reeds are the raw material for these simple and majestic summer benches.
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The Week In Design: Hobbit Houses, Sheds for Seniors; Tiny Transformers
Plus sandcastles and more prefabs
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Applebee's Builds Green LEED Gold Certified Restaurant in Manhattan, Complete With Living Wall
Don't know about the food, but the setting is pretty dramatic.
