Tag: Buenos Aires - Page 2
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Art Show Spotlights India's Polluted Yamuna River
The source of 70 percent of New Delhi's water, the Yamuna River is filthy with sewage and garbage, but people are now being drawn to its banks by a new art exhibit that seeks to raise awareness about the river's plight.
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Art Intervention Lights Up One of the World's Most Polluted Rivers in Buenos Aires
Undergoing a new cleaning plan, the Matanza-Riachuelo river in Buenos Aires was put on the spotlight by a Spanish artist's light and music show.
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6 Prototypes With Interesting Uses For Bamboo and Silk From Buenos Aires
Cool chaise longe, rocking chair, lamp, massage accessory and jewelry from bamboo and artisan silk by Argentine designers.
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500 Sq Feet Studio Neatly Organized with Recycled Cardboard Tubes
At the last edition of the design event Casa FOA in Buenos Aires, they
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Argentine "House Among Trees" Is Actually Built Around Them
Although Argentina has shown little regard for most of its native forests (a law approved almost four years ago has not been put into full force yet), the city of Villa Gesell, a vacation spot 400 kilometers south of
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Recycled Materials Help Urbanize Buenos Aires' Slum
Illegally located between major tourist hubs and one of the most upscale neighborhoods in Buenos Aires, the shanty town Villa 31 has been a source of controversy in the capital of Argentina for over eight decades.
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Urban Rainwater Collector Saves Water In The City, Turns Into A Green Wall
It's no wonder that there are not so many posts on rainwater collectors at TreeHugger: they're usually just pretty ugly big plastic containers, with few exceptions such as PetalDrops or Rainpods.
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Lovely Zig Zag Shaped Magazine Holder Doubles As Shelve And Clothes Hanger
Also spotted at the recent edition of the Feria Puro Diseno, Buenos Aires biggest design show, this simple yet interesting wooden home accessory goes in line with some of our favorite concepts: multi-purpose objects and small
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Four-Piece, No Screw No Glue Modular Shelving System By Disenaveral In Buenos Aires
Another interesting find from Buenos Aires design fair, Feria Puro Diseno (FPD), this is a modular system designed by local studio Disenaveral to build different kinds of shelving spaces that adapt to changing situations.
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Recovered Cardboard Shaped Into Sleek Wavy Chairs And Tables At FPD In Buenos Aires
One of such findings is
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Movable Squares To Give Life To Idle Streets During Holidays And Weekends In Buenos Aires
Plaza Movil (Movable Square) is a transportable public space to give neighbors new places to meet and play, occupying streets in days in which transit slows down in Buenos Aires. Designed by Designo Patagonia as an entry to
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1930s Fish Market Recycled Into New Design Center in Buenos Aires (Photos)
A dark warehouse that used to function as the city's fish market from the 1930s until the early 1980s has been recycled into a new home for the Metropolitan Design Center in Buenos Aires.
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5,000 Wine Bottles Recycled Into Acoustics-Improving Ceiling At Buenos Aires Restaurant
When I posted the story about La Dorita restaurant and its dozens of recycled-wine-bottles-lamps, a reader suggested that I took a look at another venue from the city which had a wine-bottle ceiling.
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Every Lamp In Buenos Aires Restaurant Made With Recycled Wine Bottles (Photos)
Although we've seen wine bottles reused in lamps bases, other forms of lightning and even in gardens, La Dorita restaurant chain in Buenos Aires went all the way with them and its restaurants offer an impressive spectacle:
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Cozy New Store For Exquisite Sustainable Fashion Brand In Buenos Aires (Photos)
The exquisite sustainable fashion brand Cubreme (featured in TreeHugger a few years ago) has opened a new showroom to host its flawless organic wool coats and accessories, and its new line of agroecologic cotton home-wear in
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BRT Keeps Going In Latin America: Construction Of First Line Begins In Buenos Aires
Ever since Jaime Lerner used it to radically transform transit in Curitiba, Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) systems have spread all over the world. Why wouldn't them? They work similar to subway networks but above the ground, and cost a
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Green Roofed Shipping Container, Recycled Furniture At Lovely Pop Up Cultural Center in Buenos Aires
Designed to set up 'educational points' at different areas of the city, a new pop up, nomad cultural center has opened at the explanade of the Proa foundation in La Boca neighborhood, Buenos Aires.
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Rolled Wool Felt Stool/Table + Pencil Cup Make For Cute DIY Projects
Argentine design firm Masekos has a fresh take on the rolled fabric tied with a belt idea: their stool is made with natural wool felt mixed with fabric scraps in the middle, which give the item some color. The piece, which also works
